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In the year 2017
1,259 Notable deaths
Blake Heron
American actor (1982-2017).
Born January 11th, 1982 in Sherman Oaks.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 35 years old in Los Angeles (influenza). [ref]
James Rosenquist
American artist (1933-2017).
Born November 29th, 1933 in Grand Forks.
Died March 31st, 2017 at 83 years old in New York City. [ref]
Peter Doohan
Australian tennis player.
Born May 2nd, 1961 in Newcastle.
Died July 21st, 2017 at 56 years old in Tulsa (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Mustafa Tlass al jahesh
Syrian military officer and politician (1932–2017).
Born May 11th, 1932 in Al-Rastan.
Died June 27th, 2017 at 85 years old in Bobigny.
Tam Dalyell
Scottish politician (1932-2017).
Born August 9th, 1932 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2017 at 84 years old in West Lothian. [ref]
Hiep Thi Le
Vietnamese-american actress (1971-2017).
Born February 18th, 1971 in Da Nang.
Died December 19th, 2017 at 46 years old in Los Angeles (stomach cancer). [ref]
Vito Acconci
American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist (1940-2017).
Born January 24th, 1940 in New York City. [ref]
Died April 27th, 2017 at 77 years old in New York City (stroke, cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Radley Metzger
American film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor and film distributor (1929–2017).
Born January 21st, 1929 in The Bronx.
Died March 31st, 2017 at 88 years old in New York City. [ref]
Jaki Liebezeit
German musician.
Born May 26th, 1938 in Dresden. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 78 years old in Cologne (pneumonia). [ref]
William H. Gass
American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor.
Born July 30th, 1924 in Fargo.
Died December 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in University City (heart failure). [ref]
Deaths 341 to 350 of 1259
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe