In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Phil Miller
British musician.
Born January 22nd, 1949 in London Borough of Barnet.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 68 years old [ref]
Michael Ogio
Governor-general of papua new guinea (1942-2017).
Born July 7th, 1942 in North Bougainville District.
Died February 18th, 2017 at 74 years old in Port Moresby. [ref]
Ronald Drever
British physicist (1931-2017).
Born October 26th, 1931 in Paisley. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2017 at 85 years old in Edinburgh (dementia).
Nancy Dupree
American archaeologist (1927–2017).
Born October 3rd, 1927 in Cooperstown. [ref]
Died September 10th, 2017 at 89 years old in Kabul (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Stephen Wooldridge
Australian cyclist (1977–2017).
Born October 17th, 1977 in Sydney.
Died August 14th, 2017 at 39 years old [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]
Burton Watson
American sinologist, translator, and writer (1925–2017).
Born June 13th, 1925 in New York City.
Died April 1st, 2017 at 91 years old in Kamagaya.
Linda Hopkins
African american actress and blues and gospel singer (1924-2017).
Born December 14th, 1924 in New Orleans.
Died April 10th, 2017 at 92 years old in Milwaukee. [ref]
Masaya Nakamura
Japanese businessman, founder of namco.
Born December 24th, 1925 in Tokyo.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 91 years old
Zuzana Růžičková
Czech cemballist, music educator and pianist.
Born January 14th, 1927 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died September 27th, 2017 at 90 years old in Prague (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 591 to 600 of 1204
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot