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In the year 2017
1,292 Notable deaths
Liz Dawn
English actress (1939-2017).
Born November 8th, 1939 in Leeds.
Died September 25th, 2017 at 77 years old in Whitefield (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Johnny Bower
Canadian ice hockey player (1924–2017).
Born November 8th, 1924 in Prince Albert.
Died December 26th, 2017 at 93 years old in Toronto (pneumonia). [ref]
Richard F. Gordon
American astronaut (1929–2017).
Born October 5th, 1929 in Seattle.
Died November 6th, 2017 at 88 years old in San Marcos. [ref]
Wayne Cochran
American soul singer (1939-2017).
Born May 10th, 1939 in Thomaston. [ref]
Died November 21st, 2017 at 78 years old in Miami (cancer). [ref]
Julio Oscar Mechoso
American actor (1955-2017).
Born May 31st, 1955 in Matanzas.
Died November 25th, 2017 at 62 years old in Burbank (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rosemary Leach
British actress (1935–2017).
Born December 18th, 1935 in Much Wenlock.
Died October 21st, 2017 at 81 years old in London. [ref]
Buchi Emecheta
Author.
Born July 21st, 1944 in Lagos.
Died January 25th, 2017 at 72 years old in United Kingdom, London (stroke). [ref]
Gastone Moschin
Italian actor.
Born June 8th, 1929 in San Giovanni Lupatoto.
Died September 4th, 2017 at 88 years old in Terni (kidney failure). [ref]
Ian Brady
British serial killer, perpetrator of the moors murders (1938–2017).
Born January 2nd, 1938 in Glasgow.
Died May 15th, 2017 at 79 years old in Ashworth Hospital (lung disease).
Julia Perez
Indonesian actress and singer.
Born July 15th, 1980 in Jakarta.
Died June 10th, 2017 at 36 years old in Jakarta (cervical cancer). [ref]
Mário Soares
President of portugal (1924–2017).
Born December 7th, 1924 in Lisbon.
Died January 7th, 2017 at 92 years old in Lisbon (stroke). [ref]
Ben Barres
American neurobiologist (1954–2017).
Born September 13th, 1954 in West Orange. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2017 at 63 years old in Stanford (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
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.
Leila Seth
Indian judge.
Born October 20th, 1930 in Lucknow.
Died May 5th, 2017 at 86 years old in Banipate banartpur (respiratory failure). [ref]
Kim Young-ae
South korean actress born in 1951.
Born April 21st, 1951 in Busan.
Died April 9th, 2017 at 65 years old in Seoul (pancreatic cancer).
Suzanna Leigh
English actress (1945-2017).
Born July 26th, 1945 in Belgrave.
Died December 11th, 2017 at 72 years old in Winter Garden (liver cancer). [ref]
Jerry Fodor
American philosopher (1935–2017).
Born April 22nd, 1935 in New York City.
Died November 29th, 2017 at 82 years old in Manhattan (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Andy Marte
Dominican baseball player (1983-2017).
Born October 21st, 1983 in Villa Tapia.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 33 years old in San Francisco de Macorís (traffic collision).
William Margold
American pornographic actor (1943-2017).
Born October 2nd, 1943 in Washington, D.C..
Died January 18th, 2017 at 73 years old in Los Angeles (cardiovascular disease).
Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017).
Born March 1st, 1939 in Sofia.
Died February 7th, 2017 at 77 years old in Paris, 13th arrondissement of Paris (neurological disorder). [ref]
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond
10th duke of richmond, 10th duke of lennox and 5th duke of gordon (1929-2017).
Born September 19th, 1929 in London.
Died September 1st, 2017 at 87 years old in Goodwood House. [ref]
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Prime minister of greece from 1990 to 1993.
Born October 18th, 1918 in Chania.
Died May 29th, 2017 at 98 years old in Athens. [ref]
René Préval
Ex-president of haiti (1943-2017).
Born January 17th, 1943 in Marmelade.
Died March 3rd, 2017 at 74 years old in Port-au-Prince (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Elizabeth Baur
Actress (1947-2017).
Born December 11th, 1947 in Los Angeles.
Died September 30th, 2017 at 69 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter.
Born July 1st, 1935 in Tunica.
Died March 16th, 2017 at 81 years old in Austin (pneumonia). [ref]
Deaths 301 to 325 of 1292
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