Died On This Day: October 17

• Douglas Blackwell (2009, Victoria, London, England, UK)
• Carla Boni (2009, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
• Norma Fox Mazer (2009, Montpelier, Vermont, USA)
• Katie Planche Friedrichs (2009, Ramsay, Louisiana, USA)
• Manuel Gas (2009, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
• Barbara Herbich (2009, New York City, New York, USA)
• Vladimir Kashpur (2009, Moscow, Russia)
• Kazuhiko Kato (2009, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan)
• Vic Mizzy (2009, Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Rosanna Schiaffino (2009, Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
• Robert Yuhas (2009, Santa Monica, California, USA)
• Edwin M. Adams (2008, Potomac Falls, Maryland, USA)
• Levi Stubbs (2008, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
• Ben Weider (2008, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
• Manuel Avila Camacho (2007, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico)
• Joey Bishop (2007, Newport Beach, California, USA)
• Peter Bray (2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Teresa Brewer (2007, New Rochelle, New York, USA)
• Francisco Egídio (2007, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
• Harry Kleiner (2007, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Shu Chen (2006, Shanghai, China)
• Reuven Dayan (2006, Israel)
• Daniel Emilfork (2006, Paris, France)
• Christopher Glenn (2006, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA)
• Jeffie Legend (2006, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)
• Ursula Moray Williams (2006, Beckford, Gloucestershire, England, UK)
• Maciej Olbrycht (2006, Warsaw, Poland)
• Lenore Somerset (2006, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
• Jin Ba (2005, Shanghai, China)
• Leslie Duxbury (2005, Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England, UK)
• Jean Lescure (2005, Paris, France)
• Ray Boone (2004, Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA)
• Justin Edgerton (2004, Lakewood, California, USA)
• Celio González (2004, Mexico)
• Julius Harris (2004, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Betty Hill (2004, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA)
• Uzi Hitman (2004, Ramat Gan, Israel)
• Lawrence Ryle (2004, New York City, New York, USA)
• Novica Savic (2004, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro)
• Alex Stelter (2004, San Pablo, California, USA)
• Mamdouh Wafi (2004, Cairo, Egypt)
• Rebecca Welles (2004, Tacoma, Washington, USA)
• Ralph Ferrin (2003, San Fernando Valley, California, USA)
• Janice Rule (2003, New York City, New York, USA)
• Bernard Schwartz (2003, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Chili Williams (2003, California, USA)
• Pattie Coldwell (2002, Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK)
• Yara Cortes (2002, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
• Beecher Kirby (2002, Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
• Arnim Mühlstädt (2002, Berlin, Germany)
• Henri Renaud (2002, Paris, France)
• Aileen Riggin (2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
• Graziano Giusti (2001, Sant'Elpidio a Mare, Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy)
• Jay Livingston (2001, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Tomasz Zaród (2001, Warsaw, Poland)
• Frederick S. Clarke (2000, Adair County, Iowa, USA)
• 'Lighthorse' Harry Cooper (2000, White Plains, New York, USA)
• Fritz Holzer (2000, Vienna, Austria)
• Joachim Jokke Nielsen (2000, Oslo, Norway)
• Leo Nomellini (2000, Stanford, California, USA)
• Horacio Ranieri (2000, Buenos Aires, Federal Capital, Argentina)
• Walter Shenson (2000, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Christine Mason (1999, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
• Mema Stathopoulou (1999, Patra, Greece)
• Franz Peter Wirth (1999, Berg, Germany)
• Antonio Agri (1998)
• Joan Hickson (1998, Colchester, Essex, England, UK)
• Albert Johnson (1998, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Anita Laurenzi (1998, Rome, Lazio, Italy)
• Ben Welden (1997, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Carl-Olof Alm (1996, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden)
• Jaroslav Balík (1996, Prague, Czechoslovakia)
• Gerhard Holtz-Baumert (1996, Heinrichsfelde, Brandenburg, Germany)
• Burt Slade (1996)
• Madalyn Trahey (1996, Orange County, California, USA)
• Eric Vogel (1996, Hungary)
• Pál Zolnay (1995)
• George Barrows (1994, Oxnard, California, USA)
• Stan Bohrman (1994, Los Angeles, California USA)
• Barbara Grigor (1994)
• Terry Runte (1994, Jamaica)
• Vijay Bhatt (1993, Bombay, Maharashtra, India)
• Orestis Laskos (1992, Athens, Greece)
• Roy Aversa (1991, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• J.G. Devlin (1991, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)
• Tennessee Ernie Ford (1991, Reston, Virginia, USA)
• Emmi Jurkka (1990, Helsinki, Finland)
• Erling Schroeder (1989, Denmark)
• Robert Moberly (1988, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Ruby Dandridge (1987, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Mauno Mäkelä (1987, Helsinki, Finland)
• Gene Taft (1987, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Ronald S. Kass (1986, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Leah Rhodes (1986, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, USA)
• Joseph Rosenstock (1985, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA)
• Alex Goudavich (1984, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
• Steven Henschel (1984, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Alberta Hunter (1984, New York City, New York, USA)
• Georges Thill (1984, Draguignan, France)
• Mary Ellen Bute (1983, New York City, New York, USA)
• Lucienne Givry (1983, Paris, Ile-de-France, France)
• Vittorio Nino Novarese (1983, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Edda von Bidder-Ehrnrooth (1983, Helsinki, Finland)
• Aleksei Mishurin (1982)
• Giuseppe Viola (1982, Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
• Youssef Wahby (1982, Cairo, Egypt)
• R.S. Allen (1981, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Albert Cohen (1981, Geneva, Switzerland)
• Kullervo Kari (1981)
• Jean Sylvère (1981, Draveil, Essonne, France)
• Carl Brückel (1980, Freilassing, Germany)
• Otávio de Faria (1980, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Joseph Edesa (1980, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Samuel Ethridge (1980, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Sam Flint (1980, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Tauno Majuri (1980, Helsinki, Finland)
• Edwin Max (1980, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• S.J. Perelman (1979, New York City, New York, USA)
• John Stuart (1979, London, England, UK)
• Robert Vernay (1979)
• Guy D'Ennery (1978, Oakland, California, USA)
• Phyllis McDonagh (1978, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
• Michael Balcon (1977, Hartfield, East Sussex, England, UK)
• Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1976)
• Jerzy Braun (1975, Rome, Italy)
• Karl Erik Flens (1975, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden)
• Susan Odin (1975)
• Russell Gaige (1974, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Tomotaka Tasaka (1974)
• George Welbes (1974, New York City, New York, USA)
• Ingeborg Bachmann (1973, Rome, Italy)
• Bernt Balchen (1973, Mount Kisco, New York, USA)
• Semyon Budyonny (1973, Moscow, Russia)
• Günter Neumann (1972, Munich, Germany)
• Ivan Volkman (1972, Stockton, California, USA)
• Paul Westermeier (1972, Berlin, Germany)
• Karl Ludwig Lindt (1971)
• Pierre Laporte (1970, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
• Vola Vale (1970, Hawthorne, California, USA)
• Lucio Mario Dani (1969, Fano, Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy)
• Horst Lommer (1969, Lübeck, Germany)
• Carroll Levis (1968, London, England, UK)
• Gene Twombly (1968, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Ray Beltram (1967, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• William Garrett (1967)
• Zoltán Kárpáthy (1967, Budapest, Hungary)
• Lucille Fenton (1966, London, England, UK)
• Pliny Horne (1966, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Karel Hruska (1966, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic])
• Soledad Jiménez (1966, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Fernando Méndez (1966, Mexico City, Mexico)
• Anders Henrikson (1965, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden)
• Murray Parker (1965, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Paul Hagman (1964, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden)
• Harry Grey (1963, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Romualdo Tirado (1963, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Olaf Henriksen (1962, Norwood, Massachusetts, USA)
• Frank Leighton (1962, England, UK)
• Salko Repak (1962, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Rubberlegs Williams (1962, New York City, New York, USA)
• Courtney Burr (1961, New York City, New York, USA)
• José María Lado (1961, Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
• Fanny Simpson (1961, Woodstock, New York, USA)
• George K. Gee (1959, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK)
• Ralph Benatzky (1957, Zurich, Switzerland)
• David Ledner (1957, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Eric Maturin (1957, London, England, UK)
• Paul Porter (1957, New York City, New York, USA)
• Anne Crawford (1956, London, England, UK)
• Elis Ellis (1956, Sweden)
• Jack Marvin (1956, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
• Carmen Cartellieri (1953, Vienna, Austria)
• Emil E. Reinert (1953, Paris, France)
• Laura Burt (1952, Bronx, New York, USA)
• Julia Dean (1952, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Eugen Illés (1951, Budapest, Hungary)
• Bernhard Kellermann (1951, Klein-Glienicke, Potsdam, Germany)
• Larry Randall (1951, Ventura, California, USA)
• Margit Vágóné (1951, Budapest, Hungary)
• Herbert Clyde Lewis (1950, New York City, New York, USA)
• Gordon Wiles (1950)
• Mark Warnow (1949, New York City, New York, USA)
• Elisabed Cherqezishvili (1948)
• John Halliday (1947, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
• Carlton Macy (1946, Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA)
• Charles Lane (1945, Van Nuys, California, USA)
• Pavel Haas (1944, Auschwitz, Poland)
• Frank Jonasson (1942, Rancho Los Amigos, California, USA)
• George Davis (1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• María Fernanda Ibáñez (1940, Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico)
• J.S. Murray (1939, The Bronx, New York, USA)
• Lucjan Wisniewski (1939, Skolimów, near Warsaw, Poland)
• Suzanne Bianchetti (1936, Paris, France)
• James Diamond (1936, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Jack Freulich (1936, California, USA)
• George Peters (1935, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Irén Varsányi (1932)
• Frank Dayton (1924, New York City, New York, USA)
• Eyvind Kornbeck (1924)
• Kenneth Douglas (1923, New York City, New York, USA)
• Blanche Davenport (1921, New York City, New York, USA)
• Katherine Griffith (1921, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Alajos Mészáros (1920, Budapest, Hungary)
• John Reed (1920, Russia)
• H.B. Irving (1919, London, England, UK)
• Arthur Moon (1918, Helena, Montana, USA)
• Silvio Pettirossi (1916, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Julia Ward Howe (1910)
• William Vaughn Moody (1910, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)
• Nikolay Chernyshevskiy (1889, Russia)
• Frédéric Chopin (1849, Paris, France)