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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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