Film Tv Deaths October 17 | History by KabAstro

1970 Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
1979 John Stuart, Scottish actor (Kittie, Superman, Number Seventeen), dies at 81
1979 S J Perelman, American author, humorist and screenwriter (The New Yorker, Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75
1987 Ruby Dandridge [Ruby Jean Butler], American actress (Father of the Bride), dies at 87
1991 "Tennessee" Ernie Ford, American country music singer ("Sixteen Tons"), and actor (I Love Lucy; The Ford Show), dies of liver disease at 72
1991 J. G. Devlin, Northern Irish actor (No Surrender), dies at 84
1994 Barbara Grigor, Scottish filmmaker and art entrepreneur, dies at 50
1998 Joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906)
2000 Leo Nomellini, American College/Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (Uni of Minnesota; 6×First-team All-Pro; 10×Pro Bowl; NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; SF 49ers), dies of a stroke at 76
2003 Janice Rule, American actress (Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife), dies at 72
2004 Uzi Hitman, Israeli pop singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality, dies of a heart attack at 22)
2006 Christopher Glenn, American newscaster (b. 1938)
2006 Daniel Emilfork, French actor (b. 1924)
2012 Sylvia Maria Kristel, Dutch actress, dies from throat and liver cancer at 60
2015 Danièle Delorme [Gabrielle Girard], French actress (Pardon My Affair), dies at 89
2016 Eddie Applegate, American actor (The Patty Duke Show - "Richard"), dies at 81
2017 Danielle Darrieux, French stage and screen actress (Alexander the Great; Mayerling; 8 Women), dies due to injuries from a fall at 100

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