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November 17 Deaths in History - November 17 Birthdays - November 17 Events
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November 17, 2003 Don Gibson, songwriter/singer, I Can't Stop Loving You, dies at 75 November 17, 1998 Esther Rolle, actress, Good Times, dies at 78 November 17, 1996 Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45 November 17, 1996 Johan Fleming Ramsland, broadcaster, dies at 54 November 17, 1995 Alan Hull, singer/composer, dies at 50 November 17, 1995 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66 November 17, 1995 John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88 November 17, 1995 Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87 November 17, 1995 Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60 November 17, 1994 G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82 November 17, 1993 Jthm de Vreeze, Dutch MP (KVP, 1956..77), dies at 80 November 17, 1992 Audre Lorde, St. Croix' feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies November 17, 1991 John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80 November 17, 1991 Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33 November 17, 1991 Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55 November 17, 1989 Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies November 17, 1989 Emerson Buckley, composer, dies at 73 November 17, 1988 Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84 November 17, 1987 Irene Wicker, singer and actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81 November 17, 1986 Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71 November 17, 1986 Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered November 17, 1985 Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81 November 17, 1984 Jan Novak, composer, dies at 63 November 17, 1982 Bill Baldwin, announcer, dies at 69 November 17, 1982 Duk Koo Kim, S Korean boxer, legally declared dead November 17, 1982 Eduard Tubin, composer, dies at 77 November 17, 1982 Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in New York City November 17, 1981 Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65 November 17, 1979 John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery November 17, 1978 Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75 November 17, 1978 James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80 November 17, 1976 Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60 November 17, 1975 Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70 November 17, 1974 Clive Brook, actor and director (On Approval), dies at 87 November 17, 1971 Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83 November 17, 1971 Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75 November 17, 1970 Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 November 17, 1968 Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 November 17, 1968 Mervyn Peake, British Writer November 17, 1962 Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami November 17, 1959 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 November 17, 1955 James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 November 17, 1947 Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83 November 17, 1944 Bernard Ray, U.S. lieutenant, dies in Battle at Hurtgenwald November 17, 1943 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 November 17, 1941 Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide November 17, 1931 Georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50 November 17, 1931 John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64 November 17, 1929 Herman Hollerith, German/US statistician (punch card), dies at 69 November 17, 1927 Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 November 17, 1917 F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 November 17, 1917 Auguste Rodin, French Sculptor November 17, 1905 Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 November 17, 1905 Philip EFMCBLG, earl of Flanders, dies November 17, 1893 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36 November 17, 1875 Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos and indians), dies November 17, 1862 Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 November 17, 1856 William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 November 17, 1848 Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies November 17, 1826 Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 November 17, 1818 Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies November 17, 1796 Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 November 17, 1770 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 November 17, 1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 November 17, 1747 Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 November 17, 1648 Thomas Ford, composer, dies November 17, 1608 Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 November 17, 1562 Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vendome/huguenot, dies in battle at 47 November 17, 1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 November 17, 1558 Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/"heretic", dies at 58 November 17, 1512 Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered November 17, 1231 Elisabeth van Thuringen, Hungarian princess, dies at about 24 November 17, 1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies November 17, 594 Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies November 17, 474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies November 17, 375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at ñ54 |