In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Mustafa Tlass
Syrian military officer and politician (1932–2017).
Born May 11th, 1932 in Paris, Al-Rastan.
Died June 27th, 2017 at 85 years old in Bobigny.
Raymond Smullyan
American mathematician (1919–2017).
Born May 25th, 1919 in Far Rockaway.
Died February 6th, 2017 at 97 years old in Hudson. [ref]
William H. Gass
American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor.
Born July 30th, 1924 in Fargo.
Died December 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in University City (heart failure). [ref]
Dick Bruna
Dutch graphic designer (1927-2017).
Born August 23rd, 1927 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died February 16th, 2017 at 89 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
Aleksandr Burdonsky
Soviet theatre director.
Born October 14th, 1941 in Samara.
Died May 24th, 2017 at 75 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Michael Johnson
American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (1944-2017).
Born August 8th, 1944 in Alamosa.
Died July 25th, 2017 at 72 years old in Minneapolis.
Radley Metzger
American film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor and film distributor (1929–2017).
Born January 21st, 1929 in The Bronx.
Died March 31st, 2017 at 88 years old in New York City. [ref]
Blake Heron
American actor (1982-2017).
Born January 11th, 1982 in Sherman Oaks.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 35 years old in Los Angeles (influenza). [ref]
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati
17th chief justice of india (1921–2017).
Born December 21st, 1921 in Gujarat.
Died June 15th, 2017 at 95 years old in New Delhi (kidney failure).
Vito Acconci
American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist (1940-2017).
Born January 24th, 1940 in New York City. [ref]
Died April 27th, 2017 at 77 years old in New York City (stroke, cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Tam Dalyell
Scottish politician (1932-2017).
Born August 9th, 1932 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2017 at 84 years old in West Lothian. [ref]
Jaki Liebezeit
German musician (1938-2017).
Born May 26th, 1938 in Dresden. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 78 years old in Cologne (pneumonia). [ref]
James Rosenquist
American artist (1933-2017).
Born November 29th, 1934 in Grand Forks.
Died March 31st, 2017 at 82 years old in New York City. [ref]
Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Catholic cardinal (1932-2017).
Born August 24th, 1932 in Reading.
Died September 1st, 2017 at 85 years old in London (cancer).
Hiep Thi Le
Vietnamese-american actress (1971-2017).
Born November 30th, 1971 in Da Nang.
Died December 19th, 2017 at 46 years old in Los Angeles (stomach cancer). [ref]
John Cygan
American actor (1954-2017).
Born April 27th, 1954 in New York City.
Died May 13th, 2017 at 63 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva
35th first lady of brazil (1950–2017).
Born April 7th, 1950 in São Bernardo do Campo. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 2017 at 66 years old in Hospital Sírio-Libanês (stroke).
Mauno Koivisto
President of finland (1923–2017).
Born November 25th, 1923 in Turku. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2017 at 93 years old in Meilahti Tower Hospital (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Lilli Hornig
American czechoslovakian-born scientist.
Born March 22nd, 1921 in Ústí nad Labem. [ref]
Died November 17th, 2017 at 96 years old in Providence (organ dysfunction). [ref]
Paul Otellini
Former president & ceo of intel (1950–2017).
Born October 12th, 1950 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2017 at 66 years old in Kenwood. [ref]
William Lombardy
American chess player (1937-2017).
Born December 4th, 1937 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 13th, 2017 at 79 years old in Martinez (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Edward S. Herman
American journalist (1925-2017).
Born April 7th, 1925 in Philadelphia.
Died November 11th, 2017 at 92 years old in Philadelphia (bladder cancer).
Pancho Segura
Ecuadorian tennis player (1921-2017).
Born June 20th, 1921 in Guayaquil.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 96 years old in Carlsbad (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
B. V. Radha
Indian film actress (1948-2017).
Born August 15th, 1948 in Bengaluru.
Died September 10th, 2017 at 69 years old in Bengaluru (myocardial infarction).
Issam Zahr ad-Din
Syrian terrorist.
Born September 9th, 1961 in Suwayda.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 56 years old in Deir ez-Zor (explosive device). [ref]
Deaths 351 to 375 of 1386
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan