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May 17th
151 Notable deaths
Graham Gipson
Australian sprinter.
Born May 21st, 1932 in Guildford.
Died May 17th, 2023 at 90 years old [ref]
Viktor Golubev
Soviet aviator.
Born January 17th, 1916 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 17th, 1945 at 29 years old in Moscow.
Leo Honkala
Olympic wrestler.
Born January 8th, 1933 in Oulu.
Died May 17th, 2015 at 82 years old in Oxelösund.
Arpenik Nalbandyan
Soviet-armenian artist (1916–1964).
Born December 23rd, 1916 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1964 at 47 years old in Yerevan.
Roberta Marrero
Spanish artist, writer and poet.
Born March 2nd, 1972 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [ref]
Died May 17th, 2024 at 52 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Alexe Dumitru
Canoe racer (1935-1971).
Born March 21st, 1935 in Mahmudia.
Died May 17th, 1971 at 36 years old
Olav Kjelbotn
Norwegian cross country skier.
Born October 5th, 1898 in Fosnes.
Died May 17th, 1966 at 67 years old in Namsos.
George Albert Smith
British filmmaker (1864–1959).
Born January 4th, 1864 in London. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1959 at 95 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Louis Scott
American long-distance runner.
Born November 16th, 1889 in Paterson.
Died May 17th, 1954 at 64 years old
Leonid Ivanovich Volkov
Russian ice hockey player.
Born December 9th, 1934 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died May 17th, 1995 at 60 years old in Moscow.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius