Tuesday, Sep 17, 2024
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1989 - Death of Hugh Quincy Alexander, American politician (born 1911).
1994 - Death of Karl Popper, Austrian and British philosopher (born 1902).
1996 - Death of Spiro Agnew, American Vice President (born 1918).
1997 - Death of Red Skelton, American comedian (born 1913).
1998 - Death of Chet Hoff at the age of 107 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Hoff played for the New York Highlanders in 1911-13 and St. Louis Browns in 1915.
2000 - Death of Nicole Reinhart, American cyclist (born 1976).
2003 - Death of Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (born 1921).
2006 - Death of Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite, sister of John F. Kennedy (born 1924).
2006 - Death of Dorothy C. Stratton, Director of the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (born 1899).