In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Raymond Buckland
English american author and wiccan.
Born August 31st, 1934 in London.
Died September 28th, 2017 at 83 years old in Ohio.
Ray Phiri
South african jazz musician.
Born March 23rd, 1947 in Mbombela.
Died July 12th, 2017 at 70 years old in Mbombela (lung cancer). [ref]
K. S. Chandrasekharan
Mathematician (1920-2017).
Born November 21st, 1920 in Machilipatnam.
Died April 13th, 2017 at 96 years old in Zürich (pneumonia).
George Andrew Olah
Hungarian chemist (1927-2017).
Born May 22nd, 1927 in Budapest.
Died March 8th, 2017 at 89 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Tsutomu Hata
The 80th prime minister of japan (1935-2017).
Born August 24th, 1935 in Kamata-ku.
Died August 28th, 2017 at 82 years old in Setagaya-ku (old age). [ref]
Lennart Nilsson
Swedish photographer (1922–2017).
Born September 25th, 1922 in Strängnäs. [ref]
Died January 28th, 2017 at 94 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Roberta Peters
American operatic soprano (1930-2017).
Born May 4th, 1930 in The Bronx.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 86 years old in Rye (Parkinson's disease).
Oliver Smithies
Biochemistry, genetics, nobel prize in physiology or medicine 2007.
Born June 23rd, 1925 in Halifax.
Died January 10th, 2017 at 91 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Grady Tate
American jazz musician.
Born January 14th, 1932 in Durham. [ref]
Died October 8th, 2017 at 85 years old in New York City (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Tony DiCicco
American soccer player-coach (1948-2017).
Born August 5th, 1948 in Hartford.
Died June 19th, 2017 at 68 years old in Wethersfield (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 461 to 470 of 1204
To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling