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In the year 2017
1,259 Notable deaths
Harry Mathews
American author (1930 – 2017).
Born February 14th, 1930 in New York City.
Died January 25th, 2017 at 86 years old in Key West (disease).
Karl-Otto Apel
German philosopher (1922-2017).
Born March 15th, 1922 in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2017 at 95 years old in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
William Henry Keeler
Catholic cardinal (1931–2017).
Born March 4th, 1931 in San Antonio.
Died March 23rd, 2017 at 86 years old in Catonsville (disease). [ref]
Colin Groves
Australian anthropologist (1942-2017).
Born June 24th, 1942 in London.
Died November 30th, 2017 at 75 years old in Canberra. [ref]
Jean E. Sammet
American computer scientist (1928-2017).
Born March 23rd, 1928 in New York City.
Died May 20th, 2017 at 89 years old in Burtonsville. [ref]
A. R. Penck
German artist (1939–2017).
Born October 5th, 1939 in Dresden.
Died May 2nd, 2017 at 77 years old in Zurich (cerebrovascular disease).
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017).
Born April 21st, 1922 in Laurel.
Died December 2nd, 2017 at 95 years old in San Diego.
Hilarion Capucci
Melkite greek catholic church archbishop of caesarea (1922–2017).
Born March 2nd, 1922 in Aleppo.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 94 years old in Rome. [ref]
Sunny Murray
American jazz drummer (1936–2017).
Born October 21st, 1937 in Idabel. [ref]
Died December 7th, 2017 at 80 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 581 to 590 of 1259
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