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In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Bobby Freeman
American singer (1940-2017).
Born June 13th, 1940 in San Francisco.
Died January 23rd, 2017 at 76 years old in Daly City. [ref]
Mark White
American politician (1940-2017).
Born March 17th, 1940 in Henderson. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2017 at 77 years old in Houston (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Benjamin Barber
Walt whitman professor emeritus at rutgers university (1939–2017).
Born August 2nd, 1939 in New York City.
Died April 24th, 2017 at 77 years old in Manhattan (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Raymond Buckland
English american author and wiccan (1934–2017).
Born August 31st, 1934 in London.
Died September 28th, 2017 at 83 years old in Ohio.
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]
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]
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]
Eamonn Campbell
Irish musician (1946–2017).
Born November 29th, 1946 in Drogheda.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 70 years old in Dublin (heart failure).
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]
Nicolai Gedda
Swedish opera singer (1925–2017).
Born July 11th, 1925 in Stockholm.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 91 years old in Tolochenaz. [ref]
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]
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]
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.
Iván Fandiño
Spanish torero (1980–2017).
Born September 29th, 1980 in Orduña-Urduña.
Died June 17th, 2017 at 36 years old in Mont-de-Marsan (cornada). [ref]
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]
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).
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]
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]
Ebrahim Yazdi
Iranian politician and activist (1931-2017).
Born April 5th, 1931 in Qazvin. [ref]
Died August 27th, 2017 at 86 years old in İzmir (pancreatic cancer). [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]
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]
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]
Valery Asapov
Russian lieutenant general.
Born January 1st, 1966 in Konstantinovka.
Died September 24th, 2017 at 51 years old in Deir ez-Zor.
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 1386
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