142291 | December 17 | Death | 2005 – Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 1936) |
142292 | December 17 | Death | 2006 – Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1935) |
142293 | December 17 | Death | 2008 – Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (b. 1914) |
142294 | December 17 | Death | 2008 – Freddy Breck, German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (b. 1942) |
142295 | December 17 | Death | 2008 – Ismet "Ćelo" Bajramović , Bosnian soldier. [b.1966] |
142296 | December 17 | Death | 2008 – Dave Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1955) |
142297 | December 17 | Death | 2009 – Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983) |
142298 | December 17 | Death | 2009 – Jennifer Jones, American actress and singer (b. 1919) |
142299 | December 17 | Death | 2009 – Dan O'Bannon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943) |
142300 | December 17 | Death | 2009 – Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (b. 1946) |
142301 | December 17 | Death | 2010 – Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941) |
142302 | December 17 | Death | 2010 – Walt Dropo, American basketball and baseball player (b. 1923) |
142303 | December 17 | Death | 2010 – Ralph Coates, English footballer (b. 1946) |
142304 | December 17 | Death | 2011 – Eva Ekvall, Venezuelan journalist and author, Miss Venezuela 2000 (b. 1983) |
142305 | December 17 | Death | 2011 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (b. 1941) |
142306 | December 17 | Death | 2011 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (b. 1941) |
142307 | December 17 | Death | 2012 – Pgeezy, American rapper (b. 1976) |
142308 | December 17 | Death | 2012 – Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (b. 1947) |
142309 | December 17 | Death | 2012 – James Gower, American priest and activist, co-founded the College of the Atlantic (b. 1922) |
142310 | December 17 | Death | 2012 – Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician (b. 1924) |
142311 | December 17 | Death | 2012 – Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1929) |
142312 | December 17 | Death | 2012 – Dina Manfredini, Italian-American super-centenarian (b. 1897) |
142313 | December 17 | Death | 2012 – Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (b. 1957) |
142314 | December 17 | Death | 2013 – Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer (b. 1929) |
142315 | December 17 | Death | 2013 – Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926) |
142316 | December 17 | Death | 2013 – Richard Heffner, American historian and television host (b. 1925) |
142317 | December 17 | Death | 2013 – Tetsurō Kashibuchi, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1950) |
142318 | December 17 | Death | 2013 – Janet Rowley, American geneticist and biologist (b. 1925) |
142319 | December 17 | Death | 2013 – Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (b. 1926) |
142320 | December 17 | Death | 2014 – Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (b. 1913) |