Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Dec-17

Died on This Day (Dec-17)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Janis Timma Janis Timma Janis Timma is a Latvian professional basketball player who last played for the Lakeland Magic of the NBA G League, while also representing the senior Latvian national team. Latvian professional basketball player 32 1
Jim Ladd Jim Ladd Jim Ladd , an American disc jockey, radio producer and writer, is one of the few notable remaining freeform rock DJs in United States commercial radio. American disc jockey 75 2
  Christian Saulsberry American football player 25 3
Eve Babitz Eve Babitz Eve Babitz was an American visual artist and author best known for her semi-fictionalized memoirs and her relationship to the cultural milieu of Los Angeles. American visual artist and author 78 4
Jeremy Bulloch Jeremy Bulloch Jeremy Andrew Bulloch was an English actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he gained recognition for originating the physical portrayal of Boba Fett in the Star Wars franchise, appearing as the character in the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi . English actor 75 5
Hayden Fry Hayden Fry John Hayden Fry was an American college football player and coach. American college football player and coach 90 6
  Andrey Shcharbakow Andrey Anatolyevich Shcharbakow ; 31 January 1991 – 17 December 2018) was a Belarusian professional footballer. Belarusian footballer 27 7
Henry Heimlich Henry Heimlich Henry Judah Heimlich was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher 96 9
Joanna Yeates 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 15
Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones , also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. American actress and mental health advocate 90 16
Sammy Baugh Sammy Baugh Samuel Adrian Baugh was an American professional football player and coach. American Footballer 94 17
Misha Geller Misha Geller Michael Lazarevich "Misha" Geller was a Russian viola player and composer. Russian viola player and composer 70 18
Denis Payton Denis Payton Denis Archibald West Payton was an English musician who played tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, guitar and harmonica in the rock and roll band the Dave Clark Five. British musician 63 19
Jack Anderson Jack Anderson Jack Northman Anderson was an American newspaper columnist, syndicated by United Features Syndicate, considered one of the founders of modern investigative journalism. American newspaper columnist 83 20
Adolph W. Schmidt 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 25
Ken O Ken O'Dea James Kenneth O'Dea was an American professional baseball player. American baseball player 72 40
Oskar Kummetz Oskar Kummetz Oskar Kummetz was an admiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. German admiral 89 45
Noble Sissle 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 50
Tan Furen Tan Furen Tan Furen was a lieutenant general in the People's Liberation Army and People's Republic of China politician. Chinese politician 60 55
A. N. Hornby A. N. Hornby Albert Neilson Hornby, nicknamed Monkey Hornby was one of the best-known sportsmen in England during the nineteenth century excelling in both rugby and cricket. Cricketer 78 100