In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Bill Dana
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (1924–2017).
Born October 5th, 1924 in Quincy.
Died June 15th, 2017 at 92 years old in Nashville (disease). [ref]
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Soviet and russian poet (1933–2017).
Died April 1st, 2017 at 84 years old in Tulsa (heart failure).
Tomas Milian
Cuban-born american and italian actor (1933-2017).
Born March 3rd, 1933 in Havana. [ref]
Died March 22nd, 2017 at 84 years old in Miami (stroke). [ref]
Francine York
American actress, showgirl (1936–2017).
Born August 26th, 1936 in Aurora.
Died January 6th, 2017 at 80 years old in Van Nuys (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]
Singireddy NarayanaReddy
Jnanpith awardee and renowned telugu poet.
Born July 29th, 1931 in Karimnagar district, Kamareddy district. [ref]
Died June 12th, 2017 at 85 years old [ref]
Bruce Hampton
American musician (1947–2017).
Born April 30th, 1947 in Knoxville.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 70 years old in Atlanta (myocardial infarction).
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]
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]
Gastone Moschin
Italian actor (1929–2017).
Born June 8th, 1929 in San Giovanni Lupatoto.
Died September 4th, 2017 at 88 years old in Terni (kidney failure). [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Buchi Emecheta
Nigerian writer (1944–2017).
Born July 21st, 1944 in Lagos.
Died January 25th, 2017 at 72 years old in London (stroke). [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 (1980–2017).
Born July 15th, 1980 in Jakarta.
Died June 10th, 2017 at 36 years old in Jakarta (cervix uterine cancer). [ref]
Suzanna Leigh
British 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]
Leila Seth
Indian judge.
Born October 20th, 1930 in Lucknow.
Died May 5th, 2017 at 86 years old in Noida (respiratory failure). [ref]
Vera Glagoleva
Soviet and russian actress, film director, screenwriter and producer (1956–2017).
Born January 31st, 1956 in Moscow.
Died August 16th, 2017 at 61 years old in Baden-Baden (stomach cancer). [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]
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]
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Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia