In the year 2017
1,383 Notable deaths
Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini
Italian musician.
Born October 7th, 1929 in Bologna.
Died July 11th, 2017 at 87 years old in Bologna (respiratory arrest). [ref]
Margit Pörtner
Danish female curler (1972–2017).
Born February 16th, 1972 in Hørsholm.
Died April 26th, 2017 at 45 years old in Denmark (cancer). [ref]
Wilma de Faria
52nd governor of rio grande do norte (1945–2017).
Born February 17th, 1945 in Mossoró. [ref]
Died June 15th, 2017 at 72 years old in Natal (cancer).
Albert Bouvet
French racing cyclist (1930–2017).
Born February 28th, 1930 in Mellé. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2017 at 87 years old in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. [ref]
Willy Schroeders
Belgian cyclist (1932–2017).
Born December 9th, 1932 in Sint-Agatha-Rode.
Died October 28th, 2017 at 84 years old in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe. [ref]
Armando Hart Dávalos
Cuban politician (1930-2017).
Born June 13th, 1930 in Havana.
Died November 26th, 2017 at 87 years old in Havana (respiratory failure).
Elena Lagadinova
Bulgarian agronomist, genetic engineer, and politician.
Died November 5th, 2017 at 87 years old in Sofia.
Sergei Gimayev
Soviet ice hockey player (1955–2017).
Born January 1st, 1955 in Pružany.
Died March 18th, 2017 at 62 years old in Tula (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Romolo Bizzotto
Italian footballer (1925-2017).
Born February 16th, 1925 in Cerea.
Died March 27th, 2017 at 92 years old in Turin. [ref]
Wanda Chotomska
Polish writer, author of children's literature (1929–2017).
Born October 26th, 1929 in Warsaw.
Died August 2nd, 2017 at 87 years old in Warsaw.
Reinhold Durnthaler
Austrian bobsledder (1942-2017).
Born November 29th, 1942 in Feldkirchen in Kärnten. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2017 at 74 years old in Feldkirchen in Kärnten. [ref]
Walter Lehmann
Gymnast (1919-2017).
Born November 13th, 1919 in Hütten.
Died September 23rd, 2017 at 97 years old in Richterswil.
Lucy Seki
Brazilian linguist (1941-2017).
Born March 27th, 1939 in Belo Horizonte.
Died June 23rd, 2017 at 78 years old
Yasuyuki Kuwahara
Japanese association football player (1942–2017).
Born December 22nd, 1942 in Hiroshima.
Died March 1st, 2017 at 74 years old in Hiroshima (pneumonia).
Antonio Spallino
Italian fencer and politician (1925-2017).
Born April 1st, 1925 in Como. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2017 at 92 years old in Carimate. [ref]
Pierluigi Chicca
Italian fencer (1937–2017).
Born December 22nd, 1937 in Livorno.
Died June 18th, 2017 at 79 years old in Rome. [ref]
Velik Kapsazov
Artistic gymnast (1935–2017).
Born April 15th, 1935 in Asenovgrad.
Died March 27th, 2017 at 81 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Mikhail Kalik
Soviet film director (1927-2017).
Born January 29th, 1927 in Arkhangelsk.
Died March 31st, 2017 at 90 years old in Jerusalem.
Billy Simpson
Northern irish footballer (1929-2017).
Born December 12th, 1929 in Belfast.
Died January 27th, 2017 at 87 years old in Glasgow. [ref]
Victor Găureanu
Romanian fencer.
Born November 15th, 1967 in Nicolae Bălcescu.
Died May 20th, 2017 at 49 years old in Craiova (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Ivan Stoyanov
Bulgarian footballer (1949-2017).
Born January 20th, 1949 in Sofia.
Died December 10th, 2017 at 68 years old [ref]
Raúl Córdoba
Mexican footballer (1924-2017).
Born March 13th, 1924 in Guadalajara.
Died May 17th, 2017 at 93 years old in León de Los Aldama. [ref]
Lisbeth Korsmo
Norwegian speed skater and bicycle racer (1948–2017).
Born January 14th, 1948 in Oslo.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 69 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Slavko Brezoski
Macedonian architect.
Born June 10th, 1922 in Galičnik.
Died March 8th, 2017 at 94 years old in Skopje.
Washington Benavides
Uruguayan poet, teacher, and musician.
Born March 3rd, 1930 in Tacuarembó.
Died September 24th, 2017 at 87 years old in Montevideo (pneumonia). [ref]
Deaths 1226 to 1250 of 1383
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner