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Who died on 17 October?
Celebrities who died on 17 October
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Puyi
last Emperor of China

Elijah Cummings
American politician

Gord Downie
Canadian musician, writer

Bernard Fisher
biologist

Danielle Darrieux
French actress and singer

Horace Romano Harré
New Zealand philosopher and psychologist

Hideo Takayama
Japanese professional wrestler

Tennessee Ernie Ford
American recording artist

Teresa Brewer
US pop singer

Alicia Alonso
Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer

Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse

Cal Hubbard
American football player and coach, baseball umpire

Katherine Griffith
American actress

Ingvar Lidholm
Swedish composer

Hans Steiner
American psychiatrist

Joan Hickson
British actress

Göran Malmqvist
Swedish linguist and sinologist, Member of the Swedish Academy

Ara Güler
Turkish photographer

Pavel Haas
Czech composer

Joey Bishop
American entertainer

George Davis
American baseball player and coach

Roberto Rojas
Bolivian accountant, politician, and trade unionist

Kannadasan
Indian poet

Olaf Henriksen
baseball player

Michael Balcon
English Film producer

Janice Rule
actress

Márta Kurtág
pianist, music pedagogue

Julian May
American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer

Ernie Ross
British politician

Chester Pittser
American football player and coach

Bill Macy
American actor

Younoussi Touré
Malian politician

Mychael Knight
American fashion designer

Bernhard Kellermann
German author

Ray Boone
American baseball player

Ashot Sarkisov
Russian scientist

Cornelius Edward Gallagher
American politician

Wolfgang Menge
German television director

Charlie Justice
Player of American football

Vittorio Gui
Italian conductor, and composer

Youssef Wahbi
Egyptian film director and actor

Bob Swift
American baseball player and coach

Jacques Monory
French painter

Hans Krása
Czech composer

Micheline Ostermeyer
French athlete and piano concertist

Rosanna Schiaffino
Italian actress

Jim Delahanty
American baseball player

Rustam Gasparyan
Armenian politician