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November 17th
160 Notable deaths
Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault
French psychiatrist.
Born July 2nd, 1872 in Bourges. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1934 at 62 years old in Malakoff (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Greek politician (1876-1936).
Born July 8th, 1876 in Tripoli.
Died November 17th, 1936 at 60 years old in Athens.
Igor Vasilyevich Ivanov
Russian chess grandmaster (1947-2005).
Born January 8th, 1947 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 17th, 2005 at 58 years old in St. George (cancer).
Lea Gottlieb
Israeli fashion designer.
Born September 17th, 1918 in Sajószentpéter.
Died November 17th, 2012 at 94 years old in Tel Aviv.
Alexander Ragulin
Russian ice hockey player.
Died November 17th, 2004 at 63 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Lu Yao
Chinese writer (1949-1992).
Born December 3rd, 1949 in Qingjian County.
Died November 17th, 1992 at 42 years old in Xi'an (cancer).
Tadeusz Banachiewicz
Polish astronomer, mathematician and geodesist.
Born February 13th, 1882 in Warsaw.
Died November 17th, 1954 at 72 years old in Kraków.
Aleksandr Gorshkov
Russian figure skater.
Born October 8th, 1946 in Moscow.
Died November 17th, 2022 at 76 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Roman Viktiuk
Russian, ukrainian, and soviet theatre director and actor.
Born October 28th, 1936 in Lviv.
Died November 17th, 2020 at 84 years old in Bakhrushin Brothers City Hospital (COVID-19). [ref]
Patriarch Grigorios VII of Constantinople
Patriarch of constantinople (1850-1924).
Born September 21st, 1850 in Sifnos.
Died November 17th, 1924 at 74 years old in Constantinople (myocardial infarction).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 160
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche