March 17th
203 Notable deaths
Jacques Frantz
French actor.
Born April 4th, 1947 in Dijon. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2021 at 73 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Semyon Furman
Soviet chess player (1920–1978).
Born December 1st, 1920 in Pinsk.
Died March 17th, 1978 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg (stomach cancer).
Ernst Haefliger
Swiss tenor.
Born July 6th, 1919 in Davos. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2007 at 87 years old in Davos (heart failure). [ref]
Käthe Leichter
Austrian writer.
Born August 20th, 1895 in Vienna.
Died March 17th, 1942 at 46 years old in Bernburg Euthanasia Centre.
José María Forqué
Spanish film director (1923-1995).
Born March 8th, 1923 in Zaragoza.
Died March 17th, 1995 at 72 years old in Madrid (liver cancer).
Mareike Carrière
German actress.
Born July 26th, 1954 in Hanover.
Died March 17th, 2014 at 59 years old in Hamburg (bladder cancer).
Rafael Paasio
Finnish politician (1903-1980).
Born June 6th, 1903 in Uskela. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1980 at 76 years old in Turku.
Cliff Barker
American basketball player (1921–1998).
Born January 15th, 1921 in Muncie.
Died March 17th, 1998 at 77 years old in Satsuma.
John Pius Boland
Irish politician (1870-1958).
Born September 16th, 1870 in Dublin.
Died March 17th, 1958 at 87 years old in Westminster.
Antoni Lange
Polish writer and philosopher.
Born April 28th, 1862 in Warsaw.
Died March 17th, 1929 at 66 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid