In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Nils Erik Nilsson
Swedish ice hockey player (1936-2017).
Born March 8th, 1936 in Karlstad. [ref]
Died June 24th, 2017 at 81 years old in Karlstad. [ref]
Pierluigi Chicca
Italian fencer (1937–2017).
Born December 22nd, 1937 in Livorno.
Died June 18th, 2017 at 79 years old in Rome. [ref]
Pierre Combescot
French writer and journalist (1940-2017).
Born January 9th, 1940 in Limoges.
Died June 27th, 2017 at 77 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [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]
Victor Găureanu
Romanian fencer.
Born November 15th, 1967 in Nicolae Bălcescu.
Died May 20th, 2017 at 49 years old in Craiova (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Lorne Loomer
Canadian rower.
Born March 11th, 1937 in Victoria.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 79 years old in Victoria. [ref]
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]
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]
Älfiä Äfzalova
Soviet and russian tatar singer (1933-2017).
Born January 15th, 1933 in Aqtanış.
Died June 15th, 2017 at 84 years old in Kazan.
Dirk Hafemeister
German equestrian (1958-2017).
Born April 17th, 1958 in West Berlin.
Died August 31st, 2017 at 59 years old [ref]
Miikka Toivola
Finnish footballer (1949-2017).
Born July 11th, 1949 in Porin maalaiskunta.
Died January 26th, 2017 at 67 years old [ref]
Siegfried Herrmann
German track and field athlete (1932-2017).
Born November 7th, 1932 in Unterschönau.
Died February 14th, 2017 at 84 years old in Erfurt. [ref]
Hiroto Muraoka
Japanese association football player (1931–2017).
Born September 19th, 1931 in Bunkyō-ku.
Died March 13th, 2017 at 85 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
István Szondy
Hungarian modern pentathlete (1925–2017).
Born December 29th, 1925 in Berettyóújfalu.
Died May 31st, 2017 at 91 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Aage Birch
Danish sailor (1926–2017).
Born September 23rd, 1926 in Søllerød.
Died February 13th, 2017 at 90 years old [ref]
Hortense Aka-Anghui
Ivorian politician (1933–2017).
Born December 18th, 1933 in Agboville. [ref]
Died September 30th, 2017 at 83 years old [ref]
Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli
Roman catholic bishop, capuchin friar (1926–2017).
Born June 30th, 1926 in Poppi.
Died July 6th, 2017 at 91 years old in Florence.
Andrzej Biegalski
Polish boxer (1953-2017).
Born March 5th, 1953 in Gierczyn. [ref]
Died March 14th, 2017 at 64 years old in Jastrzębie-Zdrój. [ref]
Richard Boucher
French footballer (1932-2017).
Born January 1st, 1932 in Créteil.
Died September 24th, 2017 at 85 years old in Toulouse. [ref]
Márta Rudas
Hungarian athletics competitor (1937-2017).
Born February 14th, 1937 in Debrecen.
Died June 5th, 2017 at 80 years old in Budapest. [ref]
František Brůna
Czechoslovak handball player (1944–2017).
Born October 13th, 1944 in Dolní Kralovice.
Died April 24th, 2017 at 72 years old in Benešov. [ref]
Lorenz Funk
Olympic ice hockey player (1947–2017).
Born March 17th, 1947 in Bad Tölz. [ref]
Died September 29th, 2017 at 70 years old in Greiling. [ref]
Atanas Kirov
Bulgarian weightlifter.
Born September 24th, 1946 in Burgas. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2017 at 70 years old in Sofia (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Giovanni Corrieri
Italian road bicycle racer (1920–2017).
Born February 7th, 1920 in Messina.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 96 years old in Prato. [ref]
Deaths 1251 to 1275 of 1386
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson