In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Erland Kops
Danish badminton player (1937–2017).
Born January 14th, 1937 in Copenhagen.
Died February 18th, 2017 at 80 years old [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).
Kaoru Yosano
Japanese finance minister (1938-2017).
Born August 22nd, 1938 in Chiyoda.
Died May 23rd, 2017 at 78 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Françoise Héritier
French anthropologist (1933–2017).
Born November 15th, 1933 in Veauche. [ref]
Died November 15th, 2017 at 84 years old in Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. [ref]
Emmanuel Niyonkuru
Burundian politician.
Born July 20th, 1962 in Commune of Rutegama. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2017 at 54 years old in Bujumbura (gunshot wound). [ref]
Solvi Stubing
German actress (1941–2017).
Born January 19th, 1941 in Berlin.
Died July 3rd, 2017 at 76 years old in Rome (multiple myeloma). [ref]
Isabelle Sadoyan
French actress (1928–2017).
Born May 12th, 1928 in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon.
Died July 10th, 2017 at 89 years old in Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or (heart failure). [ref]
Armand Gatti
French writer and filmmaker (1924–2017).
Born January 26th, 1924 in Monaco.
Died April 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in Bégin Military Teaching Hospital. [ref]
Neil Gehrels
American astronomer (1952-2017).
Born October 3rd, 1952 in Lake Geneva. [ref]
Died February 6th, 2017 at 64 years old in Berwyn Heights (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Manfredi Nicoletti
Italian architect (1930–2017).
Born June 16th, 1930 in Rieti.
Died October 29th, 2017 at 87 years old in Rome.
Claudio Báez
Mexican actor (1948–2017).
Born March 23rd, 1948 in Guadalajara.
Died November 19th, 2017 at 69 years old in Mexico City (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]
Marcos Coll
Colombian footballer (1935-2017).
Born August 23rd, 1935 in Barranquilla.
Died June 5th, 2017 at 81 years old in Barranquilla (pneumonia). [ref]
Rodrigo Valdez
Colombian boxer (1946–2017).
Born December 22nd, 1946 in Cartagena.
Died March 14th, 2017 at 70 years old in Cartagena (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Larisa Volpert
Estonian-russian chess player and literary scholar (1926-2017).
Born March 30th, 1926 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 1st, 2017 at 91 years old in New York City.
Kitty Courbois
Dutch actress (1937-2017).
Born July 13th, 1937 in Nijmegen. [ref]
Died March 11th, 2017 at 79 years old in Amsterdam (intracranial hemorrhage). [ref]
Horacio Guarany
Argentine singer (1925-2017).
Born May 15th, 1925 in Santa Fe, Las Garzas.
Died January 13th, 2017 at 91 years old in Luján (cardiac arrest).
Gila Goldstein
Israeli actress, singer and activist.
Born December 18th, 1947 in Turin.
Died February 4th, 2017 at 69 years old in Tel Aviv (stroke).
Sergei Mylnikov
Russian ice hockey player (1958–2017).
Born October 6th, 1958 in Chelyabinsk.
Died June 20th, 2017 at 58 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Teodor Oizerman
Soviet and russian philosopher (1914-2017).
Born May 14th, 1914 in Petrovirivka.
Died March 25th, 2017 at 102 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Robert Parr
American theoretical chemist (1921-2017).
Born September 22nd, 1921 in Chicago.
Died March 27th, 2017 at 95 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Maria Mutagamba
Ugandan politician.
Born September 5th, 1952 in Uganda.
Died June 24th, 2017 at 64 years old in Kampala (liver cancer).
Harry Stradling
American cinematographer (1925-2017).
Born January 7th, 1925 in New York City.
Died October 17th, 2017 at 92 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Simon Dickie
New zealand rowing cox (1951–2017).
Born March 31st, 1951 in Waverley.
Died December 13th, 2017 at 66 years old in Taupō (falling from height). [ref]
Serge Doubrovsky
French writer (1928-2017).
Born May 22nd, 1928 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 23rd, 2017 at 88 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Tony deBrum
Statesman of the marshall islands (1945–2017).
Born February 25th, 1945 in Marshall Islands, Tuvalu. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 2017 at 72 years old in Majuro. [ref]
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