List of celebrities and famous people who died on May 17th
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010
2011English actor (Born 1932).
American baseball player and sportscaster (d.2011)
Chinese-American poet and painter (d. 2010).
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000
2009South Korean film producer (Born 1965).
Uruguayan novelist, journalist, and poet (Born 1920).
Indian poet and author (Born in 1921)
British Member of Parliament (Born 1944).
American playwright (Born in 1911)
American actor. He was a comedian, impressionist, and dramatic actor in the 1960s. Gorshin
Danish artist (Born 1920).
American and Canadian football coach (Born 1916).
American soldier and cartoonist (d.2002)
Hungarian-Spanish footballer (Born 1927)
American singer-songwriter (d.2002)
American physician and novelist (Born in 1908)
101st Archbishop Of Canterbury (Born 1909)
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990
1999Canadian record producer and musician (Born 1949).
Olympic organizer, who dies at the age of 82.
American race car driver (Born 1959).
Broadcaster dies at 75
American racing car driver, who dies at 37 years old (born 1959).
Canadian ice hockey player and NHL Coach (Born 1912).
Singer, dies at 72
Architect dies at 82
Film producer dies at 55.
Singer, dies at 94
American accordion player and bandleader. He had his own TV program on ABC from 1955-1982. In 1953, he was nominated as the best male performer for a TV Emmy. Because of his annual New Years ball, his music was known as "champagne". His popularity was a constant among middle-Americana, particularly seniors.
Hollywood photographer dies from cancer at 87.
34. Deaths of AIDS
US epic tenor, dies.
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980
1989Actor (Nuts Assassin, 10, 10), dies at 74
Dallas: (Patrick Duffy)
Actor (Night of the Laughing Dead), passes away at 72
Composer dies at age 80
first US woman free balloon pilot, dies.
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970
1978Speaker of the house of commons, is killed.
German-Italian photographer, scholar (d. 1974).
Actor (Only Game In Town) dies at 49
Dutch writer/architect, dies at the age of 91.
English Author (My Executioner) dies at 61
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960
1969At age 80, the Czechoslovakian archbishop in Prague/cardinal dies.
Novelist
British black boxer, who defeated Sugar Ray Robinson 7/10/1951 to become the first World Heavyweight Championship holder. He won 43 of his 45 fights starting in 1946.
Author and parapsychologist for the Hungarian-American Psychological Society (d. 1964).
President of Karelo–Finnish Soviet Republic (1940-1956), dies at the age of 82.
American physician and former Ohio State University football head coach (Born 1888).
Composer dies at 74
Flemish Minister/Mayor of Antwerp, Dies at 81
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950
1957Composer dies at 54
Composer dies at 75
Composer dies at 73
Composer dies at 66
Composer dies at 67
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940
194722nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (Born in 1869).
A general of the National Revolutionary Army (Born in 1903)
Died the founder of the first Zen Institute of America.
Resistance fighter
Actor (Wind), passes away at 65
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930
1938Austrian politician and Zionist (Born 1877).
twice Greek prime minister (Born 1868)
French composer whose reputation is based on two works: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1897) and "Ariane and Bluebeard" (1989). 1907. Dukas also created the overture "King Lear", 1883, and the ballet "The Genie", 1912. Dukas also wrote the "Sonnet De Ronsard," 1924 for voice and piano.
Wood engraver
Writer / Art critic
At the age of 61, the US founder (New Republic) dies.
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920
1927American pilot and lieutenant (d. 1927).
French leader (Correspondance entre Scheiller)
Famous deaths on May 17th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910
1919Austrian-German poet and journalist (d. 1919).
At the age of 80, he dies.
Ruler of Sarawak (Born in 1829).
Russian physicist (Born 1862)
At the age of 68, he dies.
At the age of 79, he dies.
American entrepreneur (Born 1836)