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In the year 2017
1,259 Notable deaths
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).
Valery Asapov
Russian lieutenant general.
Born January 1st, 1966 in Konstantinovka.
Died September 24th, 2017 at 51 years old in Deir ez-Zor.
Halim El-Dabh
American composer (1921-2017).
Born March 4th, 1921 in Cairo, El-Sakakini. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 2017 at 96 years old in Kent. [ref]
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]
Gholam Reza Pahlavi
Persian royal.
Born May 15th, 1923 in Tehran.
Died May 7th, 2017 at 93 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (pneumonia). [ref]
Brunhilde Pomsel
German broadcaster; personal secretary to joseph goebbels.
Born January 11th, 1911 in Berlin. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2017 at 106 years old in Munich. [ref]
Tom Coyne
American mastering engineer (1954–2017).
Born December 10th, 1954 in Union Township.
Died April 12th, 2017 at 62 years old in United States (multiple myeloma). [ref]
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]
Tarak Mehta
Indian columnist, humorist, writer and playwright (1929-2017).
Born December 26th, 1929 in Ahmedabad.
Died March 1st, 2017 at 87 years old in Ahmedabad (disease).
Charles Bachman
American computer scientist (1924–2017).
Born December 11th, 1924 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died July 13th, 2017 at 92 years old in Lexington (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Deaths 471 to 480 of 1259
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare