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In the year 2017
1,268 Notable deaths
Marjorie Boulton
British writer.
Born May 7th, 1924 in Teddington.
Died August 30th, 2017 at 93 years old [ref]
William Steinkraus
American equestrian (1925–2017).
Born October 12th, 1925 in Cleveland.
Died November 29th, 2017 at 92 years old in Darien. [ref]
Niels Helveg Petersen
Danish politician (1939-2017).
Born January 17th, 1939 in Odense.
Died June 3rd, 2017 at 78 years old in Tullebølle Parish (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Vladimir Makanin
Russian writer (1937–2017).
Born March 13th, 1937 in Orsk.
Died November 1st, 2017 at 80 years old in Krasny/Novoshakhtinsk. [ref]
Ayan Sadakov
Bulgarian footballer (1961–2017).
Born September 28th, 1961 in Plovdiv.
Died July 1st, 2017 at 55 years old in Plovdiv (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Frank Brian
American basketball player (1923-2017).
Born May 1st, 1923 in Zachary.
Died May 14th, 2017 at 94 years old in Zachary (Alzheimer's disease).
Jean-Pierre Kahane
French mathematician (1926-2017).
Born December 11th, 1926 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 21st, 2017 at 90 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Marino Perani
Italian footballer and manager (1939-2017).
Born October 27th, 1939 in Ponte Nossa.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 77 years old in Bologna (stroke). [ref]
Jason Lowndes
Australian cyclist (1994–2017).
Born December 14th, 1994 in Kalgoorlie.
Died December 22nd, 2017 at 23 years old in Bendigo (bicycle accident). [ref]
Tatiana Zatulovskaya
Russian/israeli chess player (1935-2017).
Born December 8th, 1935 in Baku.
Died July 2nd, 2017 at 81 years old in Ashkelon (drowning). [ref]
Deaths 891 to 900 of 1268
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson