Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 17

1980  Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68 on March - 17.   

1981  On March - 17 death of paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)   

1982  On this day in history death of hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador   

1983  Death of Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1985  Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49   

1987  On this day in history death of santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914)   

1988  Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies on this day in history.   

1989  Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 on this day in history.   

1990  Germaine Capucine, French actress and fashion model (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1992  Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69 on March - 17.   

1993  Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92 on March - 17.   

1994  Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1995  Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1996  On March - 17 bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83   

1997  On this day in history gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71   

1999  Death of Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921) on March - 17.   

2002  Death of Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911) on this day in history.   

2003  Death of Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902) on March - 17.   

2004  On March - 17 death of j. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941)   

2005  On March - 17 death of george F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)   

2006  On March - 17 death of bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)   

2007  Death of John Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924) on this day in history.   

2008  On this day in history death of roland Arnall, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)   

2009  On this day in history death of clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)   

2010  On March - 17 death of alex Chilton, American musician (b. 1950)   

2017  On this day in history death of laurynas Stankevičius, 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania   

2017  On this day in history death of derek Walcott, Saint Lucian Nobel poet and playwright   

2018  Death of Phan Văn Khải, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history death of tunku Puan Zanariah, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong   

2020  On this day in history death of eduard Limonov, Russian writer, poet, publicist, and political dissident   

2020  On March - 17 death of roger Mayweather, American professional boxer and trainer   

2020  Death of Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Acting President of Guinea-Bissau on this day in history.   

2020  On March - 17 death of betty Williams, Northern Ireland Nobel peace activist   

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1231  On March - 17 birth of emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)   

1473  On this day in history birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

1578  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.   

1628  On this day in history birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian   

1664  On this day in history birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)   

1685  On March - 17 birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter