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In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Petr Šabach
Czech writer (1951–2017).
Born August 23rd, 1951 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 16th, 2017 at 66 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Eduard Mudrik
Russian footballer (1939-2017).
Born July 18th, 1939 in Starobilsk.
Died March 27th, 2017 at 77 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Egon Günther
German film director and screenwriter (1927-2017).
Born March 30th, 1927 in Schneeberg.
Died August 31st, 2017 at 90 years old in Potsdam. [ref]
Bill Craig
American swimmer.
Born January 16th, 1945 in Culver City.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 71 years old in Newport Beach (pneumonia). [ref]
Pertti Alaja
Finnish association football player and coach (1952-2017).
Born February 18th, 1952 in Helsinki.
Died August 18th, 2017 at 65 years old in Espoo (cancer). [ref]
Aleksandr Salnikov
Basketball player (1949-2017).
Born July 3rd, 1949 in Sevastopol.
Died November 17th, 2017 at 68 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Evelyn Kawamoto
American swimmer, olympic bronze medalist.
Born September 17th, 1933 in Honolulu.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 83 years old in Hawaii. [ref]
Manfred Kaiser
East german footballer and manager (1929-2017).
Born January 7th, 1929 in Zeitz. [ref]
Died February 15th, 2017 at 88 years old in Lindau. [ref]
Jacques Foix
French footballer (1930-2017).
Born November 26th, 1930 in Mont-de-Marsan. [ref]
Died June 14th, 2017 at 86 years old in Mont-de-Marsan. [ref]
Lothar Thoms
East german racing cyclist (1956-2017).
Died November 5th, 2017 at 61 years old in Forst (Lausitz). [ref]
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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore