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In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Ger van Mourik
Dutch football player (1931-2017).
Born August 4th, 1931 in Amsterdam.
Died January 19th, 2017 at 85 years old in Netherlands.
Piet Ouderland
Dutch football player (1933–2017).
Born March 17th, 1933 in Amsterdam.
Died September 3rd, 2017 at 84 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Jean-Marc Thibault
French actor and film director (1923–2017).
Born August 24th, 1923 in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux. [ref]
Died May 28th, 2017 at 93 years old in 7th arrondissement of Marseille. [ref]
Eugène Parlier
Swiss footballer (1929-2017).
Born February 13th, 1929 in Montreux.
Died October 30th, 2017 at 88 years old in Montreux. [ref]
Lars-Erik Skiöld
Olympic wrestler (1952–2017).
Born March 19th, 1952 in Malmö.
Died May 21st, 2017 at 65 years old in Malmö. [ref]
Carlos Verdejo
Chilean association football player (1934-2017).
Born October 2nd, 1934 in Santiago.
Died January 24th, 2017 at 82 years old in Viña del Mar.
Grigoris Varfis
Greek politician (1927–2017).
Born January 2nd, 1927 in Athens.
Died September 10th, 2017 at 90 years old in Athens. [ref]
Zdeněk Šreiner
Czech footballer (1954-2017).
Born June 2nd, 1954 in Ostrava.
Died November 28th, 2017 at 63 years old [ref]
András Kovács
Film director, screenwriter (1925–2017).
Born June 20th, 1925 in Chidea.
Died March 11th, 2017 at 91 years old in Budapest. [ref]
John MacKenzie
Scottish footballer (1925-2017).
Born September 4th, 1925 in Dennistoun.
Died July 5th, 2017 at 91 years old in Tiree. [ref]
Bernhard Eckstein
East german olympic cyclist (1935-2017).
Born August 21st, 1935 in Thallwitz.
Died November 10th, 2017 at 82 years old in Leipzig.
Afërdita Veveçka Priftaj
Albanian physicist (1948-2017).
Born January 21st, 1948 in Berat.
Died July 4th, 2017 at 69 years old in Vienna.
Jack Pinoteau
French film director and screenwriter (1923-2017).
Born September 20th, 1923 in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines.
Died April 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in Le Chesnay. [ref]
Mario Tullio Montano
Italian fencer (1944–2017).
Born February 7th, 1944 in Montecatini Terme.
Died July 27th, 2017 at 73 years old in Livorno. [ref]
Robert Van Kerkhoven
Belgian footballer (1924-2017).
Born October 1st, 1924 in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.
Died June 18th, 2017 at 92 years old [ref]
Ted Hibberd
Canadian ice hockey player (1926-2017).
Born April 22nd, 1926 in Ottawa.
Died May 10th, 2017 at 91 years old in Ottawa. [ref]
Karel Kolář
Czechoslovak runner (1955–2017).
Born December 16th, 1955 in Jindřichův Hradec.
Died October 4th, 2017 at 61 years old [ref]
John Van Tongerloo
Belgian cyclist (1933–2017).
Born December 29th, 1933 in Meerle. [ref]
Died January 19th, 2017 at 83 years old in Hoogstraten. [ref]
Wim Anderiesen Jr.
Dutch association football player (1931-2017).
Born September 2nd, 1931 in Amsterdam.
Died January 27th, 2017 at 85 years old in Heerhugowaard. [ref]
Aleksandr Chuchelov
Estonian-russian sailor (1933-2017).
Born April 26th, 1933 in Tallinn.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 83 years old in Tallinn.
Víctor Zalazar
Argentine boxer.
Born July 24th, 1935 in La Paz.
Died June 30th, 2017 at 81 years old
Jaroslava Blažková
Slovak novelist, short story writer, children's writer and journalist (1933–2017).
Born November 15th, 1933 in Velké Meziříčí. [ref]
Died February 20th, 2017 at 83 years old in Guelph. [ref]
Luis Pedro Santamarina
Spanish cyclist (1942–2017).
Born June 25th, 1942 in Abanto y Ciérvana-Abanto Zierbena. [ref]
Died February 6th, 2017 at 74 years old in Portugalete. [ref]
Ernst Gebendinger
Olympic gymnast (1926-2017).
Born February 10th, 1926 in Winterthur.
Died May 23rd, 2017 at 91 years old in Winterthur. [ref]
Vito Ortelli
Italian road bicycle racer (1921–2017).
Born July 5th, 1921 in Faenza.
Died February 24th, 2017 at 95 years old in Faenza. [ref]
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