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In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Ana María Vela Rubio
Spanish supercentenarian.
Born October 29th, 1901 in Puente Genil.
Died December 15th, 2017 at 116 years old in Barcelona.
Zoltan Sarosy
Hungarian–canadian chess master.
Born August 23rd, 1906 in Budapest.
Died June 19th, 2017 at 110 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Edward Bryant
American writer.
Born August 27th, 1945 in White Plains.
Died February 10th, 2017 at 71 years old in Denver (diabetes). [ref]
Gillian Rolton
Australian equestrian (1956-2017).
Born May 3rd, 1956 in Adelaide.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 61 years old in Adelaide (endometrial cancer). [ref]
Artyom Tarasov
Russian activist (1950–2017).
Born July 4th, 1950 in Moscow.
Died July 22nd, 2017 at 67 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).
F. David Peat
British physicist (1938–2017).
Born April 18th, 1938 in Waterloo.
Died June 6th, 2017 at 79 years old in Pari.
Elisabeth Waldheim
First lady of austria (1922-2017).
Born April 13th, 1922 in Vienna.
Died February 28th, 2017 at 94 years old in Vienna (disease). [ref]
Carlo Caffarra
Catholic cardinal (1938–2017).
Born June 1st, 1938 in Busseto.
Died September 6th, 2017 at 79 years old in Bologna (brain cancer).
Arthur Bisguier
American chess player (1929-2017).
Born October 8th, 1929 in New York City.
Died April 5th, 2017 at 87 years old in Framingham (respiratory failure). [ref]
István Mészáros
(1930–2017) hungarian philosopher.
Born December 19th, 1930 in Budapest. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2017 at 86 years old in London. [ref]
Viktor Chanov
Ukrainian footballer (1959–2017).
Born July 21st, 1959 in Donetsk.
Died February 8th, 2017 at 57 years old in Kyiv (blunt trauma). [ref]
Joy Fleming
German singer.
Born November 15th, 1944 in Rockenhausen.
Died September 27th, 2017 at 72 years old in Sinsheim. [ref]
Fred Koenekamp
American cinematographer (1922–2017).
Born November 11th, 1922 in Los Angeles.
Died May 31st, 2017 at 94 years old in Bonita Springs. [ref]
Robert Ellis Miller
American film director (1927-2017).
Born July 18th, 1932 in New York City.
Died January 27th, 2017 at 84 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Hans Berliner
American chess player and computer scientist (1929–2017).
Born January 27th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2017 at 87 years old in Riviera Beach. [ref]
Steffi Walter
East german luger (1962–2017).
Born September 17th, 1962 in Bad Schlema.
Died June 21st, 2017 at 54 years old in Germany (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Derek Bourgeois
English composer (1941-2017).
Born October 16th, 1941 in Kingston upon Thames.
Died September 6th, 2017 at 75 years old in Poole.
Li Lihua
Chinese actress (1924-2017).
Born July 17th, 1924 in Shanghai.
Died March 19th, 2017 at 92 years old in Hong Kong. [ref]
Charles Osborne
Australian/british author (1927–2017).
Born November 24th, 1927 in Brisbane.
Died September 23rd, 2017 at 89 years old [ref]
Jesús Mosterín
Spanish philosopher (1941–2017).
Born September 24th, 1941 in Bilbao.
Died October 4th, 2017 at 76 years old in Barcelona (mesothelioma).
Joaquín Navarro-Valls
Spanish journalist (1936–2017).
Born November 16th, 1936 in Cartagena.
Died July 5th, 2017 at 80 years old in Rome (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Steve Sumner
New zealand footballer (1955–2017).
Born April 2nd, 1956 in Preston.
Died February 8th, 2017 at 60 years old in New Zealand (prostate cancer). [ref]
Enrico Castellani
Italian painter (1930-2017).
Born August 4th, 1930 in Castelmassa.
Died December 1st, 2017 at 87 years old in Viterbo. [ref]
Kaci Kullmann Five
Norwegian politician (1951-2017).
Born April 13th, 1951 in Oslo.
Died February 19th, 2017 at 65 years old in Oslo (breast cancer). [ref]
Bajram Rexhepi
Prime minister of kosovo (1954-2017).
Born June 3rd, 1954 in Mitrovica.
Died August 21st, 2017 at 63 years old in Istanbul (cerebral hemorrhage).
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