In the year 2017
1,267 Notable deaths
Walter Lassally
British filmmaker (1926-2017).
Born December 18th, 1926 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2017 at 90 years old in Crete (surgical complications). [ref]
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist.
Born June 5th, 1935 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 2017 at 81 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
José Greci
Italian film, television and stage actress (1941-2017).
Born January 10th, 1941 in Ferrara.
Died June 1st, 2017 at 76 years old in Rome. [ref]
Alain Colmerauer
French computer scientist (1941-2017).
Born January 24th, 1941 in Carcassonne.
Died May 12th, 2017 at 76 years old in 5th arrondissement of Marseille. [ref]
María Martha Serra Lima
Argentine singer (1942-2017).
Born December 19th, 1950 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 2017 at 66 years old in Miami (pancreatic cancer).
Christopher G. Weeramantry
Sri lankan judge (1926-2017).
Born November 17th, 1926 in Colombo.
Died January 5th, 2017 at 90 years old
Igor Volk
Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut (1937-2017).
Born April 12th, 1937 in Zmiiv.
Died January 3rd, 2017 at 79 years old in Plovdiv. [ref]
Stephen Wooldridge
Australian cyclist (1977–2017).
Born October 17th, 1977 in Sydney.
Died August 14th, 2017 at 39 years old [ref]
Irina Ratushinskaya
Russian writer (1954–2017).
Born March 4th, 1954 in Odesa.
Died July 5th, 2017 at 63 years old in Moscow (kidney cancer).
Erika Remberg
Austrian actress (1932–2017).
Born February 15th, 1932 in Medan.
Died November 10th, 2017 at 85 years old in Benidorm. [ref]
Deaths 671 to 680 of 1267
Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold. Ralph Waldo Emerson