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March 17th
203 Notable deaths
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Italian composer.
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Florence. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1968 at 72 years old in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
Bongi Makeba
South african musician (1950-1985).
Born December 20th, 1950 in Pretoria.
Died March 17th, 1985 at 34 years old in Conakry (parturition).
Ernest Gold
Austrian american composer (1921-1999).
Born July 13th, 1921 in Vienna. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1999 at 77 years old in Santa Monica (stroke). [ref]
Aleksandra Ekster
Ukrainian and french painter and designer (1882–1949).
Born January 18th, 1882 in Białystok.
Died March 17th, 1949 at 67 years old in Fontenay-aux-Roses.
John Carl Buechler
Horror film director (1952-2019).
Born June 18th, 1952 in Belleville. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2019 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer). [ref]
Robert Day
British film director (1922-2017).
Born September 11th, 1922 in East Sheen.
Died March 17th, 2017 at 94 years old in Bainbridge Island. [ref]
Adolf Meyer
Swiss-american psychiatrist (1866-1950).
Born September 13th, 1866 in Niederweningen.
Died March 17th, 1950 at 83 years old in Baltimore.
John J. Parker
American judge (1885–1958).
Born November 20th, 1885 in Monroe.
Died March 17th, 1958 at 72 years old in Washington, D.C..
Robert Michael White
American officer, astronaut, engineer and test pilot.
Born July 6th, 1924 in New York City.
Died March 17th, 2010 at 85 years old in Orlando. [ref]
Herbert Aptheker
American marxist historian and political activist.
Born July 31st, 1915 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died March 17th, 2003 at 87 years old in Mountain View. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 203
I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez