Deaths January 17 | History by KabAstro

1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [OS=Jan 6]
1705 John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627)
1718 Captain Benjamin Church, Plymouth Colony settler and military leader
1736 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, dies at 73
1738 Jean-François Dandrieu, French Baroque organist, harpsichord player, and composer, dies at about 56 [birth date uncertain]
1751 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor), dies at 79
1781 Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies
1788 Alessio Prati, Italian composer, dies at 37
1805 Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, French scholar and interpreter, dies at 73
1820 Daniel Albert Wyttenbach, German-Swiss classicl scholar and historian, dies at 73
1823 Zacharius Werner, German playwright, dies at 36
1826 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806)
1830 W Waiblinger, writer, dies
1833 James Ball Antyne, Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), dies at about 60
1833 William Rush, American sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies at 76

1834 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist, dies at 71
1851 Thomas Lincoln, American farmer, carpenter, and father President Abraham Lincoln, dies at 73
1856 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, English organist, composer and educator (Cathedral Music), dies at 41
1861 Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)
1863 Horace Vernet, French painter of battles and Orientalist subjects, dies at 73
1869 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer, dies at 55
1870 Alexander Anderson, American engraver and illustrator (Shakespeare), dies at 94
1874 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, die at 62
1884 Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist, dies at 79
1887 William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician (Premier of Tasmania, 1878 & 1879-84), dies of heart disease at 46
1888 Mistahimaskwa [Big Bear], Plains Cree chief (refused to sign 1876 Treaty 6), dies [1]
1889 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56
1890 Salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85

George Bancroft (1800-1891)

American historian (History of the United States), dies at 90

1891 Johannes Verhulst, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 74
1892 Alexandre Levy, Brazilian composer and pianist, dies at 27

Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893)

19th US President (Republican: 1877-81), dies of a heart attack at 70

1899 Jedediah Hotchkiss, American topographer and cartographer, dies at 70
1901 Jacob Georg Agarah, Swedish botanist, dies at 87
1902 Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed
1903 Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
1908 Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, dies at 72
1909 Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819
1910 Wilhelm F Kohlrausch, German physicist (Additiviteitsregel), dies at 69
1911 Francis Galton, British anthropologist and geneticist (eugenics), dies at 88
1913 Carl Baermann, German composer, dies at 73

Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927)

American activist and founder of the Girl Scouts of America, dies of breast cancer at 66

1928 William Corless Mills, American museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds), dies at 68
1932 Albert Jacka, VC, Australian soldier (b. 1893)
1933 John Hodges, Australian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests [first 2 played], 6 wickets; Victoria), dies at 77
1933 Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artist and designer known for his glasswork (Tiffany & Co), dies at 84
1936 Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian author (b. 1885)
1938 William Henry Pickering, American astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
1942 Frederick Jerome Work, African-American composer, arranger (The Jubilee Singers), and music publisher, dies at 61
1942 Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (The Severity Order - allowing for killing non-combatant Jews), dies from complications of a stroke at 57
1946 Gottfried Rudinger, German composer, dies at 59
1947 Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, French cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec, dies at 63
1947 Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)
1952 Walter O Briggs, American entrepreneur and sports team owner (Detroit Tigers 1935-52), dies at 74
1959 Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi

Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)

Congolese politician and independence leader who was the 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960), executed by the Katangan and Belgian government at 34

1962 Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies of a heart attack at 56

T. H. White (1906-1964)

English novelist (England Have My Bones) and author of the King Arthur novels, dies of heart failure at 57

1965 Hans Marchwitza, German writer and communist, dies at 75
1966 Vincent J. Donehue, American stage and screen director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at 50
1967 Barney Ross, American welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
1967 Evelyn Nesbit, actress (Redemption), dies at 82
1968 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)

Polish violinist and composer, dies of a heart attack at 59

1970 Billy Stewart, American singer ("I Do Love You"), dies in auto-accident at 32
1970 Robert Lindley Murray, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1917-18), dies at 77
1970 Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoonist (b. 1890)
1972 Betty Smith, American novelist (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 75
1972 Rochelle Hudson, American actress (Les Misérables, Imitation of Life, That's My Boy), dies from pneumonia at 55
1973 Fred Essler, Austrian actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk), dies at 77
1976 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in a car crash [or 1/18]
1977 Gary Gilmore, American murderer executed in Utah at 36, 1st US execution since 1967
1980 Barbara Britton [Brantingham], American actress (Captain Kidd; Young and Willing; Mr. and Mrs. North), dies of pancreatic cancer at 60
1981 Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
1983 Bill Bonthron, American athlete (world 1,500m record 3:48.8 1934), dies at 70
1983 Doodles Weaver [Winstead Sheffield Weaver], American comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers, The Zodiac Killer), commits suicide by shooting himself at 70
1984 Kostas Giannidis [Yannis Constantinidis], Greek composer and pianist, dies at 80
1985 Jimmy DeBerry, American blues guitarist, banjo player, and singer, dies at 73
1987 Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (b. 1908)
1987 Raymond Scheyven, Belgian, banker, minister of Economic Affairs, and founder of the Socrates Service - a WWII underground civil resistance group, dies at 75
1989 Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan folk and milonga singer-songwriter ("Recordándote"), poet, and journalist, dies at 52
1989 Sterling A Brown, American poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at 87
1990 Anna Arnold Hedgeman, African-American social activist (NYC cabinet), dies at 90
1990 Charles Hernu, French politician (Minister of Defense, 1981-85; Mayor of Villeurbanne, 1977-90), and environmental antagonist, dies at 66
1990 Fritz "Freddie" Brocksieper, German big band jazz drummer, and bandleader, dies at 77
1991 Olav V, King of Norway (1957-91), dies at 87
1992 Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95
1992 Charlie Ventura [Venturo], American jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader (Bop for the People), dies of lung cancer at 75
1992 Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies
1992 Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner, dies at 76
1993 Albert Hourani, English historian (b. 1915)
1993 Barbara Buczek, Polish pianist, composer (Anekumena – Concerto for 89 Instruments; Two Impressions), and teacher, dies at 53
1993 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
1994 Allan Gilbert Odell, American Ad exec (Burma Shave), dies at 90
1994 Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister of South Korea (1964-70), dies
1994 Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor Sax Player, dies at 66
1994 Han Jansen, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at 61
1994 Helen Stephens, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m & 4x100m relay 1936), dies at 75
1994 Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77
1994 Noël Chiboust, French jazz trumpeter, saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader, dies at 84
1994 Yevgeny Ivanov, Soviet spy involved in the Profumo affair (b. 1926)
1995 Isador Caplan, British lawyer and Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at 82
1995 Urias Nooteboom, Dutch journalist/critic (The Time), dies at 54
1996 Amber Hagerman, American namesake of the Amber Alert system (b. 1986)
1996 Barbara Charline Jordan, politician, dies at 59
1996 Charles Henry Madge, English poet and founder of Mass-Observation, dies at 83
1996 F. Don Miller, American sports executive (executive director USOC 1973-85; President US Olympic Foundation 1985-96), dies at 75
1996 Giles Playfair, English writer, dies at 85
1996 Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
1996 Robert Covington, American drummer and singer, dies at 54
1997 Amha Selassie, Crown prince of Ethiopia and son of emperor Haile Selassi, dies at 82
1997 Andrea Fisher, American artist, dies at 41
1997 Bert Kelly, Australian politician (b. 1912)
1997 Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (discovered Pluto), dies at 90
1998 Emil Sitka, American actor (Three Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 83
1999 Robert Eads, American transsexual (b. 1945)
2000 Philip Jones, British classical trumpeter (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, 1951-86), and educator, dies at 71
2001 Gregory Corso, American beat poet, dies of prostate cancer at 70
2001 Norris Turney, American jazz flute and saxophone player (Billy Eckstine, 1947-48; Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1968-73), dies at 79
2002 Bishop Karas, Sudanese-born American religious leader (b. 1955)
2002 Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer, (Nobel Prize laureate 1989), dies at 85
2002 Héctor Tosar, Uruguayan pianist and composer, dies at 78
2002 Queenie Leonard, American actress (b. 1905)
2003 Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
2003 Richard Crenna, American actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles), dies at 76
2004 Czeslaw Niemen, Polish musician (b. 1939)
2004 Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
2004 Noble Willingham, American actor (Walker, Texas Ranger; The Corndog Man), dies at 72
2004 Ray Stark, American stage and film producer, dies at 88
2004 Zenobia Powell Perry, American composer (Tawawa House), educator, and civil rights activist, dies at 94
2005 Albert Schatz, American microbiologist (b. 1920)
2005 Charlie Bell, Australian fast food executive (b. 1960)
2005 Virginia Mayo [Jones], American actress (The Best Years of Our Lives, Out of the Blue, White Heat), dies of congestive heart failure at 84

Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005)

Premier of the People's Republic of China (1980-87) and General Secretary of the CCP (1987-89), dies after multiple strokes at 95

2006 Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
2006 Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (b. 1925)
2007 Art Buchwald, American columnist and author (The Washington Post), dies at 81
2007 Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
2008 Allan Melvin, American character actor (Brady Bunch, All in Family), dies of cancer at 84

Bobby Fischer (1943-2008)

American chess player (world champion 1972-75), dies of renal failure at 64

2008 Rod Allen [Bainbridge] British pop-rock singer and bassist (Fortunes - "You've Got Your Troubles"; "Here It Comes Again"), dies of cancer at 63
2009 Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (b. 1943)
2010 Daisuke Gouri, Japanese seiyu (b. 1952)
2010 Erich Segal, American author (Love Story, Oliver's Story), dies at 72
2010 Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)
2010 Jyoti Basu, Indian Communist politician, dies at 95
2011 Donald "Don" Kirshner, American rock & roll producer known as "The Man With the Golden Ear" (invented bubblegum music), dies at 76
2012 Francisco Pulgar Vidal, Peruvian musicologist and composer, dies at 82
2012 Johnny Otis [Ioannis Veliotes], American R&B musician, songwriter, producer and talent scout ("Willie and the Hand Jive"; "Cupid's Boogie"), known as "the godfather of rhythm and blues", dies at 90
2012 Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire supervisor, dies of a heart attack at 74
2013 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano, dies at 86
2013 Robert F. Chew, American actor, dies from heart failure at 52
2014 Francine Lalonde, Canadian politician (Member of Parliament for La Pointe-de-l'Île), dies of cancer at 73
2014 Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian Islamic religious leader (52nd Da'i al Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohrans), dies at 98
2015 Greg Plitt, American fitness model and entrepreneur, dies when hit by a train at 37
2016 Dale "Buffin" Griffin, English rock drummer (Mott The Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), and producer (BBC's John Peel sessions), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 67
2016 Mic Gillette, American trumpet, trombone, and flugelhorn player (Tower of Power, Cold Blood, The Sons of Champlin), dies of a heart attack at 64
2017 Tibor Fátyol, Hungarian composer, dies at 81
2018 Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (Hope Morrison-Home and Away, dies at 29, three days after a car crash which also killed both her parents
2018 Simon Shelton Barnes, British actor (Teletubbies-Tinky Winky), dies of hypothermia at 52
2019 Lajos Papp, Hungarian composer (Otoño / Autumn), and educator, dies at 83
2019 Reggie Young, American session guitarist (The Memphis Boys), dies of heart failure at 82 [1]
2019 Windsor Davies, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), dies at 88
2020 Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricket all-rounder (41 Tests; top score 122; 88 wickets), dies at 86
2020 Claudio Roditi, Brazilian jazz trumpeter, arranger, and composer, dies at 74
2020 Derek Fowlds, British actor (Yes Minister, The Basil Brush Show), dies at 82
2020 Morimichi Takagi, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (NPB All-Star 1966–67, 73, 79; Chunichi Dragons), dies at 78
2020 Pietro Anastasi, Italian soccer striker (25 caps; Juventus, Ascoli, Inter), dies from motor neurone disease at 71
2021 Julian "Junior" Mance, American jazz pianist (Dinah Washington; Dizzy Gillespie), dies of a brain hemorrhage after a fall at 92
2022 Kevin Flynn, Irish rugby union centre (22 caps; Leinster RFC), dies at 82
2022 Yvette Mimieux, American actress (Time Machine; Where the Boys Are; Light in the Piazza), dies at 80
2023 Chris Ford, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 1971 Detroit Pistons; Boston Celtics) and coach (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Clippers), dies from a heart attack at 74
2023 Jean-Claude Marty, French rugby league winger (13 Tests; FC Lézignan XIII, Racing Club Albi XIII), dies at 79
2023 Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian known as Sister André and the world's oldest verified living person, dies in her sleep aged 118 years and 340 days
2023 Renée Geyer, Australian singer ("It's A Man's Man's World"; "Stares and Whispers"), dies at 69 [1]
2024 Bennie Muller, Dutch soccer midfielder (43 caps; AFC Ajax 341 games), dies at 85
2024 Shawn Barber, Canadian athlete (World C'ship gold pole vault 2019; World Indoor Tour 2016), dies after long illness at 29
2024 Toni Stern, American poet (The Wet Clay of My Heart), and lyricist (Carole King - "It's Too Late", "Where You Lead"), dies at 79 [1]