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In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Rosa Taikon
Swedish-romani silversmith and actor (1926–2017).
Born July 30th, 1926 in Tibro. [ref]
Died June 1st, 2017 at 90 years old in Ytterhogdal. [ref]
Ingvar Lidholm
Swedish composer (1921-2017).
Born February 24th, 1921 in Jönköping.
Died October 17th, 2017 at 96 years old in Salem. [ref]
Philip Gossett
American musicologist (1941–2017).
Born September 27th, 1941 in New York City.
Died June 13th, 2017 at 75 years old in Chicago. [ref]
René Laurentin
French theologian (1917–2017).
Born October 19th, 1917 in Tours.
Died September 10th, 2017 at 99 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Rokas Žilinskas
Lithuanian politician (1972-2017).
Born July 20th, 1972 in Vilnius. [ref]
Died June 6th, 2017 at 44 years old in Vilnius (pneumonia).
Arseny Roginsky
Russian historian, soviet dissident and memorial founder (1946-2017).
Born March 30th, 1946 in Velsk.
Died December 18th, 2017 at 71 years old in Israel. [ref]
Phyllis Fox
American mathematician and computer scientist (1923-2017).
Born March 13th, 1923 in Colorado.
Died May 23rd, 2017 at 94 years old [ref]
Janusz Głowacki
Polish writer (1938–2017).
Born September 13th, 1938 in Poznań.
Died August 19th, 2017 at 78 years old in Egypt, Marsa Alam. [ref]
Fritz Hellwig
German politician (1912-2017).
Born August 3rd, 1912 in Saarbrücken.
Died July 22nd, 2017 at 104 years old in Bonn.
Ibrahim Abouleish
Egyptian scientist (1937–2017).
Born March 23rd, 1937 in Mashtūl as Sūq.
Died June 15th, 2017 at 80 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Anne Buttimer
Irish geographer (1938-2017).
Born October 31st, 1938 in Cork.
Died July 15th, 2017 at 78 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Blaoui Houari
Algerian singer (1926–2017).
Born January 23rd, 1926 in Oran.
Died July 19th, 2017 at 91 years old in Oran (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Tim Parnell
British racecar driver (1932-2017).
Born June 25th, 1932 in Derby.
Died April 5th, 2017 at 84 years old in Littleover. [ref]
Jacob Neeman
Israeli politician (1939-2017).
Born September 16th, 1939 in Tel Aviv.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 77 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Tankred Dorst
German playwright and storyteller (1925–2017).
Born December 19th, 1925 in Oberlind.
Died June 1st, 2017 at 91 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Janusz Wójcik
Polish politician, football player and coach (1953-2017).
Born November 18th, 1953 in Warsaw.
Died November 20th, 2017 at 64 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Nora Marks Dauenhauer
American tlingit writer and poet (1927–2017).
Died September 25th, 2017 at 90 years old in Juneau. [ref]
Carlos Miloc
Uruguayan football manager (1932-2017).
Born February 9th, 1932 in Montevideo.
Died February 25th, 2017 at 85 years old in Monterrey. [ref]
Yosl Bergner
Israeli/australian artist (1920-2017).
Born October 13th, 1920 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 18th, 2017 at 96 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Marcos Coll
Colombian footballer (1935-2017).
Born May 23rd, 1935 in Barranquilla.
Died June 5th, 2017 at 82 years old in Barranquilla (pneumonia). [ref]
Cuthbert Sebastian
British colonial governor (1921-2017).
Born October 22nd, 1921 in Miami.
Died March 25th, 2017 at 95 years old in Basseterre (pneumonia). [ref]
Hamad Ndikumana
Rwandan footballer (1978-2017).
Born October 5th, 1978 in Kigali.
Died November 15th, 2017 at 39 years old in Kigali.
Fernando Birri
Film director from argentina (1925-2017).
Born March 13th, 1925 in Santa Fe. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2017 at 92 years old in Rome (cardiac arrest).
Feliciano Rivilla
Spanish footballer (1936–2017).
Born August 21st, 1936 in Ávila.
Died November 6th, 2017 at 81 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Yu Kwang-chung
Taiwanese poet.
Born October 21st, 1928 in Nanjing.
Died December 14th, 2017 at 89 years old in Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (pneumonia).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde