In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Altero Matteoli
Italian politician (1940-2017).
Born September 8th, 1940 in Cecina.
Died December 18th, 2017 at 77 years old in Capalbio (traffic collision). [ref]
Roger Grenier
French writer, journalist and radio animator (1919–2017).
Born September 19th, 1919 in Caen.
Died November 8th, 2017 at 98 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (pneumonia).
Enzo Dara
Italian opera singer (1938-2017).
Born October 13th, 1938 in Mantua.
Died August 25th, 2017 at 78 years old in Narni.
Giovanni Franzoni
Italian theologian (1928-2017).
Born November 8th, 1928 in Varna.
Died July 13th, 2017 at 88 years old in Canneto Sabino.
Jon van Rood
Dutch biologist (1926–2017).
Born April 7th, 1926 in Scheveningen.
Died July 21st, 2017 at 91 years old in Leeuwarden.
Alain Jessua
French film director, screenwriter (1932–2017).
Born January 16th, 1932 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 30th, 2017 at 85 years old in Évreux. [ref]
Cino Tortorella
Italian television presenter, television author and television director (1927–2017).
Born June 27th, 1927 in Ventimiglia. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2017 at 89 years old in Milan. [ref]
Dmytro Grabovskyy
Ukrainian road bicycle racer (1985–2017).
Born September 30th, 1985 in Simferopol.
Died January 23rd, 2017 at 31 years old in Arad (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Célestin Gaombalet
Prime minister of the central african republic (1942-2017).
Born January 1st, 1942 in Grimari.
Died December 19th, 2017 at 75 years old in Agen. [ref]
Viktor Kupreichik
Belarusian chess player (1949-2017).
Died May 22nd, 2017 at 67 years old in Minsk.
Eugenio Bersellini
Italian association football player and manager (1936-2017).
Born June 10th, 1936 in Borgo Val di Taro.
Died September 17th, 2017 at 81 years old in Prato (pneumonia). [ref]
Santiago Vernazza
Argentine association football player (1928-2017).
Born December 29th, 1928 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 12th, 2017 at 88 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Michael Augustine
Catholic archbishop (1933–2017).
Died November 4th, 2017 at 84 years old in Pondicherry (myocardial infarction).
Philippe Maystadt
Belgian politician (1948-2017).
Born March 14th, 1948 in Petit-Rechain.
Died December 7th, 2017 at 69 years old (lung disease).
Natalia Shakhovskaya
Russian musician (1935–2017).
Born September 27th, 1935 in Moscow.
Died May 20th, 2017 at 81 years old in Moscow.
George Feher
American chemist (1924–2017).
Born May 29th, 1924 in Bratislava.
Died November 28th, 2017 at 93 years old in La Jolla.
Sonja Sutter
German actress (1931–2017).
Born January 17th, 1931 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 2017 at 86 years old in Baden. [ref]
Karl Stotz
Austrian footballer (1927-2017).
Born March 27th, 1927 in Vienna.
Died April 4th, 2017 at 90 years old in Seefeld in Tirol. [ref]
Isabelle Daniels
American sprinter.
Born July 31st, 1937 in Jakin.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 80 years old in Atlanta. [ref]
Frank Spellman
American weightlifter.
Born September 17th, 1922 in Malvern.
Died January 12th, 2017 at 94 years old in Gulf Breeze. [ref]
Jürgen Roth
German opinion journalist (1945–2017).
Born November 4th, 1945 in Frankfurt.
Died September 28th, 2017 at 71 years old in Frankfurt (cancer). [ref]
Květa Fialová
Czech actress (1929-2017).
Born September 1st, 1929 in Veľké Dravce. [ref]
Died September 26th, 2017 at 88 years old in Prague. [ref]
Zurab Sotkilava
Georgian opera singer (1937-2017).
Born March 12th, 1937 in Sukhumi.
Died September 18th, 2017 at 80 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).
Enzo Bettiza
Italian writer and politician (1927-2017).
Died July 28th, 2017 at 90 years old in Rome. [ref]
Catherine Hardy Lavender
American athletics competitor (1930–2017).
Born February 8th, 1930 in Carrollton.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 87 years old in Atlanta (pneumonia). [ref]
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We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth. Voltaire