In the year 2017
1,386 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]
Eduard Brunner
Swiss musician (1939-2017).
Born July 14th, 1939 in Basel.
Died April 27th, 2017 at 77 years old in Munich.
Józef Grudzień
Polish boxer (1939–2017).
Born April 1st, 1939 in Piasek Wielki.
Died June 17th, 2017 at 78 years old in Pułtusk. [ref]
Inga Ålenius
Swedish actress (1938-2017).
Born May 15th, 1938 in Stockholm.
Died April 24th, 2017 at 78 years old in Helsingborg. [ref]
Ymer Pampuri
Albanian weightlifter.
Born April 20th, 1944 in Tirana.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 72 years old in Tirana. [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]
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).
Bill Craig
American swimmer.
Born January 16th, 1945 in Culver City.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 71 years old in Newport Beach (pneumonia). [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]
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]
Donald Harper
Olympic diver (1932–2017).
Born June 4th, 1932 in Redwood City.
Died November 30th, 2017 at 85 years old in Upper Arlington.
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.
Sima Wali
Afghan human rights activist.
Born April 7th, 1951 in Kandahar.
Died September 22nd, 2017 at 66 years old in Falls Church.
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]
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]
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]
Inomjon Usmonxo‘jayev
Uzbek politician (1930-2017).
Born May 21st, 1930 in Fergana.
Died March 17th, 2017 at 86 years old in Fergana. [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]
Algimantas Butnorius
Lithuanian chess player (1946-2017).
Born February 20th, 1946 in Kaunas.
Died October 30th, 2017 at 71 years old in Kaunas. [ref]
Yuri Lobanov
Soviet-born tajikistani sprint canoeist.
Born September 29th, 1952 in Dushanbe.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 64 years old in Moscow.
József Szendi
Hungarian roman catholic archbishop (1921-2017).
Born October 31st, 1921 in Székesfehérvár. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 2017 at 95 years old in Veszprém. [ref]
Aleksandr Salnikov
Basketball player (1949-2017).
Born July 3rd, 1949 in Sevastopol.
Died November 17th, 2017 at 68 years old in Kyiv. [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]
Deaths 1126 to 1150 of 1386
Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius