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February 17th
209 Notable deaths
Joseph Kearns
American actor (1907-1962).
Born February 12th, 1907 in Salt Lake City.
Died February 17th, 1962 at 55 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Paquita la del Barrio
Mexican singer (1947–2025).
Born April 2nd, 1947 in Veracruz.
Died February 17th, 2025 at 77 years old in Xalapa (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Warren Frost
American actor (1925-2017).
Born June 5th, 1925 in Newburyport.
Died February 17th, 2017 at 91 years old in Middlebury. [ref]
Maurice Bucaille
French physician and author.
Born July 19th, 1920 in Pont-l'Évêque. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1998 at 77 years old in Paris. [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.
José López Portillo
President of mexico from 1976 to 1982.
Born June 16th, 1920 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died February 17th, 2004 at 83 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Alfred Newman
American composer (1901-1970).
Born March 17th, 1901 in New Haven. [ref]
Died February 17th, 1970 at 68 years old in Hollywood (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Andrew Weatherall
English dj, record producer, and remixer (1963-2020).
Born April 6th, 1963 in Windsor.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 56 years old in Whipps Cross University Hospital (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Alfred P. Sloan
American businessman (1875–1966).
Born May 23rd, 1875 in New Haven.
Died February 17th, 1966 at 90 years old in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (myocardial infarction).
Larry Tesler
American computer scientist.
Born April 24th, 1945 in The Bronx.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 74 years old in Portola Valley. [ref]
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci