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In the year 2017
1,259 Notable deaths
Claude Rich
French actor (1929-2017).
Born February 8th, 1929 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died July 20th, 2017 at 88 years old in Orgeval (cancer). [ref]
Yannis Kounellis
Greek painter, sculptor and professor of arts (1936-2017).
Born March 23rd, 1936 in Piraeus. [ref]
Died February 16th, 2017 at 80 years old in Rome. [ref]
Mao Kobayashi
Japanese newscaster and actress.
Born July 21st, 1982 in Ojiya. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 2017 at 34 years old in Aobadai (breast cancer).
Yvonne Monlaur
French actress (1935-2017).
Born December 15th, 1935 in Pau.
Died April 18th, 2017 at 81 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Aleksey Batalov
Soviet and russian actor, file director and screenwriter (1928-2017).
Born November 20th, 1928 in Vladimir.
Died June 15th, 2017 at 88 years old in Moscow (falling from height). [ref]
Alex Young
Scottish footballer and manager (1937-2017).
Born February 3rd, 1937 in Loanhead.
Died February 27th, 2017 at 80 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist (1933–2017).
Born December 18th, 1933 in St. Landry Parish.
Died April 1st, 2017 at 83 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Andrea Jürgens
German singer.
Born May 15th, 1967 in Wanne-Eickel.
Died July 20th, 2017 at 50 years old in Recklinghausen (acute kidney injury). [ref]
Carlos Humberto Romero
President of el salvador (1924-2017).
Born February 29th, 1924 in Chalatenango.
Died February 27th, 2017 at 92 years old in San Salvador. [ref]
William Hjortsberg
American writer (1941–2017).
Born February 23rd, 1941 in New York City.
Died April 22nd, 2017 at 76 years old in Livingston (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Deaths 511 to 520 of 1259
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