In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Margarita Isabel
Mexican actress (1941–2017).
Born July 25th, 1941 in Mexico City.
Died April 9th, 2017 at 75 years old in Cuernavaca (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Ludmila Belousova
Soviet-russian figure skater (1935–2017).
Born November 22nd, 1935 in Ulyanovsk.
Died September 26th, 2017 at 81 years old in Interlaken. [ref]
Jiří Bělohlávek
Czech conductor (1946-2017).
Born February 24th, 1946 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 31st, 2017 at 71 years old in Prague (cancer). [ref]
Surin Pitsuwan
Thai politician (1949-2017).
Born October 28th, 1949 in Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Died November 30th, 2017 at 68 years old in Bangkok, Ramkhamhaeng Hospital (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Poisson
French alpine skier (1982–2017).
Born March 31st, 1982 in Annecy. [ref]
Died November 13th, 2017 at 35 years old in Lake Louise Ski Resort (falling from height). [ref]
Timo Mäkinen
Finnish rally driver (1938-2017).
Born March 18th, 1938 in Helsinki.
Died May 4th, 2017 at 79 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Hans Alfredson
Swedish comedian, actor and director (1931–2017).
Born June 28th, 1931 in Malmö.
Died September 10th, 2017 at 86 years old in Lidingö. [ref]
Fritz Koenig
German sculptor (1924–2017).
Born June 20th, 1924 in Würzburg.
Died February 22nd, 2017 at 92 years old in Altdorf. [ref]
Nawshirwan Mustafa
Iraqi kurdish politician (1944–2017).
Born December 22nd, 1944 in Sulaymaniyah.
Died May 19th, 2017 at 72 years old in Sulaymaniyah (lung cancer). [ref]
Karl-Otto Apel
German philosopher (1922–2017).
Born March 15th, 1922 in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2017 at 95 years old in Frankfurt, Niedernhausen. [ref]
Queen Halaevalu Mataʻaho, Queen Mother of Tonga
Queen consort of tonga (1926–2017).
Died February 19th, 2017 at 90 years old in Auckland.
Colin Groves
Australian anthropologist (1942-2017).
Born June 24th, 1942 in London.
Died November 30th, 2017 at 75 years old in Canberra. [ref]
Sunny Murray
American jazz drummer (1936–2017).
Born October 21st, 1937 in Idabel. [ref]
Died December 7th, 2017 at 80 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
William Henry Keeler
Catholic cardinal (1931–2017).
Born March 4th, 1931 in San Antonio.
Died March 23rd, 2017 at 86 years old in Catonsville (disease). [ref]
Octavio Lepage
President of venezuela (acting) in 1993.
Born November 24th, 1923 in Parroquia Santa Rosa.
Died January 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in Caracas (surgical complications).
Zbigniew Wodecki
Polish multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer (1950–2017).
Died May 22nd, 2017 at 67 years old in Warsaw (stroke). [ref]
Américo Amorim
Portuguese entrepreneur (1934–2017).
Born July 21st, 1934 in Mozelos. [ref]
Died July 13th, 2017 at 82 years old in Freguesia de Grijó. [ref]
Jean E. Sammet
American computer scientist (1928-2017).
Born March 23rd, 1928 in New York City.
Died May 20th, 2017 at 89 years old in Burtonsville. [ref]
A. R. Penck
German artist (1939–2017).
Born October 5th, 1939 in Dresden.
Died May 2nd, 2017 at 77 years old in Zurich (cerebrovascular disease).
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017).
Born April 21st, 1922 in Laurel.
Died December 2nd, 2017 at 95 years old in San Diego.
Armando Calderón Sol
President of el salvador (1948-2017).
Born June 24th, 1948 in San Salvador. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2017 at 69 years old in Houston (lung cancer). [ref]
Marjorie Rice
American amateur mathematician (*1923 – †2017).
Born February 16th, 1923 in St. Petersburg.
Died July 2nd, 2017 at 94 years old in San Diego. [ref]
Vladimir Levenshtein
Russian mathematician (1935–2017).
Born May 20th, 1935 in Moscow.
Died September 6th, 2017 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Victor Lanoux
French actor (1936-2017).
Born June 18th, 1936 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 4th, 2017 at 80 years old in Vaux-sur-Mer (stroke). [ref]
Hilarion Capucci
Melkite greek catholic church archbishop of caesarea (1922–2017).
Born March 2nd, 1922 in Aleppo.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 94 years old in Rome. [ref]
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It’s better to burn out than to fade away. Neil Young