February 17th
187 Notable deaths
Gretchen Fraser
American alpine skier (1919-1994).
Born February 11th, 1919 in Tacoma.
Died February 17th, 1994 at 75 years old in Sun Valley.
Giorgi Shengelaia
Georgian film director.
Born May 11th, 1937 in Moscow. [ref]
Died February 17th, 2020 at 82 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Marguerite Snow
American actress (1889-1958).
Born September 9th, 1889 in Salt Lake City.
Died February 17th, 1958 at 68 years old in Woodland Hills.
Hugo Österman
Finnish general (1892-1975).
Born September 5th, 1892 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1975 at 82 years old in Helsinki.
Mário da Graça Machungo
Mozambican politician (1940-2020).
Born December 1st, 1940 in Maxixe.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 79 years old in Lisbon (disease). [ref]
Gazanfer Özcan
Turkish actor and voice actor (1931-2009).
Born January 27th, 1931 in Istanbul.
Died February 17th, 2009 at 78 years old in Istanbul.
Jurga Ivanauskaitė
Lithuanian writer (1961-2007).
Born November 14th, 1961 in Vilnius.
Died February 17th, 2007 at 45 years old in Vilnius (cancer). [ref]
Ellery Harding Clark
American track and field athlete.
Born March 13th, 1874 in West Roxbury.
Died February 17th, 1949 at 74 years old in Boston.
Konstantin Bogaevsky
Ukrainian artist (1872-1943).
Born January 24th, 1872 in Feodosia.
Died February 17th, 1943 at 71 years old in Feodosia.
Charles Hill Mailes
Actor (1870-1937).
Born May 25th, 1870 in Halifax.
Died February 17th, 1937 at 66 years old in Los Angeles.
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner