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In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Judy Martz
American speed skater and politician (1943–2017).
Born July 28th, 1943 in Big Timber. [ref]
Died October 30th, 2017 at 74 years old in Butte (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Eamonn Campbell
Irish musician (1946–2017).
Born November 29th, 1946 in Drogheda.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 70 years old in Dublin (heart failure).
Grady Tate
American jazz musician (1932–2017).
Born January 14th, 1932 in Durham. [ref]
Died October 8th, 2017 at 85 years old in New York City (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Marian Diamond
American professor of human anatomy and neuroanatomy (1926–2017).
Born November 11th, 1926 in Glendale.
Died July 25th, 2017 at 90 years old in Oakland. [ref]
Shyama
Indian actress.
Born June 7th, 1935 in Lahore.
Died November 14th, 2017 at 82 years old in Mumbai (infectious disease). [ref]
Trisha Brown
Artist, dancer, and choreographer (1936-2017).
Born November 25th, 1936 in Aberdeen. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2017 at 80 years old in San Antonio. [ref]
Zarley Zalapski
Canadian ice hockey player (1968-2017).
Born April 22nd, 1968 in Edmonton.
Died December 10th, 2017 at 49 years old in Calgary. [ref]
Ruth Perry
President of liberia (1939–2017).
Born July 16th, 1939 in Grand Cape Mount County.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 77 years old in Columbus. [ref]
Nicolai Gedda
Swedish opera singer (1925–2017).
Born July 11th, 1925 in Stockholm.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 91 years old in Tolochenaz. [ref]
Mary Lee Woods
British mathematician and computer programmer (1924-2017).
Born March 12th, 1924 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died November 29th, 2017 at 93 years old in London. [ref]
Albert Brewer
47th governor of alabama (1928-2017).
Born October 26th, 1928 in Bethel Springs.
Died January 2nd, 2017 at 88 years old in Birmingham.
Roberta Peters
American operatic soprano (1930-2017).
Born May 4th, 1930 in The Bronx.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 86 years old in Rye (Parkinson's disease).
Valery Asapov
Russian lieutenant general.
Born January 1st, 1966 in Konstantinovka.
Died September 24th, 2017 at 51 years old in Deir ez-Zor.
Halim El-Dabh
American composer (1921-2017).
Born March 4th, 1921 in Cairo, El-Sakakini. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 2017 at 96 years old in Kent. [ref]
Robert Knight
American singer.
Born April 24th, 1945 in Franklin.
Died November 6th, 2017 at 72 years old in Nashville (disease).
George Andrew Olah
Hungarian chemist (1927-2017).
Born May 22nd, 1927 in Budapest.
Died March 8th, 2017 at 89 years old in Beverly Hills. [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]
Brunhilde Pomsel
German broadcaster; personal secretary to joseph goebbels.
Born January 11th, 1911 in Berlin. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2017 at 106 years old in Munich. [ref]
Tom Coyne
American mastering engineer (1954–2017).
Born December 10th, 1954 in Union.
Died April 12th, 2017 at 62 years old in United States (multiple myeloma). [ref]
Ray Phiri
South african jazz musician (1947–2017).
Born March 23rd, 1947 in Mbombela.
Died July 12th, 2017 at 70 years old in Mbombela (lung 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).
Charles Bachman
American computer scientist (1924–2017).
Born December 11th, 1924 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died July 13th, 2017 at 92 years old in Lexington (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Saudi royal, head of the allegiance council.
Born September 5th, 1925 in Riyadh. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 2017 at 91 years old in Riyadh. [ref]
Robert Day
British film director (1922-2017).
Born September 11th, 1922 in East Sheen.
Died March 17th, 2017 at 94 years old in Bainbridge Island. [ref]
Min Bahadur Sherchan
Nepalese mountaineer.
Born June 20th, 1931 in Nepal.
Died May 6th, 2017 at 85 years old in Mount Everest, Everest Base Camp (South, Nepal). [ref]
Deaths 476 to 500 of 1383
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