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April 17th
145 Notable deaths
Yi Sang
Korean writer.
Born August 20th, 1910 in Jongno.
Died April 17th, 1937 at 26 years old in Tokyo (tuberculosis).
Inji Aflatoun
Egyptian painter (1924–1989).
Born April 16th, 1924 in Cairo, Shubra.
Died April 17th, 1989 at 65 years old in Cairo.
Sven Gustaf Wingqvist
Swedish engineer (1876-1953).
Born December 10th, 1876 in Kumla.
Died April 17th, 1953 at 76 years old in Vasa parish.
Harriet Brooks
Canadian nuclear physicist.
Born July 2nd, 1876 in Exeter. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1933 at 56 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Julius Neubronner
German apothecary (1852-1932).
Born February 8th, 1852 in Kronberg im Taunus. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1932 at 80 years old in Kronberg im Taunus. [ref]
Sotigui Kouyaté
Burkinabé actor and football player (1936-2010).
Born July 19th, 1936 in Bamako. [ref]
Died April 17th, 2010 at 73 years old in Paris (lung disease). [ref]
Hermann Friedrich Graebe
German righteous among the nations.
Born June 19th, 1900 in Solingen.
Died April 17th, 1986 at 85 years old in San Francisco.
Nikos Papazoglou
Greek singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (1948-2011).
Born March 20th, 1948 in Thessaloniki.
Died April 17th, 2011 at 63 years old in Thessaloniki (cancer). [ref]
Stanley Rogers Resor
Former lawyer and us government official (1917-2012).
Born December 5th, 1917 in New York City.
Died April 17th, 2012 at 94 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Iris Love
American archaeologist.
Born August 1st, 1933 in New York City.
Died April 17th, 2020 at 86 years old in New York City (COVID-19). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 145
To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi