July 17th
207 Notable deaths
Willem Witteveen
Dutch politician.
Born May 5th, 1952 in Rotterdam.
Died July 17th, 2014 at 62 years old in Hrabove (aviation accident).
Lin Dai
Chinese actress (1934-1964).
Born December 26th, 1934 in Nanning.
Died July 17th, 1964 at 29 years old in Hong Kong (drug overdose).
Adolf von Thadden
German politician (1921-1996).
Born July 7th, 1921 in Trzygłów, West Pomeranian Voivodeship. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1996 at 75 years old in Bad Oeynhausen.
Laurel Aitken
Singer.
Born April 22nd, 1927 in Havana. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2005 at 78 years old in Leicester (myocardial infarction).
Morris
Belgian comics artist (1923-2001).
Born December 1st, 1923 in Kortrijk.
Died July 17th, 2001 at 77 years old in City of Brussels (pulmonary embolism, falling from height).
Joseph Luns
Dutch politician and diplomat (1911-2002).
Born August 28th, 1911 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2002 at 90 years old in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
James Lighthill
British applied mathematician (1924–1998).
Born January 23rd, 1924 in Paris.
Died July 17th, 1998 at 74 years old in Sark.
Gerald Nye
American politician and antiwar activist (1892-1971).
Born December 19th, 1892 in Hortonville.
Died July 17th, 1971 at 78 years old in Brentwood (surgical complications).
Simon Rodia
American artist, tile setter (1879–1965).
Born February 12th, 1879 in Serino.
Died July 17th, 1965 at 86 years old in Martinez.
Maurycy Gottlieb
Polish painter and student of jan matejko (1856-1879).
Born February 28th, 1856 in Drohobych. [ref]
Died July 17th, 1879 at 23 years old in Kraków (pharyngitis). [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 207
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace