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March 17th
203 Notable deaths
Charlotte Auerbach
Geneticist, author.
Born May 14th, 1899 in Krefeld.
Died March 17th, 1994 at 94 years old in Edinburgh.
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Italian opera singer (1892-1979).
Born December 11th, 1892 in Lanuvio.
Died March 17th, 1979 at 86 years old in Valencia, Burjassot.
Henri Maspero
French sinologist (1883–1945).
Born December 15th, 1883 in Paris.
Died March 17th, 1945 at 61 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Solomon Marcus
Romanian mathematician (1925-2016).
Born March 1st, 1925 in Bacău.
Died March 17th, 2016 at 91 years old in Bucharest (heart failure). [ref]
Arthur Hinsley
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 25th, 1865 in Carlton. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1943 at 77 years old in Buntingford (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Marian Kociniak
Polish film and theater actor (1936–2016).
Born January 11th, 1936 in Warsaw.
Died March 17th, 2016 at 80 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction).
Jorge Edwards
Chilean writer and diplomat.
Born June 29th, 1931 in Santiago. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2023 at 91 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Humberto Fernández Morán
Venezuelan scientist (1924-1999).
Born February 18th, 1924 in Concepción.
Died March 17th, 1999 at 75 years old in Stockholm.
Joseph Alfred Micheler
French general (1861-1931).
Born September 23rd, 1861 in Phalsbourg.
Died March 17th, 1931 at 69 years old in Lyon.
Konstantin Badigin
Soviet naval officer and explorer (1910-1984).
Born November 29th, 1910 in Penza.
Died March 17th, 1984 at 73 years old in Moscow.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel