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In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Joachim Meisner
German cardinal and archbishop of cologne, catholic cardinal.
Born December 25th, 1933 in Leśnica.
Died July 5th, 2017 at 83 years old in Bad Füssing (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Nawshirwan Mustafa
Iraqi kurdish politician.
Born December 22nd, 1944 in Sulaymaniyah.
Died May 19th, 2017 at 72 years old in Sulaymaniyah (lung cancer). [ref]
Ludmila Belousova
Soviet-russian figure skater (1935–2017).
Born November 22nd, 1935 in Ulyanovsk.
Died September 26th, 2017 at 81 years old in Interlaken. [ref]
David Maslanka
American composer.
Born August 30th, 1943 in New Bedford.
Died August 6th, 2017 at 73 years old in Missoula (colorectal cancer).
Toshio Matsumoto
Japanese film director and filmmaker (1932-2017).
Born March 25th, 1932 in Nagoya.
Died April 12th, 2017 at 85 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Abubakari Yakubu
Ghanaian footballer (1981-2017).
Born December 13th, 1981 in Tema.
Died October 31st, 2017 at 35 years old in Tema.
Anthony Harvey
British film director and film editor.
Born June 3rd, 1931 in London. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 2017 at 86 years old in Water Mill. [ref]
Sandra Reemer
Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017).
Born October 17th, 1950 in Bandung.
Died June 6th, 2017 at 66 years old in Amsterdam (breast cancer). [ref]
Manuel Marín
Spanish politician (1949–2017).
Born October 21st, 1949 in Ciudad Real.
Died December 4th, 2017 at 68 years old in Madrid (cancer). [ref]
William Hjortsberg
American writer.
Born February 23rd, 1941 in New York City.
Died April 22nd, 2017 at 76 years old in Livingston (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Deaths 541 to 550 of 1204
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