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In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Dionigi Tettamanzi
Catholic cardinal.
Born March 14th, 1934 in Renate. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2017 at 83 years old in Triuggio.
Zoltan Sarosy
Hungarian–canadian chess master.
Born August 23rd, 1906 in Budapest.
Died June 19th, 2017 at 110 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Ilya Glazunov
Russian artist (1930-2017).
Born June 10th, 1930 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 9th, 2017 at 87 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Halit Akçatepe
Turkish actor.
Born January 1st, 1938 in Üsküdar.
Died March 31st, 2017 at 79 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Chris Roberts
German schlager singer and actor (1944-2017).
Born March 13th, 1946 in Schwabing.
Died July 2nd, 2017 at 71 years old in Berlin (lung cancer). [ref]
Babette Cole
English children's writer and illustrator (1950–2017).
Born September 10th, 1950 in Jersey.
Died January 15th, 2017 at 66 years old in Devon.
Amina Okueva
Ukrainian surgeon and servicewoman, people's hero of ukraine.
Died October 30th, 2017 at 34 years old in Hlevakha.
Walter Lassally
British filmmaker (1926-2017).
Born December 18th, 1926 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2017 at 90 years old in Crete (surgical complications). [ref]
Irina Ratushinskaya
Russian writer.
Born March 4th, 1954 in Odesa. [ref]
Died July 5th, 2017 at 63 years old in Moscow (kidney cancer).
Fritz Koenig
German sculptor (1924-2017).
Born June 20th, 1924 in Würzburg. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 2017 at 92 years old in Altdorf. [ref]
Deaths 651 to 660 of 1204
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