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In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Sotsha Dlamini
Prime minister of eswatini(1940-2017).
Born May 27th, 1940 in Mankayane.
Died February 7th, 2017 at 76 years old in Mankayane.
Evelyn Kawamoto
American swimmer, olympic bronze medalist.
Born September 17th, 1933 in Honolulu.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 83 years old in Hawaii. [ref]
Heinz Schneiter
Swiss footballer (1935-2017).
Born April 12th, 1935 in Thun.
Died July 6th, 2017 at 82 years old [ref]
Dominic Mai Thanh Lương
Auxiliary bishop of orange in california.
Born December 20th, 1940 in Vietnam.
Died December 6th, 2017 at 76 years old in Orange.
Jan Notermans
Dutch footballer and manager (1932-2017).
Born July 29th, 1932 in Sittard.
Died June 8th, 2017 at 84 years old in Sittard. [ref]
Ugo Fangareggi
Italian actor (1938-2017).
Born January 30th, 1938 in Genoa.
Died October 20th, 2017 at 79 years old in Rome (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Gilbert Ford
American basketball player and business executive (1931–2017).
Born September 14th, 1931 in Tulia.
Died January 10th, 2017 at 85 years old in Naples. [ref]
Nati Mistral
Spanish actress (1928–2017).
Born December 13th, 1928 in Madrid.
Died August 20th, 2017 at 88 years old in Madrid (cerebral infarction).
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
Japanese swimmer (1939–2017).
Born January 18th, 1939 in Wajima.
Died February 10th, 2017 at 78 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Imre Hollai
Hungarian politician (1925-2017).
Born January 22nd, 1925 in Újpest.
Died November 22nd, 2017 at 92 years old in Budapest.
Katalin Szőke
Hungarian swimmer (1935-2017).
Born August 17th, 1935 in Budapest. [ref]
Died October 27th, 2017 at 82 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Dudley Storey
New zealand rower (1939–2017).
Born November 27th, 1939 in Wairoa.
Died March 6th, 2017 at 77 years old in Auckland (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Basilio Martín Patino
Spanish film director (1930-2017).
Born October 29th, 1930 in Lumbrales.
Died August 13th, 2017 at 86 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Dieter Kottysch
German boxer (1943-2017).
Born June 30th, 1943 in Gliwice.
Died April 9th, 2017 at 73 years old in Hamburg (disease). [ref]
Obed Dlamini
Swazi politician (1937-2017).
Born April 4th, 1937 in Mhlosheni.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 79 years old in Johannesburg (disease). [ref]
Mike Taylor
British racing driver.
Born April 24th, 1934 in London.
Died April 4th, 2017 at 82 years old
Shunichiro Okano
Japanese association football player and manager (1931–2017).
Born August 28th, 1931 in Tokyo.
Died February 2nd, 2017 at 85 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer). [ref]
Olivier Strebelle
Belgian sculptor (1927-2017).
Born January 20th, 1927 in Uccle.
Died July 29th, 2017 at 90 years old in Brussels. [ref]
Katy Bødtger
Danish singer.
Born December 28th, 1932 in Copenhagen.
Died May 4th, 2017 at 84 years old [ref]
Jan Szczepański
Polish boxer (1939–2017).
Born November 20th, 1939 in Małecz.
Died January 15th, 2017 at 77 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Anatoly Aleksin
Russian writer and poet (1924-2017).
Born August 3rd, 1924 in Moscow.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 92 years old in Luxembourg.
Annie Goetzinger
French comics artist (1951-2017).
Born August 18th, 1951 in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 20th, 2017 at 66 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt (cancer). [ref]
Ernie Pieterse
South african racing driver.
Died November 1st, 2017 at 79 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Robert Anker
Dutch writer, poet and literary critic (1946-2017).
Born April 26th, 1946 in Oostwoud.
Died January 20th, 2017 at 70 years old in Amsterdam.
Eduard Mudrik
Russian footballer (1939-2017).
Born July 18th, 1939 in Starobilsk.
Died March 27th, 2017 at 77 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner