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In the year 2017
1,267 Notable deaths
Arthur Bisguier
American chess player (1929-2017).
Born October 8th, 1929 in New York City.
Died April 5th, 2017 at 87 years old in Framingham (respiratory failure). [ref]
István Mészáros
(1930–2017) hungarian philosopher.
Born December 19th, 1930 in Budapest. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2017 at 86 years old in London. [ref]
Viktor Chanov
Soviet and ukrainian footballer (1959-2017).
Born July 21st, 1959 in Donetsk.
Died February 8th, 2017 at 57 years old in Kyiv (blunt trauma). [ref]
Joy Fleming
German singer.
Born November 15th, 1944 in Rockenhausen.
Died September 27th, 2017 at 72 years old in Sinsheim. [ref]
Fred Koenekamp
American cinematographer (1922–2017).
Born November 11th, 1922 in Los Angeles.
Died May 31st, 2017 at 94 years old in Bonita Springs. [ref]
Robert Ellis Miller
American film director.
Born July 18th, 1932 in New York City.
Died January 27th, 2017 at 84 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Hans Berliner
American chess player and computer scientist (1929–2017).
Born January 27th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2017 at 87 years old in Riviera Beach. [ref]
Steffi Walter
East german luger (1962–2017).
Born September 17th, 1962 in Bad Schlema.
Died June 21st, 2017 at 54 years old in Germany (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Derek Bourgeois
English composer (1941-2017).
Born October 16th, 1941 in Kingston upon Thames.
Died September 6th, 2017 at 75 years old in Poole.
Li Lihua
Chinese actress (1924-2017).
Born July 17th, 1924 in Shanghai.
Died March 19th, 2017 at 92 years old in Hong Kong. [ref]
Deaths 721 to 730 of 1267
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