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May 17th
170 Notable deaths
Jacques-Louis Lions
French mathematician.
Died May 17th, 2001 at 73 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Panagis Tsaldaris
Greek politician (1868-1936).
Born March 17th, 1868 in Corinth. [ref]
Died May 17th, 1936 at 68 years old in Athens. [ref]
Peter Thomas
German film score composer, conductor and arranger (1925-2020).
Born December 1st, 1925 in Wrocław.
Died May 17th, 2020 at 94 years old in Lugano. [ref]
Theodor Scherer
German general.
Born September 17th, 1889 in Höchstädt an der Donau.
Died May 17th, 1951 at 61 years old in Ludwigsburg (traffic collision).
Sean Dunphy
Irish singer (1937–2011).
Born November 30th, 1937 in Dublin.
Died May 17th, 2011 at 73 years old in Baldoyle (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Hideyuki Umezu
Japanese voice actor.
Born July 24th, 1955 in Aichi Prefecture.
Died May 17th, 2024 at 68 years old (pneumonia). [ref]
Nicole Fontaine
French mep (1942-2018).
Born January 16th, 1942 in Grainville-Ymauville. [ref]
Died May 17th, 2018 at 76 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Mary Haas
American linguist; studied historical linguistics (1910–1996).
Born January 12th, 1910 in Richmond.
Died May 17th, 1996 at 86 years old in Alameda.
Lyudmila Pakhomova
Soviet ice dancer (1946–1986).
Born December 31st, 1946 in Moscow.
Died May 17th, 1986 at 39 years old in Moscow (leukemia, lymphoma).
Robert Sterling Yard
Wilderness activist and publicist (1861-1945).
Born February 1st, 1861 in Haverstraw.
Died May 17th, 1945 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Deaths 81 to 90 of 170
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