Notable deaths on April 17

Romanian pianist (1945–2022)

President of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011)

American quilter (1936–2019)

First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993

American radio personality (1934–2018)

American professional wrestler and bodybuilder (1969–2016)

American actress (1925–2016)

American businessman (1924–2015)

United States Air Force general

American politician

American heir, businessman and philanthropist

Serbian textile designer and painter

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

Malaysian politician and lawyer (1940–2014)

American architect

Tanzanian singer (c. 1910– 2013)

Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1994 to 1995

Indian politician (1934–2013)

Musical artist

Greek singer (1948–2012)

American poet (1934–2012)

American writer and rabbi (1942–2012)

English children's author, 1917–2012

Indian politician