Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Jan-17

Died on This Day (Jan-17)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Shawnacy Barber Shawnacy Barber Canadian pole vaulter Canadian-American pole vaulter 29 1
Jay Briscoe Jay Briscoe American professional wrestler American wrestler 38 2
Karim Ouellet Karim Ouellet Canadian singer Canadian singer-songwriter 37 3
Junior Mance Junior Mance American musician American jazz pianist and composer 92 4
Khagendra Thapa Magar Khagendra Thapa Magar Khagendra Thapa Magar was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring 0. Shortest man in the world 27 5
Windsor Davies Windsor Davies Welsh actor Welsh actor 88 6
  Jessica Falkholt Jessica Falkholt was an Australian actress who appeared in the television series Home and Away as Hope Morrison from September to November 2016. Australian actress 29 7
  Brenda C. Barnes Brenda Czajka Barnes was an American businesswoman who served as president, chairman and chief executive of Sara Lee, and was the first female CEO at PepsiCo. American businesswoman 63 8
Dale Griffin Dale Griffin British musician English drummer 67 9
  Greg Plitt American fitness model and actor American fitness model 37 10
  Erich Segal Erich Wolf Segal was an American author, screenwriter, educator, and classicist who wrote the bestselling novel Love Story and its hit film adaptation. American author, screenwriter 72 15
Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. American chess player 64 17
Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo Virginia Mayo was an American actress and dancer. She was in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s. American actress and dancer 84 20
Aldo Tessio Aldo Tessio Aldo Emilio Tessio was an Argentine politician belonging to the Radical Civic Union . Argentine politician 90 25
Miguel Torga Miguel Torga Miguel Torga , pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha , is considered one of the greatest Portuguese writers of the 20th century. Portuguese writer 87 30
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was a Colombian Army general, civil engineer and dictator who ruled as 19th President of Colombia as from June 1953 to May 1957. President of Colombia 74 50
Henry Justin Allen Henry Justin Allen Henry Justin Allen was an American politician serving as the 21st Governor of Kansas and U. Governor of Kansas 81 75
Willard Bartlett Willard Bartlett American jurist and journalist American jurist 78 100
Schomberg Kerr Schomberg Kerr British diplomat and Conservative politician British diplomat and Conservative politician 66 125
Vincenzo Riccati Vincenzo Riccati Italian mathematician and physicist Italian mathematician 68 250