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In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Pierre Bergé
French industrialist, patron and book collector.
Born November 14th, 1930 in Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 86 years old in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (disease). [ref]
John Wetton
English musician (1949–2017).
Born June 12th, 1949 in Willington.
Died January 31st, 2017 at 67 years old in Bournemouth (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Louise Hay
American writer.
Born October 8th, 1926 in Los Angeles.
Died August 30th, 2017 at 90 years old in San Diego. [ref]
Daphne Caruana Galizia
Maltese journalist and blogger (1964-2017).
Born August 26th, 1964 in Sliema. [ref]
Died October 16th, 2017 at 53 years old in Bidnija (car bomb). [ref]
Angry Grandpa
American youtube personality (1950-2017).
Born October 16th, 1950 in Chatham County.
Died December 10th, 2017 at 67 years old in Summerville (liver cirrhosis).
Red West
American actor, film stuntman and songwriter (1936-2017).
Born March 8th, 1936 in Memphis.
Died July 18th, 2017 at 81 years old in Memphis (aortic aneurysm). [ref]
George Young
Australian rock musician (1946–2017).
Born November 6th, 1946 in Glasgow. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2017 at 70 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Mel Tillis
American country music singer and musician (1932-2017).
Born August 8th, 1932 in Tampa, Dover. [ref]
Died November 19th, 2017 at 85 years old in Ocala (sepsis). [ref]
Robert Osborne
American film historian and actor (1932–2017).
Died March 6th, 2017 at 84 years old in New York City (kidney failure).
Sue Grafton
American writer (1940-2017).
Born April 24th, 1940 in Louisville. [ref]
Died December 28th, 2017 at 77 years old in Santa Barbara (appendix cancer). [ref]
Cuba Gooding Sr.
American singer and actor (1944–2017).
Born April 27th, 1944 in New York City.
Died April 20th, 2017 at 72 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Arjan Singh
Marshal of the indian air force.
Born April 15th, 1919 in Faisalabad.
Died September 16th, 2017 at 98 years old in New Delhi (myocardial infarction).
Stephen Furst
American actor (1954–2017).
Died June 16th, 2017 at 63 years old in Moorpark (diabetes). [ref]
Ann Wedgeworth
American actress (1934-2017).
Born January 21st, 1934 in Abilene.
Died November 16th, 2017 at 83 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]
Eugene Cernan
Nasa astronaut, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, electrical engineer, fighter pilot, eleventh human to walk on the moon (apollo 10 and apollo 17).
Born March 14th, 1934 in Chicago.
Died January 16th, 2017 at 82 years old in Houston. [ref]
Christine Kaufmann
German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017).
Born January 11th, 1945 in Lengdorf.
Died March 28th, 2017 at 72 years old in Munich (leukemia). [ref]
Roy Dotrice
British actor (1923–2017).
Born May 26th, 1923 in Guernsey.
Died October 16th, 2017 at 94 years old in London. [ref]
Tommy Page
American singer-songwriter (1967–2017).
Born May 24th, 1970 in Glen Ridge.
Died March 4th, 2017 at 46 years old in East Stroudsburg. [ref]
R. C. Sproul
American theologian and pastor (1939–2017).
Born February 13th, 1939 in Pittsburgh.
Died December 14th, 2017 at 78 years old in Altamonte Springs (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]
Bernie Casey
American actor, artist, and professional football player (1939–2017).
Died September 19th, 2017 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Jalal Talabani
Iraqi politician (1933-2017).
Born November 12th, 1933 in Kelkan. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 2017 at 83 years old in Berlin (cerebral hemorrhage).
Butch Trucks
American drummer (1947–2017).
Born May 11th, 1947 in Jacksonville. [ref]
Died January 24th, 2017 at 69 years old in West Palm Beach (shot to the head). [ref]
Mark Fisher
British cultural theorist (1968-2017).
Born July 11th, 1968 in Leicester.
Died January 13th, 2017 at 48 years old in Felixstowe.
William Peter Blatty
American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017).
Born January 7th, 1928 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2017 at 89 years old in Bethesda (multiple myeloma). [ref]
Donald Harvey
American serial killer (1952–2017).
Born April 15th, 1952 in Butler County.
Died March 30th, 2017 at 64 years old in Toledo (blunt trauma). [ref]
Deaths 126 to 150 of 1386
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz