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In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Joe Robinson
English actor (1927-2017).
Born May 31st, 1927 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died July 3rd, 2017 at 90 years old in Brighton (dementia). [ref]
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]
Alistair Horne
British writer and historian (1925-2017).
Born November 9th, 1925 in London.
Died May 25th, 2017 at 91 years old in Oxfordshire. [ref]
Cecil D. Andrus
American politician (1931-2017).
Born August 25th, 1931 in Hood River. [ref]
Died August 24th, 2017 at 85 years old in Boise (lung cancer). [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]
Linda Nochlin
American art historian (1931–2017).
Born January 30th, 1931 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2017 at 86 years old [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]
Bruce Langhorne
American musician.
Born May 11th, 1938 in Tallahassee. [ref]
Died April 14th, 2017 at 78 years old in Venice (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Zacharie Noah
Cameroonian footballer (1937-2017).
Born February 2nd, 1937 in Yaoundé.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 79 years old in Yaoundé. [ref]
Abdur Rahman Biswas
Bangladeshi politician (1926-2017).
Born September 1st, 1926 in Shaistabad.
Died November 3rd, 2017 at 91 years old in Dhaka (respiratory failure). [ref]
Jan Tříska
Czech actor (1936–2017).
Born November 4th, 1936 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 25th, 2017 at 80 years old in Central Military Hospital Prague (falling from height). [ref]
Choirul Huda
Indonesian footballer (1979-2017).
Born June 2nd, 1979 in Lamongan.
Died October 15th, 2017 at 38 years old in Lamongan (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Paul J. Weitz
American astronaut (1932–2017).
Born July 25th, 1932 in Erie. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2017 at 85 years old in Flagstaff (myelodysplastic syndrome). [ref]
Robert S.P. Beekes
Dutch linguist (1937–2017).
Born September 2nd, 1937 in Haarlem.
Died September 21st, 2017 at 80 years old in Oegstgeest. [ref]
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr.
American attorney and judge, and fourth united states secretary of transportation (1920–2017).
Born July 7th, 1920 in Philadelphia.
Died March 31st, 2017 at 96 years old in Alexandria.
Oliver Smithies
Biochemistry, genetics, nobel prize in physiology or medicine 2007.
Born June 23rd, 1925 in Halifax.
Died January 10th, 2017 at 91 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Peter Abrahams
South african novelist, journalist and political commentator (1919–2017).
Born March 19th, 1919 in Vrededorp. [ref]
Died January 18th, 2017 at 97 years old in Saint Andrew Parish. [ref]
Toni Bertorelli
Italian actor (1948-2017).
Born March 18th, 1948 in Barge.
Died May 26th, 2017 at 69 years old in Rome (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Donna Williams
Australian writer, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and sculptor.
Born October 12th, 1963 in Melbourne.
Died April 22nd, 2017 at 53 years old in Ringwood East (breast cancer).
Lennart Nilsson
Swedish photographer (1922–2017).
Born September 25th, 1922 in Strängnäs. [ref]
Died January 28th, 2017 at 94 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Leonid Kharitonov
Russian singer (1933-2017).
Born September 18th, 1933 in Irkutsk. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2017 at 84 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Laura Biagiotti
Italian fashion designer (1943–2017).
Born August 4th, 1943 in Rome. [ref]
Died May 26th, 2017 at 73 years old in Rome (cardioplegia). [ref]
Giovanni Sartori
Italian journalist and political scientist (1924-2017).
Born May 13th, 1924 in Florence.
Died April 4th, 2017 at 92 years old in Rome (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria
Parmese and spanish royal (1917–2017).
Born November 13th, 1917 in Vienna.
Died March 28th, 2017 at 99 years old in Madrid. [ref]
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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou