June 17th
138 Notable deaths
Pyotr Pavlenko
Soviet writer and screenwriter.
Born July 11th, 1899 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 17th, 1951 at 51 years old in Moscow.
Paul-Émile de Souza
President of dahomey.
Born July 14th, 1930 in Ouidah. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1999 at 68 years old in Benin.
Augusto Samuel Boyd
President of panama (1879-1957).
Born August 1st, 1879 in Panama City.
Died June 17th, 1957 at 77 years old in Panama City.
Aleksei Kruchenykh
Russian writer (1886-1968).
Born February 9th, 1886. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1968 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Petr Král
Czech poet, essayist and writer (1941-2020).
Born September 4th, 1941 in Olomouc, Prague. [ref]
Died June 17th, 2020 at 78 years old in Prague. [ref]
Heinz Hellmich
German generalleutnant during world war ii.
Born June 9th, 1890 in Karlsruhe.
Died June 17th, 1944 at 54 years old in Cherbourg-Octeville.
Henrik Lund
Greenlandic lutheran pastor, poet, painter, and author of greenland's national anthem (1875-1948).
Born September 29th, 1875 in Nanortalik.
Died June 17th, 1948 at 72 years old in Narsaq. [ref]
Fabrice Philipot
Road bicycle racer (1965–2020).
Born September 24th, 1965 in Montbard.
Died June 17th, 2020 at 54 years old in Semur-en-Auxois. [ref]
Hugo Birger
Swedish artist (1854-1887).
Born January 12th, 1854 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1887 at 33 years old in Helsingborg. [ref]
Józef Grudzień
Polish boxer.
Born April 1st, 1939 in Piasek Wielki.
Died June 17th, 2017 at 78 years old in Pułtusk. [ref]
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For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran