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April 17 Deaths in History - April 17 Birthdays - April 17 Events
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April 17, 2004 Soundarya, Actress April 17, 2003 Robert Atkins, diet doctor, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, dies at 72 April 17, 1998 Linda McCartney, photographer, organic businesswoman, dies at 56 April 17, 1997 Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78 April 17, 1996 Eva Jones, poet and novelist, dies at 82 April 17, 1996 Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86 April 17, 1996 Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18 April 17, 1995 Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator, dies at 88 April 17, 1994 Peter Hacker, U.S. journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69 April 17, 1993 Turgut zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65 April 17, 1992 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure April 17, 1991 Jack Yellen, U.S. poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97 April 17, 1990 Ralph David Abernathy, U.S. civil rights leader, dies April 17, 1990 Ralph Abernathy, American Activist April 17, 1989 Charles Lampkin, dies April 17, 1988 Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90 April 17, 1988 Louise Nevelson, sculptor, dies of brain tumor at 88 April 17, 1987 Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36 April 17, 1987 Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies on stage at 57 April 17, 1986 Bessie Head, writer, dies April 17, 1985 Ilona Bodden, writer, dies April 17, 1983 Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies April 17, 1983 Mark W. Clark, U.S. general (WW II), dies at 87 April 17, 1983 Peter Potter, DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78 April 17, 1977 Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at 86 April 17, 1976 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at 85 April 17, 1974 Frank McGee, Today show host, dies of cancer at 52 April 17, 1974 Herbert Elwell, U.S. composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75 April 17, 1974 Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose April 17, 1971 Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62 April 17, 1970 Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92 April 17, 1968 Margaret Seddon, dies at 95 April 17, 1967 John Coltrane, American Musician April 17, 1962 Louise Fazenda, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 66 April 17, 1960 Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash April 17, 1948 Johan P earl of Limburg Stirum, diplomat, dies at 75 April 17, 1945 Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed April 17, 1945 Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului), dies April 17, 1945 Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54 April 17, 1936 Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch PM (1918-23, 29-33), dies April 17, 1915 Johannes P Kelly, [Kellij], Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60 April 17, 1899 Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74 April 17, 1892 Alexander Mackenzie, Canadian Statesman April 17, 1891 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77 April 17, 1890 John Barnett, composer, dies at 87 April 17, 1873 Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60 April 17, 1863 Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61 April 17, 1854 Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74 April 17, 1838 J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71 April 17, 1837 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies April 17, 1837 Joseph Anderson, American Politician April 17, 1835 William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies April 17, 1790 Benjamin Franklin, U.S., (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84 April 17, 1764 Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82 April 17, 1726 Henriette Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49 April 17, 1714 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56 April 17, 1711 Jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32 April 17, 1696 Madame de Sevigne, French Writer April 17, 1679 John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 April 17, 1630 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies April 17, 1574 Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German philologist, dies April 17, 1427 Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies April 17, 1297 Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St. Truiden, dies at about 86 April 17, 1272 Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59 April 17, 858 Benedict III, Italian Pope (855-58), dies April 17, 818 Bernhard I, King of Italy, dies |