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In the year 2017
1,258 Notable deaths
Alec McCowen
English actor (1925-2017).
Born May 26th, 1925 in Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Died February 6th, 2017 at 91 years old in London. [ref]
Ryke Geerd Hamer
German physician.
Born May 17th, 1935 in Mettmann.
Died July 2nd, 2017 at 82 years old in Sandefjord.
Hiromi Tsuru
Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator.
Born March 29th, 1960 in Hokkaido.
Died November 16th, 2017 at 57 years old in Chūō-ku (aortic dissection).
Clifford Irving
American author and convicted fraudster (1930-2017).
Born November 5th, 1930 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 2017 at 87 years old in Sarasota (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Yisrael Kristal
Holocaust survivor, oldest living man.
Born September 15th, 1903 in Żarnów. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2017 at 113 years old in Haifa. [ref]
Brian Aldiss
British science fiction writer (1925-2017).
Born August 18th, 1925 in Dereham.
Died August 19th, 2017 at 92 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Barbara Cook
American actress and singer (1927-2017).
Born October 25th, 1927 in Atlanta.
Died August 8th, 2017 at 89 years old in Manhattan (respiratory failure). [ref]
Emmanuelle Riva
French actress (1927-2017).
Born February 24th, 1927 in Cheniménil.
Died January 27th, 2017 at 89 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Dave Semenko
Canadian ice hockey player (1957–2017).
Born July 12th, 1957 in Winnipeg.
Died June 29th, 2017 at 59 years old in Edmonton (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Heather North
American actress (1945-2017).
Born December 13th, 1945 in Pasadena.
Died November 29th, 2017 at 71 years old in Studio City (bronchitis).
Deaths 251 to 260 of 1258
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