In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Christopher Weeramantry
Sri lankan judge (1926-2017).
Born November 17th, 1926 in Colombo.
Died January 5th, 2017 at 90 years old
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]
Eric Broadley
British engineer.
Born September 22nd, 1928 in Bromley.
Died May 28th, 2017 at 88 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
John Mollo
British costume designer (1931-2017).
Born March 18th, 1931 in London.
Died October 25th, 2017 at 86 years old in Froxfield. [ref]
Henning Jensen
Danish footballer (1949-2017).
Born August 17th, 1949 in Nørresundby.
Died December 4th, 2017 at 68 years old in Aalborg (cancer). [ref]
Vyacheslav Ivanov
Soviet linguist (1929-2017).
Born August 21st, 1929 in Moscow.
Died October 7th, 2017 at 88 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Steffi Walter
East german luger (1962–2017).
Born September 17th, 1962 in Bad Schlema.
Died June 21st, 2017 at 54 years old in Germany (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch composer and jazz pianist.
Born June 5th, 1935 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 2017 at 81 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Inge Keller
German actress (1923-2017).
Born December 15th, 1923 in Berlin.
Died February 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in Berlin.
Michel Jouvet
French neurobiologist (1925-2017).
Born November 16th, 1925 in Lons-le-Saunier. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 2017 at 91 years old in Villeurbanne. [ref]
Deaths 641 to 650 of 1204
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