Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Feb-17

Died on This Day (Feb-17)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
  Mike Procter Michael John Procter is a South African former cricketer. South African cricketer 77 1
Stella Stevens Stella Stevens Stella Stevens is a American former actress. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as Girls! Girls! Girls! , The Nutty Professor , The Courtship of Eddie's Father , The Silencers , Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows , The Ballad of Cable Hogue , and The Poseidon Adventure . American actress and model 84 2
Jim Hagedorn Jim Hagedorn James Lee Hagedorn was an American politician from Minnesota. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 59 3
U-Roy U-Roy Ewart Beckford OD , known by the stage name U-Roy, was a Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting. Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting 78 4
Kizito Mihigo Kizito Mihigo Kizito Mihigo was a Rwandan gospel singer, songwriter, organist, composer of sacred music, television presenter, genocide survivor, peace maker and peace and reconciliation activist. Rwandan gospel singer 38 5
Ethel Ennis Ethel Ennis Ethel Llewellyn Ennis was an American jazz musician whose career spanned seven decades. American jazz musician 86 6
Robert H. Michel Robert H. Michel Robert Henry Michel was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. US House of Representatives Minority Leader 93 8
Andy Ganteaume Andy Ganteaume Andrew Gordon Ganteaume was a Trinidadian cricketer who played one Test match for the West Indies in 1948 as a batsman. Trinidadian cricketer 95 9
Kathryn Grayson Kathryn Grayson Kathryn Grayson was an American actress and coloratura soprano. Actor, opera singer 88 15
Rubén Castillo Anchapuri Rubén Castillo Anchapuri Rubén Castillo Anchapuri was a Peruvian theologist and biologist. Peruvian theologist and biologist 77 16
Maurice Papon Maurice Papon Maurice Papon was a French civil servant who led the police in major prefectures from the 1930s to the 1960s, before he became a Gaullist politician. French politician 96 18
Dan O Dan O'Herlihy Daniel Peter O'Herlihy was an Irish actor of film, television, and radio. Irish film actor 85 20
Willi Schatz Willi Schatz Willi Schatz was a Nazi SS-Obersturmführer as a SS-KZ Zahnarzt who served in Auschwitz and Neuengamme. SS officer 80 40
Leslie Douglas Jackson Leslie Douglas Jackson Leslie Douglas Jackson, DFC & Bar was an Australian fighter ace of World War II, credited with five aerial victories. Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot 62 45
Hugo Österman Hugo Österman Hugo Viktor Österman was a Finnish lieutenant-general during World War II. Finnish general 82 50
Tasker Oddie Tasker Oddie Tasker Lowndes Oddie was an American attorney and politician who served as the 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senator. American politician 79 75
George Sigerson George Sigerson George Sigerson was an Irish physician, scientist, writer, politician and poet. Irish medical doctor and writer 89 100
George Sargent Merrill George Sargent Merrill George Sargent Merrill was an American soldier who served in the Union Army and as the 10th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1881-1882. American soldier 62 125
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander was a German astronomer. German astronomer 75 150
Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. French revolutionary 78 200