In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Gösta Ekman
Swedish actor (1939–2017).
Born July 28th, 1939 in Engelbrekt church parish.
Died April 1st, 2017 at 77 years old in Stockholms Sofia. [ref]
Dritëro Agolli
Albanian poet, writer, and politician (1931–2017).
Born October 13th, 1931 in Devoll District.
Died February 3rd, 2017 at 85 years old in Tirana (lung disease). [ref]
Ricardo Vidal
Catholic cardinal (1931-2017).
Born February 6th, 1931 in Philippines.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 86 years old in Cebu City (sepsis).
Latifur Rahman
Bangladeshi politician and judge (1936–2017).
Born March 1st, 1936 in Jashore District.
Died June 6th, 2017 at 81 years old in Dhaka.
Dave Valentin
American musician (1952-2017).
Born April 29th, 1952 in New York City.
Died March 8th, 2017 at 64 years old in The Bronx (stroke). [ref]
Jack McCloskey
American basketball player and coach (1925–2017).
Born October 19th, 1925 in Mahanoy City.
Died June 1st, 2017 at 91 years old in Savannah (Alzheimer's disease).
Faye Glenn Abdellah
American nurse (1919-2017).
Born March 13th, 1919 in New York City.
Died February 24th, 2017 at 97 years old
Moji Olaiya
Nigerian actress and singer.
Born February 27th, 1975.
Died May 17th, 2017 at 42 years old in Canada (puerperal disorders). [ref]
Hugh Thomas
British historian (1931-2017).
Born October 21st, 1931 in Windsor.
Died May 7th, 2017 at 85 years old in London. [ref]
Gustav Metzger
Artist and political activist (1926-2017).
Born April 10th, 1926 in Nuremberg.
Died March 1st, 2017 at 90 years old in London. [ref]
Curt Lowens
German actor (1925-2017).
Born November 17th, 1925 in Olsztyn.
Died May 8th, 2017 at 91 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Tom Tjaarda
American car designer (1934–2017).
Born July 23rd, 1934 in Detroit. [ref]
Died June 1st, 2017 at 82 years old in Turin. [ref]
Sugar Ramos
Mexican boxer (1941–2017).
Born December 2nd, 1941 in Matanzas. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 2017 at 75 years old in Mexico City (cancer). [ref]
Joachim Meisner
German cardinal and archbishop of cologne, catholic cardinal (1933–2017).
Born December 25th, 1933 in Leśnica.
Died July 5th, 2017 at 83 years old in Bad Füssing (cardiac arrest). [ref]
David Maslanka
American composer (1943–2017).
Born August 30th, 1943 in New Bedford.
Died August 6th, 2017 at 73 years old in Missoula (colorectal cancer).
Eunice de Souza
Contemporary indian english language poet.
Born August 1st, 1940 in Pune.
Died July 29th, 2017 at 76 years old in Mumbai.
Juan Goytisolo
Spanish writer (1931-2017).
Born January 5th, 1931 in Barcelona.
Died June 4th, 2017 at 86 years old in Marrakesh. [ref]
Adarsh Sein Anand
29th chief justice of india (1936–2017).
Born November 1st, 1936 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Died December 1st, 2017 at 81 years old in Uttar Pradesh.
Eberhard van der Laan
Dutch politician (1955-2017).
Born June 28th, 1955 in Leiden.
Died October 5th, 2017 at 62 years old in Amsterdam (lung cancer).
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician (1930-2017).
Born September 19th, 1930 in Chicago. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2017 at 87 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Stephen Ross
American economist (1944–2017).
Born February 3rd, 1944 in Boston.
Died March 3rd, 2017 at 73 years old
Lillian Ross
American journalist (1918-2017).
Born June 8th, 1918 in Syracuse. [ref]
Died September 20th, 2017 at 99 years old in Manhattan (stroke). [ref]
Jeffrey Tate
British conductor (1943–2017).
Born April 28th, 1943 in Salisbury.
Died June 2nd, 2017 at 74 years old in Bergamo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ingeborg Rapoport
German physician and east german communist functionary (1912-2017).
Born September 2nd, 1912 in Kribi.
Died March 23rd, 2017 at 104 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Hans Georg Dehmelt
German physicist (1922-2017).
Born September 9th, 1922 in Görlitz. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2017 at 94 years old in Seattle (disease). [ref]
Deaths 551 to 575 of 1386
For some moments in life there are no words. David Seltzer