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In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
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]
Tarak Mehta
Indian columnist, humorist, writer and playwright (1929-2017).
Born December 26th, 1929 in Ahmedabad.
Died March 1st, 2017 at 87 years old in Ahmedabad (disease).
Salvador Minuchin
Argentine psychotherapist (1921–2017).
Born October 13th, 1921 in San Salvador.
Died October 31st, 2017 at 96 years old in Boca Raton.
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]
Piet Keizer
Dutch footballer (1943–2017).
Born June 14th, 1943 in Amsterdam.
Died February 10th, 2017 at 73 years old in Amsterdam (lung cancer). [ref]
Jean d'Ormesson
French novelist (1925–2017).
Born June 16th, 1925 in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 5th, 2017 at 92 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Pierre Henry
French composer (1927–2017).
Born December 9th, 1927 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 6th, 2017 at 89 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (sepsis).
Ljubiša Samardžić
Serbian actor, film director and producer (1936–2017).
Born November 19th, 1936 in Skopje.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 80 years old in Belgrade.
Igor Shafarevich
Soviet and russian mathematician (1923-2017).
Born June 3rd, 1923 in Zhytomyr.
Died February 19th, 2017 at 93 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Tsutomu Hata
80th prime minister of japan (1935-2017).
Born August 24th, 1935 in Kamata-ku.
Died August 28th, 2017 at 82 years old in Setagaya (senility). [ref]
Gene Conley
American baseball player (1930–2017).
Born November 10th, 1930 in Muskogee.
Died July 4th, 2017 at 86 years old in Foxborough (cardiovascular disease).
Peter Baldwin
American director and actor (1931–2017).
Born January 11th, 1931 in Winnetka.
Died November 19th, 2017 at 86 years old in Pebble Beach. [ref]
William Baumol
American economist (1922-2017).
Born February 26th, 1922 in New York City.
Died May 4th, 2017 at 95 years old in New York City.
Shyama
Indian actress.
Born June 7th, 1935 in Lahore.
Died November 14th, 2017 at 82 years old in Mumbai (infectious disease). [ref]
Dominic Frontiere
American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist (1931-2017).
Born June 17th, 1931 in New Haven.
Died December 21st, 2017 at 86 years old in Tesuque. [ref]
Gretel Bergmann
German high jumper.
Born April 12th, 1914 in Laupheim. [ref]
Died July 25th, 2017 at 103 years old in Queens. [ref]
Julian May
American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer (1931–2017).
Born July 10th, 1931 in Chicago.
Died October 17th, 2017 at 86 years old in Bellevue. [ref]
Björn Granath
Swedish actor (1946-2017).
Born April 5th, 1946 in Örgryte församling.
Died February 5th, 2017 at 70 years old in Stockholms Sankt Matteus (disease). [ref]
Johnny Paul Koroma
Sierra leonean warlord (1960-2003).
Born May 9th, 1960 in Tombodu.
Died August 11th, 2017 at 57 years old in Liberia.
Milt Schmidt
Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2017).
Born March 5th, 1918 in Kitchener.
Died January 4th, 2017 at 98 years old in Needham (stroke). [ref]
Reinhold Hanning
Nazi ss guard at auschwitz (1921-2017).
Born December 28th, 1921 in Helpup.
Died May 30th, 2017 at 95 years old in Lage. [ref]
Gholam Reza Pahlavi
Persian royal (1923–2017).
Born May 15th, 1923 in Tehran.
Died May 7th, 2017 at 93 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (pneumonia). [ref]
Oleg Vidov
Soviet/american actor (1943-2017).
Born June 11th, 1943 in Filimonki.
Died May 15th, 2017 at 73 years old in Westlake Village (pancreatic cancer, multiple myeloma). [ref]
Mike Lowry
American politician (1939-2017).
Born March 8th, 1939 in St. John.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 78 years old in Olympia (stroke). [ref]
David Storey
British writer (1933–2017).
Born July 13th, 1933 in Wakefield.
Died March 27th, 2017 at 83 years old in London (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
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