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In the year 2017
1,263 Notable deaths
Björn Granath
Swedish actor (1946-2017).
Born April 5th, 1946 in Örgryte.
Died February 5th, 2017 at 70 years old in Stockholm (disease). [ref]
Milt Schmidt
Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2017).
Born March 5th, 1918 in Kitchener.
Died January 4th, 2017 at 98 years old in Needham (stroke). [ref]
Tsutomu Hata
The 80th prime minister of japan (1935-2017).
Born August 24th, 1935 in Kamata-ku.
Died August 28th, 2017 at 82 years old in Setagaya-ku (old age). [ref]
Julian May
American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer.
Born July 10th, 1931 in Chicago.
Died October 17th, 2017 at 86 years old in Bellevue. [ref]
David Storey
British writer (1933-2017).
Born July 13th, 1933 in Wakefield.
Died March 27th, 2017 at 83 years old in London (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Mike Lowry
American politician (1939-2017).
Born March 8th, 1939 in St. John.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 78 years old in Olympia (stroke). [ref]
Benjamin Barber
Walt whitman professor emeritus at rutgers university.
Born August 2nd, 1939 in New York City.
Died April 24th, 2017 at 77 years old in Manhattan (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Bobby Freeman
American singer (1940-2017).
Born June 13th, 1940 in San Francisco.
Died January 23rd, 2017 at 76 years old in Daly City. [ref]
Oleg Vidov
Soviet/american actor (1943-2017).
Born June 11th, 1943 in Vidnoye.
Died May 15th, 2017 at 73 years old in Westlake Village (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Raymond Buckland
English american author and wiccan.
Born August 31st, 1934 in London.
Died September 28th, 2017 at 83 years old in Ohio.
Deaths 451 to 460 of 1263
By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene