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In the year 2017
1,268 Notable deaths
Lyudmila Chernykh
Soviet astronomer.
Born June 13th, 1935 in Shuya.
Died July 28th, 2017 at 82 years old in Russia. [ref]
Blaoui Houari
Algerian singer (1926–2017).
Born January 23rd, 1926 in Oran.
Died July 19th, 2017 at 91 years old in Oran (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Philip Gossett
American musicologist (1941–2017).
Born September 27th, 1941 in New York City.
Died June 13th, 2017 at 75 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Lones Wigger
Sport shooter and soldier.
Born August 25th, 1937 in Great Falls. [ref]
Died December 14th, 2017 at 80 years old in Colorado Springs (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Ingvar Lidholm
Swedish composer (1921-2017).
Born February 24th, 1921 in Jönköping.
Died October 17th, 2017 at 96 years old in Salem. [ref]
Rosa Taikon
Swedish-romani silversmith and actor.
Born July 30th, 1926 in Tibro.
Died June 1st, 2017 at 90 years old [ref]
Janusz Głowacki
Polish writer (1938–2017).
Born September 13th, 1938 in Poznań.
Died August 19th, 2017 at 78 years old in Egypt, Marsa Alam. [ref]
Rokas Žilinskas
Lithuanian politician (1972-2017).
Born July 20th, 1972 in Vilnius.
Died June 6th, 2017 at 44 years old in Vilnius (pneumonia).
Phyllis Fox
American mathematician and computer scientist (1923-2017).
Born March 13th, 1923 in Colorado.
Died May 23rd, 2017 at 94 years old [ref]
Ezio Pascutti
Italian footballer (1937-2017).
Born June 1st, 1937 in Mortegliano.
Died January 4th, 2017 at 79 years old in Bologna. [ref]
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