Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 17-Aug

Died on This Day (17-Aug)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Cedric Benson	Cedric Myron Benson was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League .	American football playe	36	1
	Arthur Hiller	Arthur Hiller, OC was a Canadian-American television and film director with over 33 films to his credit during a 50-year career.	American television and film director	92	4
	Jack Harshman	John Elvin Harshman was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians between 1948 and 1960.	American baseball player	86	7
	Francesco Cossiga	Francesco Maurizio Cossiga OMRI was an Italian politician.	President of the Italian Republic	82	10
	Mabel Hokin	Mabel Ruth Hokin was a biochemist who spent most of her professional career conducting fundamental research in the University of Wisconsin Medical School.	English Biochemist	79	17
	Flip Phillips	Joseph Edward Filippelli , known professionally as Flip Phillips, was an American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player.	American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player	86	19
	Ted Whitten	Edward James Whitten Sr. OAM was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League .	Australian rules footballer	62	25
	John B. Parkin	John Burnett Parkin was a Canadian architect. Parkin is best known as the principal of the firm John B.	Canadian architect	64	45
	Fernand Léger	Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker.	French painter	74	65
	Ray Chapman	Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American baseball player.	Major league baseball player	29	100

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Fadwa Souleimane	Fadwa Souleimane was a Syrian actress of Alawite descent who led a Sunni-majority protest against Bashar al-Assad's government in Homs.	Syrian actress	47	3
	Yvonne Craig	Yvonne Joyce Craig was an American actress and ballerina, who was best known for her role as Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman.	American ballet dancer and actress	78	5
	Aase Bjerkholt	Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.	Norwegian politician	97	8
	John N. Bahcall	John Norris Bahcall was an American astrophysicist, best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Space Telescope and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.	American physicist	70	15
	Edward Dziewoński	Edward Dziewonski was a Polish stage and film actor, and theatre director.	Polish actor, theatre director	85	18
	Robert Gilruth	Robert Rowe Gilruth was an American aerospace engineer and an aviation/space pioneer who was the first director of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Lyndon B.	NASA director	86	20
	Pearl Bailey	Pearl Mae Bailey was an American actress, singer and author.	American singer	72	30
	Charles W. Ryder	Major General Charles Wolcott Ryder CB was a senior United States Army officer who served with distinction in both World War I and World War II.	Recipient of the Purple Heart medal	68	60
	Dragutin Keserović	Dragutin Keserovic was a Yugoslav Chetnik military commander holding the rank of lieutenant colonel and vojvoda during World War II.	Serbian war commander	48	75
	Joshua Fry Bell	Joshua Fry Bell was a Kentucky slave owner and political figure.	American politician	58	150