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In the year 2017
1,180 Notable deaths
Christine Kaufmann
German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017).
Born January 11th, 1945 in Lengdorf.
Died March 28th, 2017 at 72 years old in Munich (leukemia). [ref]
Peter Sarstedt
English singer-songwriter and instrumentalist.
Born December 10th, 1941 in New Delhi.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 75 years old in Sussex (progressive supranuclear palsy).
Bernie Wrightson
American illustrator.
Born October 27th, 1948 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2017 at 68 years old in Austin (brain tumor). [ref]
R. C. Sproul
American theologian and pastor (1939–2017).
Born February 13th, 1939 in Pittsburgh.
Died December 14th, 2017 at 78 years old in Altamonte Springs (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). [ref]
Steven Holcomb
American bobsledder.
Born April 14th, 1980 in Park City. [ref]
Died May 6th, 2017 at 37 years old in Lake Placid (disease). [ref]
John Surtees
British motorcycle and automobile racer.
Born February 11th, 1934 in Tatsfield.
Died March 10th, 2017 at 83 years old in St George's Hospital (respiratory failure). [ref]
Eugene Cernan
United states navy officer and former nasa astronaut.
Born March 14th, 1934 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 16th, 2017 at 82 years old in Houston. [ref]
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
One of the founding fathers of iranian islamic revolution, ex president and key politician (1934-2017).
Born August 25th, 1934 in Bahreman, Nuq District.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 82 years old in Tehran, Tajrish (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Peter Blatty
American writer and filmmaker (1928-2017).
Born January 7th, 1928 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2017 at 89 years old in Bethesda (multiple myeloma). [ref]
Ty Hardin
American actor (1930-2017).
Born January 1st, 1930 in New York City.
Died August 3rd, 2017 at 87 years old in Huntington Beach (disease).
Deaths 151 to 160 of 1180
Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andrew A. Rooney