In the year 2017
1,386 Notable deaths
Jacque Fresco
American futurist and self-described social engineer.
Born March 13th, 1916 in Brooklyn.
Died May 18th, 2017 at 101 years old in Sebring (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
John G. Avildsen
American film director.
Born December 21st, 1935 in Oak Park. [ref]
Died June 16th, 2017 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
John B. Anderson
American politician (1922–2017).
Born February 15th, 1922 in Rockford.
Died December 3rd, 2017 at 95 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Zygmunt Bauman
Polish philosopher and sociologist (1925-2017).
Born November 19th, 1925 in Poznań. [ref]
Died January 9th, 2017 at 91 years old in Leeds. [ref]
Ugo Ehiogu
English association football player (1972-2017).
Born November 3rd, 1972 in London Borough of Hackney.
Died April 21st, 2017 at 44 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Michael Bond
British writer (1926–2017).
Born January 13th, 1926 in Newbury.
Died June 27th, 2017 at 91 years old in Paddington. [ref]
Charles Robert Jenkins
United states army soldier (1940–2017).
Born February 18th, 1940 in Rich Square.
Died December 11th, 2017 at 77 years old in Sado (heart failure).
Mikhail Tolstykh
Commander of the pro-russian forces.
Born July 19th, 1980 in Ilovaisk.
Died February 8th, 2017 at 36 years old in Makiivka. [ref]
Shelley Berman
American comedian, actor, writer, and teacher (1925–2017).
Born February 3rd, 1925 in Chicago.
Died September 1st, 2017 at 92 years old in Bell Canyon (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Keely Smith
American singer (1928-2017).
Died December 16th, 2017 at 89 years old in Palm Springs (heart failure). [ref]
John Berger
British painter, writer and art critic (1926-2017).
Born November 5th, 1926 in London Borough of Hackney.
Died January 2nd, 2017 at 90 years old in Antony. [ref]
Chuck Mosley
American musician (1959–2017).
Born December 26th, 1959 in Hollywood.
Died November 9th, 2017 at 57 years old in Cleveland (drug overdose). [ref]
Colin Dexter
British writer (1930-2017).
Born September 29th, 1930 in Stamford.
Died March 21st, 2017 at 86 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Naim Süleymanoğlu
Turkish weightlifter (1967–2017).
Born January 23rd, 1967 in Ptichar.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 50 years old in Istanbul (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Earle Hyman
American actor (1926-2017).
Born October 11th, 1926 in Rocky Mount. [ref]
Died November 17th, 2017 at 91 years old in Lillian Booth Actors Home (stomach cancer). [ref]
Yurizan Beltran
American pornographic actress and model (1986–2017).
Born November 2nd, 1986 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2017 at 31 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
Joost van der Westhuizen
South african rugby union footballer (1971–2017).
Born February 20th, 1971 in Pretoria.
Died February 6th, 2017 at 45 years old in Johannesburg (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Antonio Carluccio
Italian restaurateur (1937-2017).
Born April 19th, 1937 in Vietri sul Mare.
Died November 8th, 2017 at 80 years old in London. [ref]
Graham Taylor
English association football player and manager (1944-2017).
Born September 15th, 1944 in Worksop.
Died January 12th, 2017 at 72 years old in Worksop (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ivan Koloff
Canadian professional wrestler (1942–2017).
Born August 25th, 1942 in Montreal.
Died February 18th, 2017 at 74 years old in Winterville (liver cancer). [ref]
Bruce McCandless II
American astronaut (1937–2017).
Born June 8th, 1937 in Boston.
Died December 21st, 2017 at 80 years old in Conifer. [ref]
Paula Fox
American book author (1923–2017).
Born April 22nd, 1923 in New York City.
Died March 1st, 2017 at 93 years old in Brooklyn. [ref]
Shakila
Indian actress.
Born January 1st, 1935 in British Raj.
Died September 20th, 2017 at 82 years old in Juhu.
Lotfi A. Zadeh
American electrical engineer and computer scientist (1921–2017).
Born February 4th, 1921 in Novkhany. [ref]
Died September 6th, 2017 at 96 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Dmitry Khvorostovsky
Russian operatic baritone (1962-2017).
Born October 16th, 1962 in Krasnoyarsk.
Died November 22nd, 2017 at 55 years old in London (brain cancer).
Deaths 176 to 200 of 1386
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