June 17th
138 Notable deaths
Anghel Saligny
Romanian engineer.
Born April 19th, 1854 in Galați.
Died June 17th, 1925 at 71 years old in București.
Abdul Muis
Indonesian writer, journalist and nationalist (1883-1959).
Born July 3rd, 1883 in Sungai Puar.
Died June 17th, 1959 at 75 years old in Bandung.
Peter Mennin
American composer, administrator and teacher (1923-1983).
Born May 17th, 1923 in Erie. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1983 at 60 years old in New York City. [ref]
Geoff Strong
English association football player (1937–2013).
Born September 19th, 1937 in Northumberland.
Died June 17th, 2013 at 75 years old in Southport.
Fritz Reinhardt
German politician (1895-1969).
Born April 3rd, 1895 in Ilmenau.
Died June 17th, 1969 at 74 years old in Regensburg.
Nobuo Nakagawa
Japanese film director (1905-1984).
Born April 18th, 1905 in Kyoto.
Died June 17th, 1984 at 79 years old in Tokyo.
Klavdiya Shulzhenko
Soviet singer (1906-1984).
Born March 24th, 1906 in Kharkiv.
Died June 17th, 1984 at 78 years old in Moscow.
Andrew Hannah
Scottish footballer (1864-1940).
Born September 17th, 1864 in Renton.
Died June 17th, 1940 at 75 years old in Scotland.
S. David Griggs
United states admiral (1939-1989).
Born September 7th, 1939 in Portland.
Died June 17th, 1989 at 49 years old in Earle.
Paul Rostock
German surgeon; defendant at the nuremberg doctors' trial (1892-1956).
Born January 18th, 1892 in Kręcko.
Died June 17th, 1956 at 64 years old in Bad Tölz.
Deaths 71 to 80 of 138
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs