In the year 2017
1,262 Notable deaths
Yuriy Poyarkov
Ukrainian volleyball player (1937–2017).
Born February 10th, 1937 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died February 10th, 2017 at 80 years old in Kharkiv. [ref]
Humberto Rosa
Argentine footballer and manager (1932-2017).
Born April 8th, 1932 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died September 8th, 2017 at 85 years old in Padua. [ref]
Lech Ordon
Polish actor (1928–2017).
Born November 24th, 1928 in Poznań.
Died October 21st, 2017 at 88 years old in Warsaw (pneumonia).
Paavo Lonkila
Finnish cross-country skier (1923-2017).
Born January 11th, 1923 in Kiuruvesi.
Died September 22nd, 2017 at 94 years old in Kiuruvesi. [ref]
Türkan Akyol
Turkish academic and politician.
Born September 12th, 1928 in Istanbul.
Died September 7th, 2017 at 88 years old in Ankara (lung disease).
Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth
Hungarian fencer.
Born March 24th, 1968 in Tapolca.
Died December 30th, 2017 at 49 years old in Veszprém. [ref]
Nasser Givehchi
Olympic wrestler (1932–2017).
Born November 12th, 1932 in Tehran. [ref]
Died May 16th, 2017 at 84 years old in Tehran. [ref]
Yukinori Miyabe
Japanese speed skater.
Born July 18th, 1968 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2017 at 48 years old in Tokyo (cancer). [ref]
Pierre Hanon
Belgian footballer (1936–2017).
Born December 29th, 1936 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died October 13th, 2017 at 80 years old [ref]
Deaths 1101 to 1110 of 1262
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot