In the year 2017
1,203 Notable deaths
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Polish textile artist and sculptor.
Born June 20th, 1930 in Falenty. [ref]
Died April 20th, 2017 at 86 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Lawrence J. Hogan
American politician from maryland (1928–2017).
Born September 30th, 1928 in Boston.
Died April 20th, 2017 at 88 years old in Anne Arundel Medical Center (stroke). [ref]
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Dutch-born american physicist.
Born March 11th, 1920 in Dordrecht.
Died September 5th, 2017 at 97 years old in Tucson (heart failure). [ref]
Prince François d’Orléans
French prince.
Born February 7th, 1961 in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Died December 31st, 2017 at 56 years old in Nantes. [ref]
Luis Bacalov
Argentine composer, musician; nationalized italian; oscar winning film score composer.
Born August 30th, 1933 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 15th, 2017 at 84 years old in Rome (leukemia).
Robert James Waller
American writer.
Born August 1st, 1939 in Charles City. [ref]
Died March 10th, 2017 at 77 years old in Fredericksburg (cancer). [ref]
Jean d'Ormesson
French novelist.
Born June 16th, 1925 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 5th, 2017 at 92 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Peter Hansen
American actor (1921-2017).
Born December 5th, 1921 in Oakland.
Died April 9th, 2017 at 95 years old in Tarzana (disease). [ref]
Peter Mansfield
English physicist known for magnetic resonance imaging.
Born October 9th, 1933 in Lambeth.
Died February 8th, 2017 at 83 years old in Nottingham. [ref]
Ray Lovelock
Italian actor (1950-2017).
Died November 10th, 2017 at 67 years old in Trevi (bone cancer). [ref]
Deaths 401 to 410 of 1203
As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Leonardo da Vinci