In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
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).
Faye Glenn Abdellah
American nurse (1919-2017).
Born March 13th, 1919 in New York City.
Died February 24th, 2017 at 97 years old
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).
Curt Lowens
German actor (1925-2017).
Born November 17th, 1925 in Olsztyn.
Died May 8th, 2017 at 91 years old in Beverly Hills. [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]
Anthony Harvey
British film director and film editor (1930-2017).
Born June 3rd, 1931 in London. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 2017 at 86 years old in Water Mill. [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]
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]
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.
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
English female cricketer and life peer (1939-2017).
Born June 11th, 1939 in Wolverhampton.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 77 years old
Stephen Ross
American economist (1944–2017).
Born February 3rd, 1944 in Boston.
Died March 3rd, 2017 at 73 years old
Hugh Thomas
British historian (1931-2017).
Born October 21st, 1931 in Windsor.
Died May 7th, 2017 at 85 years old in London. [ref]
Eunice de Souza
Contemporary indian english language poet.
Born August 1st, 1940 in Pune.
Died July 29th, 2017 at 76 years old in Mumbai.
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]
Juan Goytisolo
Spanish writer (1931-2017).
Born January 5th, 1931 in Barcelona.
Died June 4th, 2017 at 86 years old in Marrakesh. [ref]
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]
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]
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).
Mona Fong
Hong kong film and television producer (1934-2017).
Born July 27th, 1934 in Shanghai.
Died November 22nd, 2017 at 83 years old in Hong Kong.
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.
Otto Wanz
Austrian professional wrestler and boxer (1943-2017).
Died September 14th, 2017 at 74 years old in Graz (heart failure). [ref]
Charles P. Thacker
American computer pioneer (1943–2017).
Born February 26th, 1943 in Pasadena.
Died June 12th, 2017 at 74 years old in Palo Alto (cancer). [ref]
Joseph Arpad of Austria
Austrian archduke.
Born February 8th, 1933 in Budapest.
Died April 30th, 2017 at 84 years old in Madrid.
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]
Deaths 551 to 575 of 1383
The fear of death is the beginning of slavery. Robert Anton Wilson