In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws
Dutch politician (1929-2017).
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).
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).
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.
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]
Deaths 1151 to 1175 of 1383
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer