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In the year 2017
1,259 Notable deaths
Hugh Thomas
British historian (1931-2017).
Born October 21st, 1931 in Windsor.
Died May 7th, 2017 at 85 years old in London. [ref]
Sugar Ramos
Mexican boxer (1941–2017).
Born December 2nd, 1941 in Matanzas. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 2017 at 75 years old in Mexico City (cancer). [ref]
Juan Goytisolo
Spanish writer (1931-2017).
Born January 6th, 1931 in Barcelona.
Died June 4th, 2017 at 86 years old in Marrakesh. [ref]
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician (1930-2017).
Born September 19th, 1930 in Chicago. [ref]
Died October 29th, 2017 at 87 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Hans Georg Dehmelt
German physicist (1922-2017).
Born September 9th, 1922 in Görlitz. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2017 at 94 years old in Seattle (disease). [ref]
David Maslanka
American composer.
Born August 30th, 1943 in New Bedford.
Died August 6th, 2017 at 73 years old in Missoula (colorectal cancer).
Mona Fong
Hong kong film and television producer (1934-2017).
Born January 1st, 1934 in Shanghai.
Died November 22nd, 2017 at 83 years old in Hong Kong.
Ricardo Vidal
Catholic cardinal (1931-2017).
Born February 6th, 1931 in Philippines.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 86 years old in Cebu City (sepsis).
Latifur Rahman
Bangladeshi politician and judge (1936–2017).
Born March 1st, 1936 in Jashore District.
Died June 6th, 2017 at 81 years old in Dhaka.
Charles P. Thacker
American computer pioneer (1943–2017).
Born February 26th, 1943 in Pasadena.
Died June 12th, 2017 at 74 years old in Palo Alto (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 541 to 550 of 1259
Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman