In the year 2017
1,203 Notable deaths
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Soviet and russian poet (1933–2017).
Born July 18th, 1933 in Zima. [ref]
Died April 1st, 2017 at 83 years old in Tulsa (heart failure). [ref]
Haruo Nakajima
Japanese actor.
Born January 1st, 1929 in Sakata, Yamagata.
Died August 7th, 2017 at 88 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Hubert Dreyfus
American philosopher (1929–2017).
Born October 15th, 1929 in Terre Haute.
Died April 22nd, 2017 at 87 years old in Berkeley (cancer). [ref]
Julia Perez
Indonesian actress and singer.
Born July 15th, 1980 in Jakarta.
Died June 10th, 2017 at 36 years old in Jakarta (cervical cancer). [ref]
Ian Brady
British serial killer, perpetrator of the moors murders.
Born January 2nd, 1938 in Glasgow.
Died May 15th, 2017 at 79 years old in Ashworth Hospital.
Tony Booth
English actor (1931-2017).
Born October 9th, 1931 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died September 25th, 2017 at 85 years old in Todmorden (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond
10th duke of richmond, 10th duke of lennox and 5th duke of gordon (1929-2017).
Born September 19th, 1929 in London.
Died September 1st, 2017 at 87 years old in Goodwood House. [ref]
Lisa Spoonauer
American actress (1972-2017).
Born December 6th, 1972 in Rahway.
Died May 21st, 2017 at 44 years old in Jackson Township. [ref]
Buchi Emecheta
Author.
Born July 21st, 1944 in Lagos.
Died January 25th, 2017 at 72 years old in United Kingdom, London (stroke). [ref]
Deborah Watling
English actress (1948-2017).
Born January 2nd, 1948 in Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital.
Died July 21st, 2017 at 69 years old in Frinton-on-Sea (lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 281 to 290 of 1203
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon