Died on This Day (17-Dec)

Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
Hayden Fry	John Hayden Fry was an American college football player and coach.	American college football player and coach	90	1
Henry Heimlich	Henry Judah Heimlich was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher.	American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher	96	4
Dina Manfredini	Italian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Italy who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age.	Oldest person	115	8
Joanna Yeates	Joanna Clare Yeates was a landscape architect from Hampshire, England, who went missing from the flat she shared with her partner, in a large house in Bristol, on 17 December 2010 after an evening out with colleagues.	British murder victim	25	10
Dick Heckstall-Smith	Richard Malden Heckstall-Smith was an English jazz and blues saxophonist.	English jazz and blues saxophonist	70	16
Baba Kirtan Singh Ji	Guru ki Maseet, also known as Guru's Mosque, is a historical mosque that was constructed by sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib at request of local Muslims of Sri Hargobindpur.	Indian Sikh	87	19
Ken O'Dea	James Kenneth O'Dea was an American professional baseball player.	American baseball player	72	35
Noble Sissle	Noble Lee Sissle was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer, and playwright, best known for the Broadway musical Shuffle Along , and its hit song "I'm Just Wild About Harry".	African-American jazz musician	86	45
Hastings Ismay	General Hastings Lionel "Pug" Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay , was a British Indian Army officer and diplomat, remembered primarily for his role as Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War and his service as the first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957.	Army officer	78	55
János Irinyi	János Irinyi was a Hungarian chemist and inventor of the noiseless and non-explosive match.	Hungarian scientist	78	125

Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
Andrey Shcharbakow	Andrey Anatolyevich Shcharbakow ; 31 January 1991 – 17 December 2018) was a Belarusian professional footballer.	Belarusian footballer	27	2
Conny van Rietschoten	Cornelis "Conny" van Rietschoten was a Dutch yacht skipper who was the only skipper to win the Whitbread Round the World Race twice.	Dutch yacht racer	87	7
Kim Jong-il	Kim Jong-il ; 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011.	North Korean Leader	70	9
Jack Anderson	Jack Northman Anderson was an American newspaper columnist, syndicated by United Features Syndicate, considered one of the fathers of modern investigative journalism.	American newspaper columnist	83	15
Otto Graham	Otto Everett Graham Jr. was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League .	American Footballer	82	17
Adolph W. Schmidt	Adolph William Schmidt was a prominent Pittsburgh philanthropist who served as United States Ambassador to Canada from 1969 to 1974.	American diplomat	96	20
Oskar Kummetz	Oskar Kummetz was an admiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II.	German admiral	89	40
Tan Furen	Tan Furen was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army and People's Republic of China politician.	Chinese politician	60	50
Edward William Archibald	Edward William Archibald was a Canadian surgeon. Archibald was born in Montreal, Quebec, and received his initial education in Grenoble, France.	Canadian surgeon	73	75
Saverio Mercadante	Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante was an Italian composer, particularly of operas.	Italian composer, particularly of operas	75	150

Anniversary Date: 17-Dec

Died on This Day (17-Dec)