In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Pertti Alaja
Finnish association football player and coach (1952–2017).
Born February 18th, 1952 in Helsinki.
Died August 18th, 2017 at 65 years old in Espoo (cancer). [ref]
Bill Craig
American swimmer.
Born January 16th, 1945 in Culver City.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 71 years old in Newport Beach (pneumonia). [ref]
Józef Grudzień
Polish boxer (1939–2017).
Born April 1st, 1939 in Piasek Wielki.
Died June 17th, 2017 at 78 years old in Pułtusk. [ref]
Yuri Lobanov
Soviet-born tajikistani sprint canoeist.
Born September 29th, 1952 in Dushanbe.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Spartaco Landini
Italian footballer (1944-2017).
Born January 31st, 1944 in Terranuova Bracciolini. [ref]
Died April 16th, 2017 at 73 years old in Genoa. [ref]
Sima Wali
Afghan human rights activist.
Born April 7th, 1951 in Kandahar.
Died September 22nd, 2017 at 66 years old in Falls Church.
Juan Carlos Touriño
Footballer (1944–2017).
Born July 14th, 1944 in Buenos Aires.
Died March 7th, 2017 at 72 years old in Buenos Aires (pancreas disease).
Petr Šabach
Czech writer (1951–2017).
Born August 23rd, 1951 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 16th, 2017 at 66 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jacques Foix
French footballer (1930-2017).
Born November 26th, 1930 in Mont-de-Marsan.
Died June 14th, 2017 at 86 years old in Mont-de-Marsan. [ref]
Manfred Kaiser
East german footballer and manager (1929-2017).
Born January 7th, 1929 in Zeitz. [ref]
Died February 15th, 2017 at 88 years old in Lindau. [ref]
August Englas
Estonian amateur wrestler (1925–2017).
Born January 15th, 1925 in Pühajärve Rural Municipality. [ref]
Died March 21st, 2017 at 92 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Donald Harper
Olympic diver (1932–2017).
Born June 4th, 1932 in Redwood City.
Died November 30th, 2017 at 85 years old in Upper Arlington.
Egon Günther
German film director and screenwriter (1927-2017).
Born March 30th, 1927 in Schneeberg.
Died August 31st, 2017 at 90 years old in Potsdam. [ref]
Aleksandr Salnikov
Basketball player (1949-2017).
Born July 3rd, 1949 in Sevastopol.
Died November 17th, 2017 at 68 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Leo Peelen
Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017).
Born July 16th, 1968 in Arnhem.
Died March 24th, 2017 at 48 years old in Apeldoorn (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Ferry Graf
Austrian-finnish singer (1931-2017).
Born December 14th, 1931 in Ternitz.
Died July 26th, 2017 at 85 years old in Jyväskylä. [ref]
Marek Ostrowski
Polish footballer (1959-2017).
Born November 22nd, 1959 in Gmina Skrwilno.
Died March 6th, 2017 at 57 years old in Stockerau. [ref]
Augustin Bubník
Czech ice hockey player, ice hockey coach politician (1928-2017).
Born November 21st, 1928 in Prague. [ref]
Died April 18th, 2017 at 88 years old [ref]
Park Jung-bae
South korean footballer (1967-2017).
Born February 19th, 1967 in South Korea.
Died November 11th, 2017 at 50 years old in Busan.
Eduardo Blasco Ferrer
Catalan linguist.
Born June 15th, 1956 in Barcelona.
Died January 12th, 2017 at 60 years old in Ota (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vladimir Kazachyonok
Russian footballer (1952-2017).
Born September 6th, 1952 in Kolpino.
Died March 26th, 2017 at 64 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Tomislav Ivančić
Croatian theologian.
Born September 30th, 1938 in Davor.
Died February 17th, 2017 at 78 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Anna Jókai
Hungarian writer and poet (1932-2017).
Born November 24th, 1932 in Budapest.
Died June 5th, 2017 at 84 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Ene Mihkelson
Estonian writer (1944–2017).
Born October 21st, 1944 in Tammeküla.
Died September 20th, 2017 at 72 years old in Tartu. [ref]
Deaths 1126 to 1150 of 1383
If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler