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In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
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]
Masaya Nakamura
Japanese businessman, founder of namco.
Born December 24th, 1925 in Yokohama.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 91 years old in Tokyo.
Timo Mäkinen
Finnish rally driver (1938-2017).
Born March 18th, 1938 in Helsinki.
Died May 4th, 2017 at 79 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Ludvig Faddeev
Russian mathematician and physicist (1934–2017).
Born March 23rd, 1934 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2017 at 82 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Harry Mathews
American author (1930 – 2017).
Born February 14th, 1930 in New York City.
Died January 25th, 2017 at 86 years old in Key West (disease).
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]
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]
Zbigniew Wodecki
Polish multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer (1950–2017).
Died May 22nd, 2017 at 67 years old in Warsaw (stroke). [ref]
Colin Groves
Australian anthropologist (1942-2017).
Born June 24th, 1942 in London.
Died November 30th, 2017 at 75 years old in Canberra. [ref]
Queen Halaevalu Mataʻaho, Queen Mother of Tonga
Queen consort of tonga (1926–2017).
Died February 19th, 2017 at 90 years old in Auckland.
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.
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]
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]
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]
Baldwin Lonsdale
Ni-vanuatu politician and anglican priest.
Born August 5th, 1948 in Mota Lava. [ref]
Died June 17th, 2017 at 68 years old in Port Vila (myocardial infarction). [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]
Jeannie Rousseau
French spy in world war ii (1919–2017).
Born April 1st, 1919 in Saint-Brieuc.
Died August 23rd, 2017 at 98 years old in Saint-Georges-de-Montaigu. [ref]
Corrado Böhm
Italian mathematician and computer scientist (1923-2017).
Born January 17th, 1923 in Milan. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2017 at 94 years old in Rome. [ref]
Todor Veselinović
Serbian footballer (1930-2017).
Born October 22nd, 1930 in Belgrade.
Died May 17th, 2017 at 86 years old in Athens (disease). [ref]
Fritz Koenig
German sculptor (1924–2017).
Born June 20th, 1924 in Würzburg.
Died February 22nd, 2017 at 92 years old in Altdorf. [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]
Abubakari Yakubu
Ghanaian footballer (1981-2017).
Born December 13th, 1981 in Tema.
Died October 31st, 2017 at 35 years old in Tema.
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]
Deaths 601 to 625 of 1383
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner