June 17th
132 Notable deaths
Yuri Nagibin
Russian writer.
Born April 3rd, 1920 in Moscow. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1994 at 74 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Miron Białoszewski
Polish writer (1922-1983).
Born June 30th, 1922 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1983 at 60 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Eelco van Kleffens
Dutch politician (1894-1983).
Born November 17th, 1894 in Heerenveen. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1983 at 88 years old in Sintra. [ref]
Johan Wagenaar
Dutch composer, teacher, and organist.
Born November 1st, 1862 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1941 at 78 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Marlene Ahrens
Chilean athletics competitor.
Born July 27th, 1933 in Concepción.
Died June 17th, 2020 at 86 years old (heart failure). [ref]
Tetiana Yablonska
Soviet and ukrainian painter (1917–2005).
Born July 11th, 1917 in Smolensk. [ref]
Died June 17th, 2005 at 87 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Otto Lehmann
German physicist.
Born June 13th, 1855 in Konstanz.
Died June 17th, 1922 at 67 years old in Karlsruhe.
John Carberry
Catholic cardinal.
Born July 31st, 1904 in Brooklyn.
Died June 17th, 1998 at 93 years old in Kirkwood.
Sara Lidman
Swedish writer.
Born December 30th, 1923 in Missenträsk. [ref]
Died June 17th, 2004 at 80 years old in Umeå. [ref]
Arthur Văitoianu
Romanian general and prime minister (1864-1956).
Born April 14th, 1864 in Izmail.
Died June 17th, 1956 at 92 years old in Bucharest.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 132
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler