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October 17th
148 Notable deaths
Radaslaŭ Astroŭski
Belarusian politician.
Born October 25th, 1887 in Zapollie.
Died October 17th, 1976 at 88 years old in Benton Harbor.
Ivan Fedyuninsky
Soviet general.
Born July 30th, 1900 in Tyumen.
Died October 17th, 1977 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Malak Hifni Nasif
Egyptian feminist.
Born December 25th, 1886 in Al-Jamāliyah. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1918 at 31 years old in Cairo (1918-1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Gérard Leman
Belgian general.
Born January 8th, 1851 in Liège.
Died October 17th, 1920 at 69 years old in Liège.
Anton Hafner
German world war ii fighter pilot.
Born June 2nd, 1918 in Erbach.
Died October 17th, 1944 at 26 years old in Gusev.
Göran Malmqvist
Swedish linguist and sinologist, member of the swedish academy (1924-2019).
Born June 6th, 1924 in Jönköping.
Died October 17th, 2019 at 95 years old in Djursholm. [ref]
Wu Han
Chinese politician (1909-1969).
Born August 11th, 1909 in Zhejiang.
Died October 17th, 1969 at 60 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Albert Cohen
Swiss writer (1895-1981).
Born August 16th, 1895 in Corfu. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1981 at 86 years old in Geneva (pneumonia). [ref]
Nikolay Slavyanov
Russian inventor (1854-1897).
Born May 5th, 1854 in Nikolskoye.
Died October 17th, 1897 at 43 years old in Perm.
Micheline Ostermeyer
French athlete and piano concertist.
Born December 23rd, 1922 in Rang-du-Fliers. [ref]
Died October 17th, 2001 at 78 years old in Bois-Guillaume. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 148
People living deeply have no fear of death. Anaïs Nin