August 17th
153 Notable deaths
Giorgio Ferroni
Italian director (1908-1981).
Born April 12th, 1908 in Perugia. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1981 at 73 years old in Rome. [ref]
Raquel Rastenni
Danish singer.
Born August 21st, 1915 in Copenhagen.
Died August 17th, 1998 at 82 years old in Skodsborg.
Henri Brémond
French literary scholar.
Born July 31st, 1865 in Aix-en-Provence. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1933 at 68 years old in Arthez-d'Asson. [ref]
Elek Benedek
Hungarian writer (1859-1929).
Born September 30th, 1859 in Bățanii Mici. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1929 at 69 years old in Bățanii Mici. [ref]
Victor Klee
American mathematician (1925–2007).
Born September 18th, 1925 in San Francisco.
Died August 17th, 2007 at 81 years old in Lakewood. [ref]
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
German politician of the cdu and vice president of the union of european football associations (uefa) (1933-2015).
Born March 3rd, 1933 in Mannheim.
Died August 17th, 2015 at 82 years old in Stuttgart (heart failure). [ref]
Erich Borchmeyer
Athletics competitor (1905-2000).
Born January 23rd, 1905 in Münster.
Died August 17th, 2000 at 95 years old in Bielefeld.
Ludvík Kundera
Czech poet, playwright, translator and writer.
Born March 22nd, 1920 in Brno. [ref]
Died August 17th, 2010 at 90 years old in Boskovice. [ref]
Elsa Wagner
German actress (1881-1975).
Born January 24th, 1881 in Tallinn.
Died August 17th, 1975 at 94 years old in West Berlin.
Tadeusz Ślusarski
Polish pole vaulter.
Died August 17th, 1998 at 48 years old in Gmina Przybiernów (traffic collision).
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Death and pain are windows to great insight if you have the strength to look through them. James Pierce