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April 17th Deaths - Benjamin Franklin, Dr. Atkins, Linda McCartney
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Benjamin Franklin died today, in 1790. These are some other people who died on April 17th.
| | 326 - Alexander, Patriarch of Alexandria |
| | 487 - Proclus, Greek philosopher (b. 412) |
| | 1711 - Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678) |
| | 1790 - Benjamin Franklin, American politician, inventor, diplomat, and printer (b. 1706) |
| | 1799 - Richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728) |
| | 1843 - Samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762) |
| | 1941 - Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899) |
| | 1960 - Eddie Cochran, American musician (b. 1938) |
| | 1967 - Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908) |
| | 1975 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher (b. 1888) |
| | 1976 - Henrik Dam, Dutch biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) |
| | 1987 - Cecil Harmsworth King, owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (b. 1901) |
| | 1988 - Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (b. 1900) |
| | 1990 - Reverend Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights activist (b. 1936) |
| | 1994 - Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1913) |
| | 1997 - Allan Francovich, American documentary-film makers (The Maltese Double Cross – Lockerbie and Gladio) |
| | 1998 - Linda McCartney, American photographer, activist, and musician (b. 1941) |
| | 2003 - Dr. Robert Atkins, American diet doctor (b. 1930) |
| | 2003 - Paul Getty, American-born philanthropist (b. 1932) |
| | 2003 - Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934) |
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