In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
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.
Max Gallo
French historian, writer and politician (1932–2017).
Born January 7th, 1932 in Nice.
Died July 18th, 2017 at 85 years old in Vaison-la-Romaine (Parkinson's disease). [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]
Eric Broadley
British engineer.
Born September 22nd, 1928 in Bromley.
Died May 28th, 2017 at 88 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Saloua Raouda Choucair
Lebanese artist (1916-2017).
Born June 24th, 1916 in Beirut.
Died January 26th, 2017 at 100 years old in Beirut.
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]
Desmond Connell
Catholic cardinal (1926-2017).
Born March 24th, 1926 in Dublin.
Died February 21st, 2017 at 90 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Dionigi Tettamanzi
Catholic cardinal.
Born March 14th, 1934 in Renate. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2017 at 83 years old in Triuggio.
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]
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]
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).
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Soviet linguist (1929-2017).
Born August 21st, 1929 in Moscow.
Died October 7th, 2017 at 88 years old in Los Angeles. [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]
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]
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]
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]
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).
Allan H. Meltzer
American economist.
Born February 6th, 1928 in Boston.
Died May 8th, 2017 at 89 years old in Pittsburgh. [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]
Halit Akçatepe
Turkish actor (1938–2017).
Born January 1st, 1938 in Üsküdar.
Died March 31st, 2017 at 79 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction). [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]
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]
Adolph Kiefer
American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, businessman, chief executive officer (1918–2017).
Born June 27th, 1918 in Chicago.
Died May 5th, 2017 at 98 years old in Lake County. [ref]
Klaus Huber
Swiss composer (1924-2017).
Born November 30th, 1924 in Bern.
Died October 2nd, 2017 at 92 years old in Perugia. [ref]
Henning Jensen
Danish footballer (1949-2017).
Born August 17th, 1949 in Nørresundby.
Died December 4th, 2017 at 68 years old in Aalborg (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 676 to 700 of 1383
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown