In the year 2017

1,383 Notable deaths

Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws

Dutch politician (1929-2017).

Born April 5th, 1929.

Died January 7th, 2017 at 87 years old

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]

Lothar Thoms

East german racing cyclist (1956-2017).

Born May 18th, 1956 in Guben.

Died November 5th, 2017 at 61 years old in Forst (Lausitz). [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]

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]

Margit Schumann

East german luger (1952–2017).

Born September 14th, 1952 in Waltershausen.

Died April 11th, 2017 at 64 years old in Oberhof. [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]

Liubomyr Huzar

Catholic cardinal (1933-2017).

Born February 26th, 1933 in Lviv.

Died May 31st, 2017 at 84 years old in Feofaniya Clinical Hospital. [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]

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]

Bronisław Chromy

Polish sculptor. (1925-2017).

Born June 3rd, 1925 in Leńcze.

Died October 4th, 2017 at 92 years old in Kraków. [ref]

Kjell Opseth

Norwegian politician.

Born January 2nd, 1936 in Førde.

Died December 3rd, 2017 at 81 years old in Førde. [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]

John Monckton

Australian swimmer (1938–2017).

Born October 28th, 1938 in Armidale.

Died June 29th, 2017 at 78 years old in Nambucca Heads. [ref]

Robert Alt

Swiss bobsledder (1927-2017).

Born January 2nd, 1927 in Glion. [ref]

Died December 4th, 2017 at 90 years old [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]

Kosei Kamo

Japanese tennis player (1932–2017).

Born May 10th, 1932 in Tokyo. [ref]

Died January 6th, 2017 at 84 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).

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]

Georgi Natanson

Soviet film director (1921–2017).

Born May 23rd, 1921 in Kazan.

Died December 17th, 2017 at 96 years old in Moscow.

Vladimír Brabec

Czech actor and dubbing actor.

Born May 15th, 1934 in Prague. [ref]

Died September 1st, 2017 at 83 years old in Nová Ves pod Pleší. [ref]

Hassan Bechara

Olympic wrestler (1945-2017).

Born March 17th, 1945 in Beirut.

Died July 24th, 2017 at 72 years old in Beirut.

Eddy Pauwels

Belgian cyclist (1935–2017).

Born May 2nd, 1935. [ref]

Died March 6th, 2017 at 81 years old [ref]

Verena Stefan

German writer (1947-2017).

Born October 3rd, 1947 in Bern.

Died November 29th, 2017 at 70 years old in Montreal.

Elmer Acevedo

Salvadoran footballer (1949-2017).

Born January 27th, 1949 in El Salvador.

Died August 30th, 2017 at 68 years old in Acajutla. [ref]

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