Died on This Day (17-Jan)
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Windsor Davies | Windsor Davies was a British actor who performed in films and television shows between 1964 and 2004. | Welsh actor | 88 | 1 |
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 | 3 | |
Greg Plitt | George Gregory Plitt, Jr. was an American fitness model, actor, and former Army Ranger. | American fitness model | 37 | 5 | |
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Jakob Arjouni | Jakob Bothe , better known by his pen name Jakob Arjouni, was a German author. | German author | 48 | 7 |
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Don Kirshner | Donald Clark Kirshner , once described by Time Magazine as The Man With the Golden Ear, was an American music publisher, music consultant, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter. | Rock band manager | 76 | 9 |
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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. | Actor | 84 | 15 |
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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 | 25 |
Billy Stewart | William Larry Stewart II was an American rhythm and blues singer and pianist who was popular during the 1960s. | Singer | 32 | 50 | |
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Yang Changji | Yang Changji was a Chinese educator, philosopher, and writer. | Chinese philosopher | 48 | 100 |
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Alexander Anderson | Dr Alexander Anderson was an American physician and illustrator. | American illustrator | 94 | 150 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniversary | |
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Jessica Falkholt | Jessica Falkholt was an Australian actress who appeared in 16 episodes of the television series Home and Away as Hope Morrison in 2016. | Australian actress | 29 | 2 | |
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Dale Griffin | Terence Dale "Buffin" Griffin was an English drummer and a founding member of 1970s rock band Mott the Hoople. | English drummer | 67 | 4 |
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Alistair McAlpine | Robert Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green was a British businessman, politician and author who was an advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. | British political advisor | 71 | 6 |
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Carlos Guirao | Carlos Guirao Felices was a musician and composer born in Barcelona 23 February 1954. | Musician | 57 | 8 |
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Erich Segal | Erich Wolf Segal was an American author, screenwriter, educator and classicist. | Author | 72 | 10 |
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Aldo Tessio | Aldo Emilio Tessio was an Argentine politician belonging to the Radical Civic Union . | Argentine politician | 90 | 20 |
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Terence P. Finnegan | Monsignor Terence Patrick Finnegan was Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force. | United States Air Force Major General | 85 | 30 |
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István Réti | István Réti was a Hungarian painter, professor, art historian and leading member, as well as a founder and theoretician, of the Nagybánya artists' colony, located in what is present-day Baia Mare, Romania. | Hungarian artist | 72 | 75 |
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George Newbold Lawrence | George Newbold Lawrence was an American businessman and amateur ornithologist. | Ornithologist | 88 | 125 |
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Tsarevich Alexei Alexeyevich of Russia | Tsarevich Alexei Alexeyevich was the second son and heir of Tsar Alexis of Russia and Maria Miloslavskaya, brother of Tsar Feodor III, Tsar Ivan V, and Tsarevna Sophia and half-brother of Tsar Peter the Great. | Second son and heir of Tsar Alexis of Russia | 15 | 350 |