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November 17th
166 Notable deaths
Lon Nol
Cambodian field marshal (1913-1985).
Born November 13th, 1913 in Prey Veng Province. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1985 at 72 years old in Fullerton (heart failure).
Ernst Udet
German flying ace (1896–1941).
Born April 26th, 1896 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died November 17th, 1941 at 45 years old in Berlin (shot to the head). [ref]
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006).
Born January 31st, 1928 in Portsmouth.
Died November 17th, 2006 at 78 years old in Las Vegas (myocardial infarction, stroke). [ref]
Kessler Twins
German entertainers; sibling duo (1936-2025).
Born August 20th, 1936 in Nerchau. [ref]
Died November 17th, 2025 at 89 years old in Grünwald. [ref]
Alyque Padamsee
Indian actor.
Born March 5th, 1928 in Mumbai.
Died November 17th, 2018 at 90 years old in Mumbai.
Rebecca Heineman
American video game programmer (1963–2025).
Born October 30th, 1963 in Whittier.
Died November 17th, 2025 at 62 years old in Rockwall. [ref]
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazilian composer.
Born March 5th, 1887 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1959 at 72 years old in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Mervyn Peake
English author and illustrator.
Born July 9th, 1911 in Lianxi District. [ref]
Died November 17th, 1968 at 57 years old in Burcot (neurological disorder).
Immanuel Velikovsky
Russian, israeli and american author, known for his fringe catastrophist theories, widely considered as pseudoscientific by mainstream scholars.
Born June 10th, 1895 in Vitebsk.
Died November 17th, 1979 at 84 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Todd Armstrong
American actor (1937-1992).
Born July 25th, 1937 in St. Louis.
Died November 17th, 1992 at 55 years old in Butte City.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot