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In the year 2017
1,258 Notable deaths
Bayezid Osman
Pretender to the ottoman throne.
Born July 23rd, 1924 in Paris.
Died January 6th, 2017 at 92 years old in New York City.
Edith Windsor
American lgbt rights activist and a technology manager at ibm.
Born June 20th, 1929 in Philadelphia.
Died September 12th, 2017 at 88 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Kishori Amonkar
Indian classical singer (1932-2017).
Born April 10th, 1932 in Mumbai.
Died April 3rd, 2017 at 84 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Tony Rosato
Canadian-italian actor.
Born December 26th, 1954 in Naples.
Died January 10th, 2017 at 62 years old in Toronto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Karin Dor
German actress (1938-2017).
Born February 22nd, 1938 in Wiesbaden.
Died November 6th, 2017 at 79 years old in Munich (disease). [ref]
Pete Domenici
United states senator from new mexico (1932-2017).
Born May 7th, 1932 in Albuquerque. [ref]
Died September 13th, 2017 at 85 years old in Albuquerque (surgical complications). [ref]
Haruo Nakajima
Japanese actor (1929–2017).
Born January 1st, 1929 in Yamagata Prefecture, Sakata.
Died August 7th, 2017 at 88 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Bobby Doerr
Major league baseball player.
Born April 7th, 1918 in Los Angeles.
Died November 13th, 2017 at 99 years old in Junction City.
Holger Czukay
German bass-guitarist and co-founder of "can".
Born March 24th, 1938 in Gdańsk.
Died September 5th, 2017 at 79 years old in Weilerswist.
Ahmed Kathrada
South african politician (1929-2017).
Born August 21st, 1929 in Schweizer-Reneke.
Died March 28th, 2017 at 87 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 1258
No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett