In the year 2017

1,268 Notable deaths

Ian Wachtmeister

Swedish count, business manager and politician.

Born December 24th, 1932 in Bärbo parish.

Died November 11th, 2017 at 84 years old in Stockholms Adolf Fredrik (lymphoma). [ref]

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player (1937–2017).

Born January 14th, 1937 in Copenhagen.

Died February 18th, 2017 at 80 years old [ref]

Yu Kwang-chung

Taiwanese poet.

Born October 21st, 1928 in Nanjing.

Died December 14th, 2017 at 89 years old in Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (pneumonia).

Kaoru Yosano

Japanese finance minister (1938-2017).

Born August 22nd, 1938 in Chiyoda-ku.

Died May 23rd, 2017 at 78 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]

Françoise Héritier

French anthropologist (1933–2017).

Born November 15th, 1933 in Veauche. [ref]

Died November 15th, 2017 at 84 years old in Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. [ref]

Emmanuel Niyonkuru

Burundian politician.

Born July 20th, 1962 in Commune of Rutegama.

Died January 1st, 2017 at 54 years old in Bujumbura (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Solvi Stubing

German actress (1941–2017).

Born January 19th, 1941 in Berlin.

Died July 3rd, 2017 at 76 years old in Rome (multiple myeloma). [ref]

Isabelle Sadoyan

French actress.

Born May 12th, 1928 in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]

Died July 10th, 2017 at 89 years old in Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or (heart failure). [ref]

Armand Gatti

French writer and filmmaker (1924–2017).

Born January 26th, 1924 in Monaco.

Died April 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in Bégin Military Teaching Hospital. [ref]

Neil Gehrels

American astronomer (1952-2017).

Born October 3rd, 1952 in Lake Geneva. [ref]

Died February 6th, 2017 at 64 years old in Berwyn Heights (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Deaths 851 to 860 of 1268

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