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February 17th
181 Notable deaths
Ernst Jünger
German writer.
Born March 29th, 1895 in Heidelberg. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1998 at 102 years old in Riedlingen. [ref]
Graham Sutherland
English artist (1903-1980).
Born August 24th, 1903 in Streatham. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1980 at 76 years old in Streatham. [ref]
Kathryn Grayson
American actress and coloratura soprano.
Born February 9th, 1922 in Winston-Salem. [ref]
Died February 17th, 2010 at 88 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Mike Awesome
American professional wrestler.
Born January 24th, 1965 in Tampa.
Died February 17th, 2007 at 42 years old in Tampa (hanging). [ref]
Dan O'Herlihy
Irish-american actor (1919-2005).
Born May 1st, 1919 in Wexford. [ref]
Died February 17th, 2005 at 85 years old in Malibu (disease). [ref]
Harold Hunter
American skateboarder and actor (1974-2006).
Born April 2nd, 1974 in New York City.
Died February 17th, 2006 at 31 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction).
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
Russian grand duke (1857-1905).
Born May 11th, 1857 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died February 17th, 1905 at 47 years old in Moscow.
Andrzej Żuławski
Polish film director (1940-2016).
Born November 22nd, 1940 in Lviv.
Died February 17th, 2016 at 75 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Warren Frost
American actor (1925-2017).
Born June 5th, 1925 in Newburyport.
Died February 17th, 2017 at 91 years old in Middlebury. [ref]
Pavel Batitsky
Soviet military leader, hero of the soviet union, marshal of the soviet union (1910-1984).
Born June 27th, 1910 in Kharkiv.
Died February 17th, 1984 at 73 years old in Moscow.
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