In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Karl-Erik Nilsson
Swedish olympic wrestler (1922–2017).
Born January 4th, 1922 in Eslöv Municipality.
Died December 14th, 2017 at 95 years old in Malmö. [ref]
Boris Nikolov
Bulgarian boxer (1929–2017).
Born March 6th, 1929 in Dobrich. [ref]
Died January 29th, 2017 at 87 years old in Sofia. [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]
Yuriy Poyarkov
Ukrainian volleyball player (1937–2017).
Born February 10th, 1937 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died February 10th, 2017 at 80 years old in Kharkiv. [ref]
Humberto Rosa
Argentine footballer and manager (1932-2017).
Born April 8th, 1932 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died September 8th, 2017 at 85 years old in Padua. [ref]
Lech Ordon
Polish actor (1928–2017).
Born November 24th, 1928 in Poznań.
Died October 21st, 2017 at 88 years old in Warsaw (pneumonia).
Paavo Lonkila
Finnish cross-country skier (1923-2017).
Born January 11th, 1923 in Kiuruvesi.
Died September 22nd, 2017 at 94 years old in Kiuruvesi. [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).
Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth
Hungarian fencer (1968–2017).
Born March 24th, 1968 in Tapolca.
Died December 30th, 2017 at 49 years old in Veszprém. [ref]
Nasser Givehchi
Olympic wrestler (1932–2017).
Born November 12th, 1932 in Tehran. [ref]
Died May 16th, 2017 at 84 years old in Tehran. [ref]
Ana Enriqueta Teran
Venezuelan poet (1918–2017).
Died December 18th, 2017 at 99 years old in Valencia. [ref]
Yukinori Miyabe
Japanese speed skater (1968–2017).
Born July 18th, 1968 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2017 at 48 years old in Tokyo (cancer). [ref]
Pierre Hanon
Belgian footballer (1936–2017).
Born December 29th, 1936 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died October 13th, 2017 at 80 years old [ref]
Walter Kollmann
Austrian footballer (1932-2017).
Born June 17th, 1932 in Austria.
Died May 16th, 2017 at 84 years old [ref]
Alan Cameron
British classical scholar (1938–2017).
Born March 13th, 1938.
Died July 31st, 2017 at 79 years old in New York City.
Ryszard Parulski
Polish fencer (1938–2017).
Born March 9th, 1938 in Warsaw.
Died January 10th, 2017 at 78 years old in Warsaw.
Atanase Sciotnic
Canoe racer (1942-2017).
Born March 1st, 1942 in Mila 23.
Died April 5th, 2017 at 75 years old [ref]
Petra Kandarr
German sprinter (1950-2017).
Born August 20th, 1950 in Halle (Saale). [ref]
Died March 12th, 2017 at 66 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Youssef Anis Abi-Aad
Maronite archbishop of aleppo (1940–2017).
Born January 12th, 1940 in Dfoun.
Died May 6th, 2017 at 77 years old
Luis Alberto Luna Tobar
Ecuadorian catholic archbishop (1923–2017).
Born December 15th, 1923 in Quito.
Died February 7th, 2017 at 93 years old in Conocoto. [ref]
Anne-Marie Colchen
French basketball player and athletics competitor (1925-2017).
Born December 8th, 1925 in Le Havre.
Died January 26th, 2017 at 91 years old in Sanary-sur-Mer. [ref]
Inga Borg
Swedish children's book author and artist (1925–2017).
Born August 25th, 1925 in Stockholm.
Died October 24th, 2017 at 92 years old in Nyköping. [ref]
Tonny van der Linden
Dutch football player (1932-2017).
Born November 29th, 1932 in Zuilen.
Died June 23rd, 2017 at 84 years old in Vianen. [ref]
Alberto Villalta
Salvadoran footballer (1947-2017).
Born November 19th, 1947 in San Salvador.
Died March 4th, 2017 at 69 years old in San Salvador. [ref]
Deaths 1176 to 1200 of 1383
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø