In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Patrick Nève
Belgian racing driver.
Born October 13th, 1949 in Liège.
Died March 13th, 2017 at 67 years old in Liège, Grez-Doiceau. [ref]
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]
Alois Mock
Austrian politician (1934-2017).
Born June 10th, 1934 in Euratsfeld.
Died June 1st, 2017 at 82 years old in Vienna (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Georgy Grechko
Soviet cosmonaut (1931–2017).
Born May 25th, 1931 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 8th, 2017 at 85 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Jerzy Vetulani
Polish pharmacologist and neuroscientist (1936–2017).
Born January 21st, 1936 in Kraków.
Died April 6th, 2017 at 81 years old in Kraków (traffic collision). [ref]
Heiner Geißler
German politician (1930-2017).
Born March 3rd, 1930 in Oberndorf am Neckar.
Died September 12th, 2017 at 87 years old in Gleisweiler. [ref]
Mohamud Muse Hersi
Former president of puntland (died 2017).
Born July 1st, 1937 in Mogadishu.
Died February 8th, 2017 at 79 years old in United Arab Emirates. [ref]
Kjell Grede
Swedish film director and screenwriter (1936–2017).
Born August 12th, 1936 in Stockholm.
Died December 15th, 2017 at 81 years old in Nyköping (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Daniel Viglietti
Uruguayan singer-songwriter and guitarist (1939-2017).
Born July 24th, 1939 in Montevideo.
Died October 30th, 2017 at 78 years old in Montevideo.
Giorgio Antonucci
Italian physician (1933–2017).
Born February 24th, 1933 in Lucca.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 84 years old in Florence. [ref]
Horst Ehmke
Politician of the social democratic party of germany, lawyer (1927-2017).
Born February 4th, 1927 in Gdańsk.
Died March 12th, 2017 at 90 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Witold Pyrkosz
Polish actor (1926-2017).
Born December 24th, 1926 in Krasnystaw.
Died April 22nd, 2017 at 90 years old in Warsaw (pneumonia). [ref]
Tamio Ōki
Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1928–2017).
Born January 2nd, 1928 in Tokyo.
Died December 14th, 2017 at 89 years old in Japan. [ref]
Max Lüscher
Swiss psychotherapist (1923–2017).
Born September 9th, 1923 in Basel. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 2017 at 93 years old in Lucerne. [ref]
Velichko Cholakov
Bulgarian weightlifter (1982-2017).
Born January 12th, 1982 in Smolyan.
Died August 20th, 2017 at 35 years old in Smolyan.
Giuliano Sarti
Italian footballer (1933-2017).
Born October 2nd, 1933 in Castello d'Argile.
Died June 6th, 2017 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]
Allan Chumak
Soviet faith healer (1935–2017).
Born May 26th, 1935 in Moscow.
Died October 9th, 2017 at 82 years old in Moscow.
Stefano Rodotà
Italian jurist and politician (1933–2017).
Born May 30th, 1933 in Cosenza.
Died June 23rd, 2017 at 84 years old in Rome. [ref]
Isabella Karle
American physical chemist (1921–2017).
Born December 2nd, 1921 in Detroit.
Died October 3rd, 2017 at 95 years old in Alexandria (brain cancer). [ref]
Margot Hielscher
German singer and film actress (1919–2017).
Born September 29th, 1919 in Berlin.
Died August 20th, 2017 at 97 years old in Munich. [ref]
Karl Otto Götz
German artist (1914-2017).
Born February 22nd, 1914 in Aachen.
Died August 19th, 2017 at 103 years old in Niederbreitbach. [ref]
Viktor Gorbatko
Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2017).
Born December 3rd, 1934 in Ventsy.
Died May 17th, 2017 at 82 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer). [ref]
Piotr Szczęsny
Polish chemist.
Born July 6th, 1963 in Kraków.
Died October 29th, 2017 at 54 years old in Warsaw (self-immolation).
Karel Schoeman
South african writer (1939–2017).
Born October 26th, 1939 in Trompsburg.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 77 years old in Bloemfontein. [ref]
Relja Bašić
Croatian actor and politician (1930–2017).
Born February 14th, 1930 in Zagreb.
Died April 7th, 2017 at 87 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Deaths 776 to 800 of 1383
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe