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In the year 2017
1,259 Notable deaths
Ronald Breslow
American chemist.
Born March 14th, 1931 in Rahway.
Died October 25th, 2017 at 86 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer).
Leticia Ramos-Shahani
Filipino politician (1929-2017).
Born September 30th, 1929 in Lingayen.
Died March 20th, 2017 at 87 years old in Metro Manila (pneumonia). [ref]
Ben Riley
American drummer.
Born July 17th, 1933 in Savannah.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 84 years old in New York City (disease).
Z'EV
American percussionist (1951-2017).
Born February 8th, 1951 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died December 16th, 2017 at 66 years old in Chicago (sepsis). [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 Poisson
French alpine skier.
Born March 31st, 1982 in Annecy. [ref]
Died November 13th, 2017 at 35 years old in Lake Louise Ski Resort (fall). [ref]
Jiří Bělohlávek
Czech conductor (1946-2017).
Born February 24th, 1946 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 31st, 2017 at 71 years old in Prague (cancer). [ref]
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Japanese actor.
Born May 18th, 1927 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Kōfu.
Died September 5th, 2017 at 90 years old (lung cancer). [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]
Albert Zafy
President of madagascar (1927-2017).
Born May 1st, 1927 in Antsiranana Province.
Died October 13th, 2017 at 90 years old in Saint-Pierre (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Deaths 561 to 570 of 1259
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