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In the year 2017
1,259 Notable deaths
Clayton Keith Yeutter
American politician (1930–2017).
Born December 10th, 1930 in Eustis.
Died March 4th, 2017 at 86 years old in Potomac (colorectal cancer).
Georges Prêtre
French orchestral and opera conductor (1924-2017).
Born August 14th, 1924 in Waziers. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2017 at 92 years old in Castres. [ref]
Margarita Isabel
Mexican actress.
Born July 25th, 1941 in Mexico City.
Died April 9th, 2017 at 75 years old in Cuernavaca (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
David Fromkin
American historian (1932-2017).
Born August 27th, 1932 in Milwaukee. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2017 at 84 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Hans Alfredson
Swedish comedian, actor and director (1931-2017).
Born June 28th, 1931 in Malmö.
Died September 10th, 2017 at 86 years old [ref]
Nawshirwan Mustafa
Iraqi kurdish politician (1944–2017).
Born December 22nd, 1944 in Sulaymaniyah.
Died May 19th, 2017 at 72 years old in Sulaymaniyah (lung cancer). [ref]
Surin Pitsuwan
Thai politician (1949-2017).
Born October 28th, 1949 in Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Died November 30th, 2017 at 68 years old in Bangkok, Ramkhamhaeng Hospital (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Masaya Nakamura
Japanese businessman, founder of namco.
Born December 24th, 1925 in Yokohama.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 91 years old
Timo Mäkinen
Finnish rally driver (1938-2017).
Born March 18th, 1938 in Helsinki.
Died May 4th, 2017 at 79 years old in Finland. [ref]
Ludvig Faddeev
Russian mathematician and physicist.
Born March 23rd, 1934 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2017 at 82 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Deaths 571 to 580 of 1259
When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson