August 17th
156 Notable deaths
Louis Jouvet
French actor (1887-1951).
Born December 24th, 1887 in Crozon. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1951 at 63 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Otto Stern
German-american physicist (1888–1969).
Born February 17th, 1888 in Żory. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1969 at 81 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
American politician (1914-1988).
Born August 17th, 1914 in Campobello Island.
Died August 17th, 1988 at 74 years old in Poughkeepsie (lung cancer).
Clarence Brown
American film director (1890–1987).
Born May 10th, 1890 in Clinton.
Died August 17th, 1987 at 97 years old in Santa Monica (kidney failure).
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
Brazilian poet.
Born October 31st, 1902 in Itabira.
Died August 17th, 1987 at 84 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Frank Kermode
Manx writer, literary critic and professor.
Born November 29th, 1919 in Isle of Man. [ref]
Died August 17th, 2010 at 90 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Arsen Dedić
Croatian singer-songwriter, composer and poet.
Born July 28th, 1938 in Šibenik.
Died August 17th, 2015 at 77 years old in Zagreb.
Mariama Bâ
Senegalese writer.
Born April 17th, 1929 in Dakar. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1981 at 52 years old in Dakar (cancer). [ref]
Wage Rudolf Soepratman
Indonesian composer and songwriter.
Born March 9th, 1903 in Jakarta.
Died August 17th, 1938 at 35 years old in Surabaya.
Delmer Daves
American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1904-1977).
Born July 24th, 1904 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1977 at 73 years old in La Jolla. [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 156
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner