In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Daniel Licht
American film composer and musician (1957–2017).
Born March 13th, 1957 in Detroit.
Died August 2nd, 2017 at 60 years old in Topanga (cancer). [ref]
Tom Regan
American philosopher (1938–2017).
Born November 28th, 1938 in Pittsburgh.
Died February 17th, 2017 at 78 years old in Raleigh (pneumonia). [ref]
Robert James Waller
American writer (1939-2017).
Born August 1st, 1939 in Charles City. [ref]
Died March 10th, 2017 at 77 years old in Fredericksburg (cancer). [ref]
Umberto Lenzi
Italian film director (1931–2017).
Born August 6th, 1931 in Massa Marittima. [ref]
Died October 19th, 2017 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]
Helen Dunmore
British novelist (1952–2017).
Born December 12th, 1952 in Beverley.
Died June 5th, 2017 at 64 years old in Bristol (cancer). [ref]
Prince François d’Orléans
French prince (1961–2017).
Born February 7th, 1961 in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Died December 31st, 2017 at 56 years old in Nantes. [ref]
Rob Gonsalves
Canadian artist (1959–2017).
Born June 25th, 1959 in Toronto.
Died June 14th, 2017 at 57 years old [ref]
Geri Allen
American composer and jazz pianist (1957-2017).
Born June 12th, 1957 in Pontiac. [ref]
Died June 27th, 2017 at 60 years old in Philadelphia (cancer). [ref]
Denis Voronenkov
Russian politician (1971—2017).
Born April 10th, 1971 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died March 23rd, 2017 at 45 years old in Shevchenko Raion. [ref]
Adenan Satem
Fifth chief minister of sarawak, malaysia.
Born January 27th, 1944 in Kuching.
Died January 11th, 2017 at 72 years old in Kota Samarahan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Peel
American musician and songwriter (1943–2017).
Born August 1st, 1943 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died April 6th, 2017 at 73 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rhodri Morgan
First minister of wales (1939-2017).
Born September 29th, 1939 in Cardiff.
Died May 17th, 2017 at 77 years old in Wenvoe (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Don Pedro Colley
American actor (1938–2017).
Born August 30th, 1938 in Klamath Falls.
Died October 11th, 2017 at 79 years old in Klamath Falls (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Bryan Murray
Canadian ice hockey coach and executive (1942–2017).
Born December 5th, 1942 in Shawville.
Died August 12th, 2017 at 74 years old in Ottawa (colorectal cancer).
Luis Bacalov
Argentine composer, musician; nationalized italian; oscar winning film score composer (1933–2017).
Born August 30th, 1933 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 15th, 2017 at 84 years old in Rome (leukemia).
Jaak Panksepp
American-estonian neuroscientist (1943-2017).
Died April 18th, 2017 at 73 years old in Bowling Green (cancer). [ref]
Joseph Nicolosi
American clinical psychologist (1947–2017).
Born January 24th, 1947 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 8th, 2017 at 70 years old in Thousand Oaks (influenza). [ref]
Anthony Barnes Atkinson
British economist (1944–2017).
Born September 4th, 1944 in Caerleon.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 72 years old in Oxford (bone cancer). [ref]
Michael Novak
American theologian, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat (1933-2017).
Born September 9th, 1933 in Johnstown.
Died February 17th, 2017 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C. (cancer). [ref]
Lorna Gray
American actress (1917-2017).
Born July 26th, 1917 in Grand Rapids.
Died April 30th, 2017 at 99 years old in Sherman Oaks. [ref]
Dionatan Teixeira
Brazilian footballer (1992-2017).
Born July 24th, 1992 in Londrina.
Died November 5th, 2017 at 25 years old in Londrina (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gustavo Rojo
Mexican actor (1923-2017).
Born September 5th, 1924 in Atlantic Ocean.
Died April 22nd, 2017 at 92 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Dutch-born american physicist.
Born March 11th, 1920 in Dordrecht.
Died September 5th, 2017 at 97 years old in Tucson (heart failure). [ref]
Richard Schickel
American film scholar (1933–2017).
Born February 10th, 1933 in Milwaukee.
Died February 18th, 2017 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (stroke). [ref]
Jiro Taniguchi
Japanese manga artist (1947-2017).
Born August 14th, 1947 in Tottori.
Died February 11th, 2017 at 69 years old in Tokyo.
Deaths 426 to 450 of 1383
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk