In the year 2017

1,268 Notable deaths

Pentti Holappa

Finnish writer (1927-2017).

Born August 11th, 1927 in Ylikiiminki. [ref]

Died October 10th, 2017 at 90 years old in Helsinki (respiratory failure). [ref]

Josef Hamerl

Austrian footballer (1931-2017).

Born January 22nd, 1931 in Vienna.

Died July 15th, 2017 at 86 years old in Austria. [ref]

Kito Lorenc

Sorbian writer (1938-2017).

Born March 4th, 1938 in Schleife.

Died September 24th, 2017 at 79 years old in Bautzen (stroke). [ref]

Uli Vos

German field hockey player.

Born September 2nd, 1946 in Mönchengladbach.

Died December 1st, 2017 at 71 years old in Mönchengladbach. [ref]

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).

Deaths 1141 to 1150 of 1268

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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir