Famous Deaths for 17th September 2024

1676 – Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement, dies at 49
1727 – Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647)
1803 – Franz Xaver Sussmayr, Austrian composer and conductor, dies (b. 1766)
1808 – Benjamin Bourne, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island), dies at 53
1836 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (Classification of flowering plants), dies at 88
1972 – Akim Tamiroff, Armenian-Russian actor (Touch of Evil, For Whom the Bell Tolls), dies at 72
1991 – René-Charles “Zino” Francescatti, French concert violinist (NY Philharmonic-1939), dies at 89
1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, Lithuanian-American tennis player (Australian Open 1977; Wimbledon doubles 1975), dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at 40
1998 – William Hugh Albright, American composer and musician, dies at 53
2006 – Alvin Wayne “Al” Casey, American rock and session guitarist (Duane Eddy: The Wrecking Crew), dies at 69

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