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In the year 2017

1,260 Notable deaths

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter.

Born July 8th, 1916 in St. Louis.

Died March 24th, 2017 at 100 years old in Dover (disease).

Ricardo Piglia

Argentine writer (1941–2017).

Born November 24th, 1940 in Adrogué. [ref]

Died January 7th, 2017 at 76 years old in Buenos Aires (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]

Rius

Mexican intellectual, political cartoonist and writer (1934-2017).

Born June 20th, 1934 in Zamora de Hidalgo.

Died August 8th, 2017 at 83 years old in Cuernavaca.

Max Gallo

French historian, writer and politician (1932–2017).

Born January 7th, 1932 in Nice.

Died July 18th, 2017 at 85 years old in Vaison-la-Romaine (Parkinson's disease). [ref]

Saby Kamalich

Peruvian-mexican actress.

Born May 13th, 1939 in Lima. [ref]

Died September 13th, 2017 at 78 years old in Mexico City. [ref]

Eric Broadley

British engineer.

Born September 22nd, 1928 in Bromley.

Died May 28th, 2017 at 88 years old in Cambridge. [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]

Desmond Connell

Catholic cardinal (1926-2017).

Born March 24th, 1926 in Dublin.

Died February 21st, 2017 at 90 years old in Dublin. [ref]

Dionigi Tettamanzi

Catholic cardinal.

Born March 14th, 1934 in Renate. [ref]

Died August 5th, 2017 at 83 years old in Triuggio.

Gunnar Birkerts

Latvian-american architect (1925-2017).

Born January 17th, 1925 in Riga. [ref]

Died August 15th, 2017 at 92 years old in Needham. [ref]

Deaths 641 to 650 of 1260

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