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In the year 2017
1,259 Notable deaths
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]
Jan Tříska
Czech actor (1936–2017).
Born November 4th, 1936 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 25th, 2017 at 80 years old in Central Military Hospital Prague (falling from height). [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]
Paul J. Weitz
American astronaut.
Born July 25th, 1932 in Erie. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2017 at 85 years old in Flagstaff (myelodysplastic syndrome). [ref]
Peter Abrahams
South african novelist, journalist and political commentator.
Born March 19th, 1919 in Vrededorp, Gauteng.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 97 years old in Saint Andrew. [ref]
Zacharie Noah
Cameroonian footballer (1937-2017).
Born February 2nd, 1937 in Yaoundé.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 79 years old in Yaoundé. [ref]
Abdur Rahman Biswas
Bangladeshi politician (1926-2017).
Born September 1st, 1926 in Shaistabad.
Died November 3rd, 2017 at 91 years old in Dhaka (respiratory failure). [ref]
Leonid Kharitonov
Russian singer (1933-2017).
Born September 18th, 1933 in Irkutsk. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2017 at 84 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Robert S.P. Beekes
Dutch linguist.
Born September 2nd, 1937 in Haarlem.
Died September 21st, 2017 at 80 years old in Oegstgeest. [ref]
Toni Bertorelli
Italian actor (1948-2017).
Born March 18th, 1948 in Barge.
Died May 26th, 2017 at 69 years old in Rome (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer