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June 17th
154 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.
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.
José Nasazzi
Uruguayan footballer (1901-1968).
Born May 24th, 1901 in Montevideo.
Died June 17th, 1968 at 67 years old in Montevideo (esophageal cancer).
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