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In the year 2017
1,268 Notable deaths
Arseny Roginsky
Russian historian (1946-2017).
Born March 30th, 1946 in Velsk.
Died December 18th, 2017 at 71 years old in Israel. [ref]
Cy Young
American javelin thrower.
Born July 23rd, 1928 in Modesto.
Died December 6th, 2017 at 89 years old in Modesto (dementia). [ref]
Ibrahim Abouleish
Egyptian scientist.
Born March 23rd, 1937.
Died June 15th, 2017 at 80 years old in Cairo. [ref]
René Laurentin
French theologian (1917–2017).
Born October 19th, 1917 in Tours.
Died September 10th, 2017 at 99 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Anne Buttimer
Irish geographer.
Born October 31st, 1938 in Cork.
Died July 15th, 2017 at 78 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Janusz Wójcik
Polish politician, football player and coach (1953-2017).
Born November 18th, 1953 in Warsaw.
Died November 20th, 2017 at 64 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Tankred Dorst
German playwright and storyteller (1925–2017).
Born December 19th, 1925 in Oberlind.
Died June 1st, 2017 at 91 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Cuthbert Sebastian
British colonial governor (1921-2017).
Born October 22nd, 1921 in Miami.
Died March 25th, 2017 at 95 years old in Basseterre (pneumonia). [ref]
Yosl Bergner
Israeli/australian artist (1920-2017).
Born October 13th, 1920 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 18th, 2017 at 96 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Yelena Naimushina
Artistic gymnast (1964–2017).
Born November 19th, 1964 in Askiz.
Died March 14th, 2017 at 52 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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