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In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Alexei Abrikosov
Soviet, russian and american theoretical physicist.
Born June 25th, 1928 in Moscow.
Died March 29th, 2017 at 88 years old in Palo Alto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rius
Mexican intellectual, political cartoonist and writer (1934-2017).
Born June 20th, 1934 in Zamora de Hidalgo.
Died August 8th, 2017 at 83 years old in Cuernavaca.
Yambo Ouologuem
Malian writer (1940–2017).
Born August 22nd, 1940 in Bandiagara.
Died October 14th, 2017 at 77 years old in Sévaré. [ref]
Eric Broadley
British engineer.
Born September 22nd, 1928 in Bromley.
Died May 28th, 2017 at 88 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Saby Kamalich
Peruvian-mexican actress.
Born May 13th, 1939 in Lima. [ref]
Died September 13th, 2017 at 78 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Saloua Raouda Choucair
Lebanese artist (1916-2017).
Born June 24th, 1916 in Beirut.
Died January 26th, 2017 at 100 years old in Beirut.
Gunnar Birkerts
Latvian-american architect (1925-2017).
Born January 7th, 1925 in Riga. [ref]
Died August 15th, 2017 at 92 years old in Needham. [ref]
Harry Landers
American actor (1921–2017).
Born September 3rd, 1921 in New York City.
Died September 10th, 2017 at 96 years old in Calabasas.
Anton Nosik
Russian journalist (1966–2017).
Born July 4th, 1966 in Moscow.
Died July 9th, 2017 at 51 years old in Pirogovo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer (1932–2017).
Born September 3rd, 1932 in Miami.
Died May 22nd, 2017 at 84 years old in Philadelphia (lung cancer).
Morton Kaplan
American editor (1921-2017).
Born May 9th, 1921 in Philadelphia.
Died September 26th, 2017 at 96 years old in Chicago.
Svend Asmussen
Danish jazz violinist (1916-2017).
Born February 28th, 1916 in Copenhagen.
Died February 7th, 2017 at 100 years old in Dronningmølle. [ref]
Jean Rouverol
American actress and screenwriter (1916–2017).
Born July 8th, 1916 in St. Louis.
Died March 24th, 2017 at 100 years old in Dover (disease).
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Soviet linguist (1929-2017).
Born August 21st, 1929 in Moscow.
Died October 7th, 2017 at 88 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Michael Ogio
Governor-general of papua new guinea (1942-2017).
Born July 7th, 1942 in North Bougainville District.
Died February 18th, 2017 at 74 years old in Port Moresby. [ref]
Joanne Kyger
American poet (1934–2017).
Born November 19th, 1934 in Vallejo.
Died March 22nd, 2017 at 82 years old in Bolinas (lung cancer). [ref]
Waldir Peres
Brazilian footballer and manager (1951-2017).
Born January 2nd, 1951 in Garça.
Died July 23rd, 2017 at 66 years old in Mogi das Cruzes (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ilya Glazunov
Russian artist (1930-2017).
Born June 10th, 1930 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 9th, 2017 at 87 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov
Russian ice hockey player (1947-2017).
Born June 30th, 1947 in Krasnogorsk.
Died February 28th, 2017 at 69 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Andrey Zaliznyak
Russian linguist (1935-2017).
Born April 29th, 1935 in Moscow.
Died December 24th, 2017 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Josip Weber
Belgian footballer (1964-2017).
Born November 16th, 1964 in Slavonski Brod.
Died November 8th, 2017 at 52 years old in Slavonski Brod (prostate cancer). [ref]
David Rubinger
Israeli photojournalist and photographer (1924-2017).
Born June 24th, 1924 in Vienna. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 2017 at 92 years old in Jerusalem (cancer). [ref]
Pierre Gaspard-Huit
French film director (1917–2017).
Born November 29th, 1917 in Libourne.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 99 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Stanisław Skrowaczewski
Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017).
Born October 3rd, 1923 in Lviv.
Died February 21st, 2017 at 93 years old in St. Louis Park. [ref]
Gisèle Casadesus
French actress (1914-2017).
Born June 14th, 1914 in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 24th, 2017 at 103 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (respiratory failure). [ref]
Deaths 676 to 700 of 1386
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