In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Derek Ibbotson
Athletics competitor (1932–2017).
Born June 17th, 1932 in Huddersfield.
Died February 23rd, 2017 at 84 years old in Wakefield. [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]
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]
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]
Danuta Szaflarska
Polish actress (1915–2017).
Born February 6th, 1915 in Piwniczna-Zdrój.
Died February 19th, 2017 at 102 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
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]
Seiji Yokoyama
Japanese musician (1935–2017).
Born March 17th, 1935 in Hiroshima.
Died July 8th, 2017 at 82 years old in Sera (pneumonia). [ref]
Jesús Mosterín
Spanish philosopher (1941–2017).
Born September 24th, 1941 in Bilbao.
Died October 4th, 2017 at 76 years old in Barcelona (mesothelioma).
Carlo Caffarra
Catholic cardinal (1938–2017).
Born June 1st, 1938 in Busseto.
Died September 6th, 2017 at 79 years old in Bologna (brain cancer).
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]
Wojciech Młynarski
Polish singer (1941–2017).
Born March 26th, 1941 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died March 15th, 2017 at 75 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
F. David Peat
British physicist (1938–2017).
Born April 18th, 1938 in Waterloo.
Died June 6th, 2017 at 79 years old in Pari.
Li Lihua
Chinese actress (1924-2017).
Born July 17th, 1924 in Shanghai.
Died March 19th, 2017 at 92 years old in Hong Kong. [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.
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]
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]
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]
Dorothy Morrison
American actress (1919-2017).
Born January 3rd, 1919 in Los Angeles.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 98 years old
Joy Fleming
German singer.
Born November 15th, 1944 in Rockenhausen.
Died September 27th, 2017 at 72 years old in Sinsheim. [ref]
Charles Osborne
Australian/british author (1927–2017).
Born November 24th, 1927 in Brisbane.
Died September 23rd, 2017 at 89 years old [ref]
Mikhail Zadornov
Soviet and russian stand-up comedian and writer.
Born July 21st, 1948 in Jūrmala.
Died November 10th, 2017 at 69 years old in Moscow (brain 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).
Jean Vuarnet
French alpine skier.
Born January 18th, 1933 in Le Bardo. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2017 at 83 years old in Sallanches (stroke). [ref]
Zoltan Sarosy
Hungarian–canadian chess master.
Born August 23rd, 1906 in Budapest.
Died June 19th, 2017 at 110 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Patrick Nève
Belgian racing driver.
Born October 13th, 1949 in Liège.
Died March 13th, 2017 at 67 years old in Liège, Grez-Doiceau. [ref]
Deaths 751 to 775 of 1386
I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen