Famous Deaths for 17th July 2019

1903 – James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-British painter (Whistler’s Mother), dies at 69
1956 – Jozef de Voght, Flemish priest and songwriter (Under the Snow), dies at 78
1959 – Eugene Meyer, American businessman and newspaper publisher (b. 1875)
1978 – Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51
1990 – Tony Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)), dies at 88
1998 – Ronald Tremain, New Zealand composer, dies at 74
1999 – Kevin Wilkinson, English drummer (The Waterboys), commits suicide at 41
2004 – Julian Hodge, British financier and multi-millionaire (Hodge Group), dies at 99
2007 – Betsy Haworth, Church of England deaconess and minister, dies at 82
2014 – Henry Hartsfield Jr, American astronaut, DIES FROM complications from back surgery at 80

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