In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Tony Rosato
Canadian-italian actor.
Born December 26th, 1954 in Naples.
Died January 10th, 2017 at 62 years old in Toronto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Edith Windsor
American lgbt rights activist and a technology manager at ibm.
Born June 20th, 1929 in Philadelphia.
Died September 12th, 2017 at 88 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Surjit Singh Barnala
Indian politician, chief minister of punjab from 1985 to 1987.
Born October 21st, 1925 in Ateli.
Died January 14th, 2017 at 91 years old in Chandigarh (disease). [ref]
Bayezid Osman Osmanoğlu
Pretender to the ottoman throne (1924–2017).
Born July 23rd, 1924 in Paris.
Died January 6th, 2017 at 92 years old in New York City.
Karin Dor
German actress (1938-2017).
Born February 22nd, 1938 in Wiesbaden.
Died November 6th, 2017 at 79 years old in Munich (disease). [ref]
Kishori Amonkar
Indian classical singer (1932–2017).
Born April 10th, 1932 in Mumbai.
Died April 3rd, 2017 at 84 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Haruo Nakajima
Japanese actor (1929–2017).
Born January 1st, 1929 in Yamagata Prefecture, Sakata.
Died August 7th, 2017 at 88 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Holger Czukay
German bass-guitarist and co-founder of "can" (1938-2017).
Born March 24th, 1938 in Gdańsk.
Died September 5th, 2017 at 79 years old in Weilerswist.
Gulmurod Khalimov
Tajikistani military personnel (1975–2017).
Born May 14th, 1975 in Varzob District.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 42 years old in Deir ez-Zor (death in battle).
Pete Domenici
United states senator from new mexico (1932–2017).
Born May 7th, 1932 in Albuquerque. [ref]
Died September 13th, 2017 at 85 years old in Albuquerque (surgical complications). [ref]
Lisa Spoonauer
American actress (1972–2017).
Born December 6th, 1972 in Rahway.
Died May 21st, 2017 at 44 years old in Jackson. [ref]
John Ashbery
Poet from the united states of america (1927–2017).
Born July 28th, 1927 in Rochester. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 2017 at 90 years old in Hudson. [ref]
Bobby Doerr
Major league baseball player (1918–2017).
Born April 7th, 1918 in Los Angeles.
Died November 13th, 2017 at 99 years old in Junction City.
Ahmed Kathrada
South african politician (1929-2017).
Born August 21st, 1929 in Schweizer-Reneke.
Died March 28th, 2017 at 87 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Peter L. Berger
American sociologist (1929–2017).
Born March 17th, 1929 in Vienna.
Died June 27th, 2017 at 88 years old in Brookline (heart failure). [ref]
Hubert Dreyfus
American philosopher (1929–2017).
Born October 15th, 1929 in Terre Haute.
Died April 22nd, 2017 at 87 years old in Berkeley (cancer). [ref]
Harvey Atkin
Canadian actor (1942–2017).
Born December 18th, 1942 in Toronto.
Died July 17th, 2017 at 74 years old in Toronto (brain cancer).
Zaida Catalán
Swedish politician.
Born October 6th, 1980 in Farsta church parish.
Died March 12th, 2017 at 36 years old in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Jorge Zorreguieta
Argentine politician (1928-2017).
Born January 18th, 1928 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died August 8th, 2017 at 89 years old in Buenos Aires (leukemia).
Jim Marrs
American journalist and writer (1943–2017).
Born December 5th, 1943 in Fort Worth.
Died August 2nd, 2017 at 73 years old in Springtown (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Royal Robbins
American rock climber (1935-2017).
Born February 3rd, 1935 in Point Pleasant.
Died March 14th, 2017 at 82 years old in Modesto. [ref]
Anne Wiazemsky
French actress and novelist (1947–2017).
Born May 14th, 1947 in Charlottenburg.
Died October 5th, 2017 at 70 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (breast cancer). [ref]
Jared Martin
American actor (1941-2017).
Born December 21st, 1941 in Queens.
Died May 24th, 2017 at 75 years old in Philadelphia (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
David Axelrod
American musician, record producer, composer and arranger (1931-2017).
Born April 17th, 1936 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2017 at 80 years old in Burbank. [ref]
Deborah Watling
English actress (1948-2017).
Born January 2nd, 1948 in Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital.
Died July 21st, 2017 at 69 years old in Frinton-on-Sea (lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 276 to 300 of 1386
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan