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In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws
Dutch politician (1929-2017).
Died January 7th, 2017 at 87 years old
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]
Marek Ostrowski
Polish footballer (1959-2017).
Born November 22nd, 1959 in Gmina Skrwilno.
Died March 6th, 2017 at 57 years old in Stockerau. [ref]
Eduardo Blasco Ferrer
Catalan linguist.
Born June 15th, 1956 in Barcelona.
Died January 12th, 2017 at 60 years old in Ota (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Tomislav Ivančić
Croatian theologian.
Born September 30th, 1938 in Davor.
Died February 17th, 2017 at 78 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Agnes Giebel
German singer (1921–2017).
Born August 10th, 1921 in Heerlen.
Died April 24th, 2017 at 95 years old in Cologne.
Josef Augusta
Czech ice hockey player and coach (1946-2017).
Born November 24th, 1946 in Jihlava, Havlíčkův Brod. [ref]
Died February 16th, 2017 at 70 years old in Jihlava (pancreatic cancer). [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]
Alan Cameron
British classical scholar (1938–2017).
Born March 13th, 1938.
Died July 31st, 2017 at 79 years old in New York City.
Lelio Lagorio
Mayor of florence and minister of defence (1925-2017).
Born November 9th, 1925 in Trieste.
Died January 7th, 2017 at 91 years old in Florence. [ref]
Vilnis Edvīns Bresis
Latvian politician (1938–2017).
Born January 30th, 1938 in Jelgava.
Died October 25th, 2017 at 79 years old in Latvia (pulmonary edema). [ref]
Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov
Former president of the udmurt republic (1951-2017).
Born December 25th, 1951 in Bryansk.
Died May 20th, 2017 at 65 years old in Germany (cancer). [ref]
Bronisław Chromy
Polish sculptor. (1925-2017).
Born June 3rd, 1925 in Leńcze.
Died October 4th, 2017 at 92 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Lothar Thoms
East german racing cyclist (1956-2017).
Died November 5th, 2017 at 61 years old in Forst (Lausitz). [ref]
Zdravko Hebel
Croatian water polo player (1943–2017).
Born January 21st, 1943 in Zagreb.
Died August 12th, 2017 at 74 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Türkan Akyol
Turkish physician and statesperson (1928–2017).
Born September 12th, 1928 in Istanbul.
Died September 7th, 2017 at 88 years old in Ankara (lung disease).
Werner Nekes
German film director (1944–2017).
Born April 29th, 1944 in Erfurt, Mülheim an der Ruhr.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 72 years old in Mülheim an der Ruhr. [ref]
Margit Schumann
East german luger (1952–2017).
Born September 14th, 1952 in Waltershausen.
Died April 11th, 2017 at 64 years old in Oberhof. [ref]
Kjell Opseth
Norwegian politician.
Born January 2nd, 1936 in Førde.
Died December 3rd, 2017 at 81 years old in Førde. [ref]
Viktor Potapov
Soviet-russian sailor (1947-2017).
Born March 29th, 1947 in Dolgoprudny.
Died December 10th, 2017 at 70 years old in Dolgoprudny (traffic collision). [ref]
Nikolay Kamenskiy
Soviet ski jumper (1931-2017).
Born October 17th, 1931 in Moscow. [ref]
Died July 21st, 2017 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
John Monckton
Australian swimmer (1938–2017).
Born October 28th, 1938 in Armidale.
Died June 29th, 2017 at 78 years old in Nambucca Heads. [ref]
Georgi Natanson
Soviet film director (1921–2017).
Died December 17th, 2017 at 96 years old in Moscow.
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin