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June 17th
159 Notable deaths
Henry Beckman
Canadian actor.
Born November 26th, 1921 in Halifax.
Died June 17th, 2008 at 86 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Richard Casey, Baron Casey
16th governor-general of australia (1890–1976).
Born August 29th, 1890 in Brisbane. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1976 at 85 years old in Fitzroy. [ref]
Muḥammad Mutawallī al-Shaʻrāwī
Islamic scholar.
Born April 15th, 1911 in Egypt.
Died June 17th, 1998 at 87 years old in Egypt.
Dorothy Richardson
Writer.
Born May 17th, 1873 in Abingdon-on-Thames.
Died June 17th, 1957 at 84 years old in Beckenham.
Haim Arlosoroff
Zionist leader (1899–1933).
Born February 23rd, 1899 in Romny.
Died June 17th, 1933 at 34 years old in Tel-Aviv.
Iván Fandiño
Spanish torero (1980–2017).
Born September 29th, 1980 in Orduña-Urduña.
Died June 17th, 2017 at 36 years old in Mont-de-Marsan (cornada). [ref]
A. C. Benson
English essayist and poet, 1862–1925.
Born April 24th, 1862 in Crowthorne. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1925 at 63 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Yitzhak Zuckerman
Polish jewish resistance fighter, survivor of the warsaw ghetto uprising (1915-1981).
Born December 13th, 1915 in Vilnius.
Died June 17th, 1981 at 65 years old in Lohamei HaGeta'ot.
Alois Riegl
Austrian art historian (1858-1905).
Born January 14th, 1858 in Linz. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1905 at 47 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Kirill Moskalenko
Soviet military commander (1902-1985).
Born May 11th, 1902 in Hryshyne.
Died June 17th, 1985 at 83 years old in Moscow.
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