In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
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]
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]
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]
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]
Ana María Vela Rubio
Spanish supercentenarian.
Born October 29th, 1901 in Puente Genil.
Died December 15th, 2017 at 116 years old in Barcelona.
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]
Enrico Castellani
Italian painter (1930-2017).
Born August 4th, 1930 in Castelmassa.
Died December 1st, 2017 at 87 years old in Viterbo. [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]
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]
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]
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]
Giorgio Antonucci
Italian physician (1933–2017).
Born February 24th, 1933 in Lucca.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 84 years old in Florence. [ref]
David Waddington, Baron Waddington
British politician (1929-2017).
Born August 2nd, 1929 in Burnley.
Died February 23rd, 2017 at 87 years old in South Cheriton.
Witold Pyrkosz
Polish actor (1926-2017).
Born December 24th, 1926 in Krasnystaw.
Died April 22nd, 2017 at 90 years old in Warsaw (pneumonia). [ref]
Piotr Szczęsny
Polish chemist.
Born July 6th, 1963 in Kraków.
Died October 29th, 2017 at 54 years old in Warsaw (self-immolation).
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]
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.
Allan Chumak
Soviet faith healer (1935–2017).
Born May 26th, 1935 in Moscow.
Died October 9th, 2017 at 82 years old in Moscow.
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]
Terele Pávez
Spanish actress (1939–2017).
Born July 29th, 1939 in Bilbao.
Died August 11th, 2017 at 78 years old in Madrid (cerebral hemorrhage). [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]
Max Lüscher
Swiss psychotherapist (1923–2017).
Born September 9th, 1923 in Basel. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 2017 at 93 years old in Lucerne. [ref]
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]
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