In the year 2017
1,268 Notable deaths
Wiesław Michnikowski
Polish actor (1922-2017).
Born June 3rd, 1922 in Warsaw.
Died September 29th, 2017 at 95 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Makoto Ōoka
Japanese poet (1931–2017).
Born February 16th, 1931 in Mishima.
Died April 5th, 2017 at 86 years old in Mishima (respiratory failure). [ref]
Sofía Ímber
Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist.
Died February 20th, 2017 at 92 years old in Caracas.
Ron Bontemps
American basketball player (1926-2017).
Born August 11th, 1926 in Taylorville.
Died May 13th, 2017 at 90 years old in Peoria. [ref]
Viktor Tsarev
Russian footballer (1931-2017).
Born June 2nd, 1931 in Moscow.
Died January 2nd, 2017 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Gilles Tremblay
Canadian composer (1932-2017).
Born September 6th, 1932 in Arvida.
Died July 27th, 2017 at 84 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Zohurul Hoque
Translator of the quran (1926-2017).
Born October 11th, 1926 in Sylhet Division, British Raj, Sribhumi district, Assam Province.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 90 years old in Muscat, Oman.
José Antonio Alonso
Spanish socialist workers' party politician (1960-2017).
Born March 28th, 1960 in León.
Died February 2nd, 2017 at 56 years old in Madrid (lung cancer).
Leonardo Benevolo
Italian architectural and urban historian (1923–2017).
Born September 25th, 1923 in Orta San Giulio.
Died January 5th, 2017 at 93 years old in Cellatica. [ref]
Georgy Taratorkin
Soviet and russian actor (1945–2017).
Born January 11th, 1945 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 4th, 2017 at 72 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Deaths 981 to 990 of 1268
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore