Died on This Day (17-May)
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Herman Wouk | Herman Wouk was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny which won the Pulitzer Prize. | American author | 103 | 1 |
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Rhodri Morgan | Hywel Rhodri Morgan was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009. | First Minister of Wales | 77 | 3 |
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Gerald Edelman | Gerald Maurice Edelman was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system. | American biologist | 84 | 6 |
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Donna Summer | LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. | American singer-songwriter | 63 | 8 |
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Richard Gregory | Richard Langton Gregory was a British psychologist and Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol. | British psychologist | 86 | 10 |
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Tony Randall | Anthony Leonard Randall was an American actor, comedian and singer. | American actor, comedian and singer | 84 | 16 |
Geoffrey Dickens | Geoffrey Kenneth Dickens was a British Conservative politician. | British Conservative MP | 63 | 25 | |
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Teddy Shapou | Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Shapou was an American fighter pilot of World War II. | American aviator | 66 | 35 |
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Sven Erixson | Sven "X-et" Leonard Erixson , was a Swedish painter and sculptor. | Swedish painter | 70 | 50 |
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Ferenc Bihar | Ferenc Bihar de Barabásszeg was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1905 and 1906, during the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis of 1905. | Hungarian politician | 72 | 100 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Richard Pipes | Richard Edgar Pipes was an American academic who specialized in Russian and Soviet history. | Polish-American historian | 94 | 2 |
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Guy Clark | Guy Charles Clark was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier. | American folk and country singer | 74 | 4 |
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Jorge Rafael Videla | Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo was a military officer and dictator, General Commander of the Army, member of the Military Junta, and de facto President of Argentina from March 29, 1976 to March 29, 1981. | President of Argentina | 87 | 7 |
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Harmon Killebrew | Harmon Clayton Killebrew Jr. , nicknamed ’The Killer’ and ’Hammerin' Harmon’, was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder. | Baseball player | 74 | 9 |
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Frank Gorshin | Frank John Gorshin Jr. was an American character actor, impressionist, and comedian. | Actor/comedian | 72 | 15 |
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Donald Coggan | Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan, was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980. | Archbishop of Canterbury | 90 | 20 |
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Manuel Anatol | Manuel Anatol Aristegi was a naturalized French professional football player. | Naturalized French football player | 87 | 30 |
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Erling Brene | Niels Erling Emmanuel Brene was a Danish composer. | Danish composer | 83 | 40 |
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Robert 'Wheezer' Hutchins | Robert E. Hutchins was an American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1933. | American child actor | 20 | 75 |
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Hugh Cleghorn | Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn of Stravithie MD, LLD, FRSE, FLS was a Madras-born Scottish physician, botanist, forester and land owner. | Scottish forester | 74 | 125 |