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In the year 2017
1,258 Notable deaths
Daliah Lavi
Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017).
Born October 12th, 1942 in Shavei Tzion.
Died May 3rd, 2017 at 74 years old in Asheville (disease). [ref]
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian (1921–2017).
Born September 16th, 1921 in Newark. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 2017 at 96 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Miriam Rodríguez Martínez
Mexican human rights activist.
Born February 5th, 1960 in San Fernando Municipality. [ref]
Died May 10th, 2017 at 57 years old in San Fernando. [ref]
Jerry Pournelle
American science fiction writer, journalist, and scientist (1933-2017).
Born August 7th, 1933 in Shreveport.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 84 years old in Studio City (myocardial infarction).
Barry Dennen
American actor (1938–2017).
Born February 22nd, 1938 in Chicago.
Died September 26th, 2017 at 79 years old in Burbank (falling, traumatic brain injury). [ref]
Clare Hollingworth
British journalist (1911-2017).
Born October 10th, 1911 in Knighton. [ref]
Died January 10th, 2017 at 105 years old in Hong Kong. [ref]
Irwin Corey
American comedian and actor (1914-2017).
Born July 29th, 1914 in Brooklyn.
Died February 6th, 2017 at 102 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Kathleen Crowley
American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017).
Born December 26th, 1929 in Green Bank.
Died April 23rd, 2017 at 87 years old in Green Bank (disease). [ref]
Len Wein
American comic book writer and editor.
Born June 12th, 1948 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 10th, 2017 at 69 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Kundan Shah
Indian film director (1947-2017).
Born October 19th, 1947 in Mumbai.
Died October 7th, 2017 at 69 years old in Mumbai.
Deaths 241 to 250 of 1258
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel