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In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Linda Nochlin
American art historian (1931–2017).
Born January 30th, 1931 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2017 at 86 years old [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Lennart Nilsson
Swedish photographer (1922–2017).
Born September 25th, 1922 in Strängnäs. [ref]
Died January 28th, 2017 at 94 years old in Stockholm. [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]
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]
Zacharie Noah
Cameroonian footballer (1937-2017).
Born February 2nd, 1937 in Yaoundé.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 79 years old in Yaoundé. [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
K. S. Chandrasekharan
Indian mathematician and professor at eth zürich (1920–2017).
Born November 21st, 1920 in Machilipatnam.
Died April 13th, 2017 at 96 years old in Zurich (pneumonia).
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]
Germaine Mason
Jamaican-born olympic high jumper.
Born January 20th, 1983 in Kingston.
Died April 20th, 2017 at 34 years old in Jamaica (traffic collision, major trauma). [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]
Tony DiCicco
American soccer player-coach (1948-2017).
Born August 5th, 1948 in Hartford.
Died June 19th, 2017 at 68 years old in Wethersfield (cancer). [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.
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