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In the year 2017
1,259 Notable deaths
Joseph Arpad of Austria
Austrian archduke.
Born February 8th, 1933 in Budapest.
Died April 30th, 2017 at 84 years old in Madrid.
Joachim Meisner
German cardinal and archbishop of cologne, catholic cardinal (1933–2017).
Born December 25th, 1933 in Leśnica.
Died July 5th, 2017 at 83 years old in Bad Füssing (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Jack Trout
American marketing man (1935-2017).
Born January 31st, 1935 in Manhattan.
Died June 4th, 2017 at 82 years old in Greenwich (colorectal cancer).
Jeffrey Tate
British conductor.
Born April 28th, 1943 in Salisbury.
Died June 2nd, 2017 at 74 years old in Bergamo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Carme Chacón
Spanish defense minister.
Born March 13th, 1971 in Esplugues de Llobregat. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2017 at 46 years old in Madrid (congenital heart disease). [ref]
Evangelina Elizondo
Mexican actress (1929-2017).
Born April 28th, 1929 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2017 at 88 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Hans Schäfer
German footballer (1927-2017).
Born October 19th, 1927 in Zollstock.
Died November 7th, 2017 at 90 years old in Cologne.
Stela Popescu
Romanian actress (1935-2017).
Born December 21st, 1935 in Slobozia-Hodorogea.
Died November 23rd, 2017 at 81 years old in Bucharest (stroke). [ref]
Rikard Wolff
Swedish actor.
Born April 8th, 1958 in Farsta.
Died November 17th, 2017 at 59 years old in Stockholm (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Deaths 551 to 560 of 1259
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel