Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 17-Oct

Died on This Day (17-Oct)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Elijah Cummings	Elijah Eugene Cummings was an American politician and civil rights advocate who served in the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 7th congressional district from 1996 until his death in 2019, when he was succeeded by his predecessor Kweisi Mfume.	US.Representative	68	1
	Gord Downie	Gordon Edgar Downie CM was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist.	Canadian rock musician	53	3
	Milt Drewer	Milton L. Drewer Jr. was an American football coach and college athletic administrator.	American football player and coach	89	8
	Mack Cleveland	Mack Norman Cleveland Jr. , was an attorney and politician from Sanford, Florida, who served in the Florida State Legislature from 1953 to 1965.	Member of Florida State Legislature	86	10
	Ray Boone	Raymond Otis Boone was an American professional baseball infielder and scout who played in Major League Baseball .	American baseball player	81	16
	Jay Livingston	Jay Livingston was an American composer best known as half of a song-writing duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films.	American composer	86	19
	Wiktor Kemula	Wiktor Kemula was a famous Polish chemist, electrochemist, and polarographist.	Polish chemist	82	35
	Pierre Laporte	Pierre Laporte was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician.	Canadian politician	49	50
	William T. Clement	William Tardy Clement was a highly decorated general of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of lieutenant general during World War II.	United States Marine Corps general	61	65
	Duke Elimar of Oldenburg	Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar was a duke of Oldenburg, and the son of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and Princess Cecilia of Sweden.	German duke	51	125

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Ara Güler	Ara Güler was an Armenian-Turkish photojournalist, nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul" or "the Photographer of Istanbul".	Armenian-Turkish photojournalist	90	2
	Howard Kendall	Howard Kendall was an English footballer and manager.	English footballer and manager	69	5
	John Morton Blum	John Morton Blum was an American historian, active from 1948 to 1991.	American political historian and Yale professor	90	9
	Ba Jin	Ba Jin was a Chinese writer. In addition to his impact on Chinese literature, he also wrote three original works in Esperanto, and as a political activist he wrote The Family.	Chinese author and political activist	100	15
	Charlie Justice	Charles Ronald "Choo-Choo" Justice was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.	Player of American football	79	17
	Harry Cooper	Henry Edward Cooper was an English-American PGA Tour golfer of the 1920s and 1930s.	Golfer	96	20
	Richard Gavin Reid	Richard Gavin "Dick" Reid was a Canadian politician who served as the sixth premier of Alberta from 1934 to 1935.	Premier of Alberta, Canada	101	40
	Bart King	John Barton "Bart" King was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.	American cricket bowler	91	55
	John Reed	John "Jack" Silas Reed was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist.	American journalist, poet, and communist activist	32	100
	Henri François Le Dran	Henri François Le Dran was a French surgeon. He gave lectures with the Royal Academy of Medicine in Paris, and practiced surgery at Hôpital de la Charité.	French surgeon	85	250