In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
George Hugh Niederauer
Catholic archbishop (1936-2017).
Born June 14th, 1936 in Los Angeles.
Died May 2nd, 2017 at 80 years old in San Rafael (lung cancer).
Grethe Bartram
Danish wartime collaborator.
Born February 23rd, 1924 in Aarhus.
Died January 23rd, 2017 at 92 years old in Vessigebro.
Frédérick Leboyer
French obstetrician (1918-2017).
Born November 1st, 1918 in Paris.
Died May 25th, 2017 at 98 years old in Vollèges. [ref]
Marina Ratner
Russian mathematician (1938–2017).
Born October 30th, 1938 in Moscow.
Died July 7th, 2017 at 78 years old in El Cerrito (stroke).
Sunita Jain
Indian writer (1940-2017).
Born July 13th, 1940 in Ambala district.
Died December 11th, 2017 at 77 years old
Aboubacar Somparé
Former president of the national assembly of guinea (1944-2017).
Born August 31st, 1944 in Boké Prefecture, Boké.
Died November 2nd, 2017 at 73 years old in Conakry.
Kirti Nidhi Bista
Nepalese politician (1927–2017).
Born January 15th, 1927 in Thamel.
Died November 11th, 2017 at 90 years old in Kathmandu (prostate cancer).
Antonio Candido
Brazilian writer, professor, sociologist and literary critic (1918–2017).
Born July 24th, 1918 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died May 12th, 2017 at 98 years old in São Paulo (hiatus hernia). [ref]
Sharon Laws
British racing cyclist (1974–2017).
Born July 7th, 1974 in Nairobi.
Died December 16th, 2017 at 43 years old (cervix uterine cancer). [ref]
Károly Makk
Film director (1925-2017).
Born December 22nd, 1925 in Berettyóújfalu.
Died August 30th, 2017 at 91 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction).
Marián Varga
Slovak composer and organist (1947–2017).
Born January 29th, 1947 in Skalica. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2017 at 70 years old in Bratislava, Čierna Voda (heart failure). [ref]
Torgny Lindgren
Swedish writer (1938-2017).
Born June 16th, 1938 in Norsjö. [ref]
Died March 16th, 2017 at 78 years old in Rimforsa (stomach cancer). [ref]
Dickie Hemric
American basketball player (1933–2017).
Born August 29th, 1933 in Jonesville.
Died August 3rd, 2017 at 83 years old in Akron. [ref]
Friedel Rausch
German football player and manager (1940-2017).
Born February 27th, 1940 in Duisburg.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 77 years old in Horw (skin cancer). [ref]
Stanley Greene
American photographer (1949-2017).
Born February 14th, 1949 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2017 at 68 years old in Clichy (disease). [ref]
Andrzej Blumenfeld
Polish actor.
Born August 12th, 1951 in Zabrze.
Died August 14th, 2017 at 66 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Lika Kavzharadze
Soviet and georgian actor (1959-2017).
Born October 26th, 1959 in Tbilisi.
Died October 11th, 2017 at 57 years old in Tbilisi.
Anna Marguerite McCann
American art historian and archaeologist (1933–2017).
Born May 11th, 1933 in Mamaroneck.
Died February 12th, 2017 at 83 years old in Sleepy Hollow.
Jeanne Martin-Cissé
Politician from guinea (1926-2017).
Born April 6th, 1926 in Kankan.
Died February 21st, 2017 at 90 years old in Conakry. [ref]
Frank Aarebrot
Political scientist (1947–2017).
Born January 19th, 1947 in Bergen.
Died September 9th, 2017 at 70 years old in Bergen (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Robert Hirsch
French actor (1925–2017).
Born July 26th, 1925 in L'Isle-Adam.
Died November 16th, 2017 at 92 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (falling from height). [ref]
Norman Johnson
American mathematician (1930-2017).
Born November 12th, 1930 in Chicago.
Died July 13th, 2017 at 86 years old in Seekonk.
Baard Owe
Norwegian actor (1936-2017).
Born July 3rd, 1936 in Mosjøen.
Died November 11th, 2017 at 81 years old in Copenhagen (lung cancer).
Peter Härtling
German writer (1933–2017).
Born November 13th, 1933 in Chemnitz. [ref]
Died July 10th, 2017 at 83 years old in Rüsselsheim am Main (heart failure). [ref]
Otto Kandler
German botanist (1920-2017).
Born October 23rd, 1920 in Deggendorf.
Died August 29th, 2017 at 96 years old in Munich.
Deaths 826 to 850 of 1386
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson