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In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Patrick Bateson
British biologist.
Born March 31st, 1938 in England.
Died August 1st, 2017 at 79 years old
Joanne Kyger
American poet.
Born November 19th, 1934 in Vallejo.
Died March 22nd, 2017 at 82 years old in Bolinas (lung cancer). [ref]
Vladimir Vladimirovich Petrov
Russian ice hockey player (1947-2017).
Born June 30th, 1947 in Krasnogorsk.
Died February 28th, 2017 at 69 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Danuta Szaflarska
Polish actress.
Born February 6th, 1915 in Piwniczna-Zdrój.
Died February 19th, 2017 at 102 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer.
Born September 3rd, 1932 in Miami.
Died May 22nd, 2017 at 84 years old in Philadelphia (lung cancer).
Latifur Rahman
Bangladeshi politician and judge.
Born March 1st, 1936 in Jashore District.
Died June 6th, 2017 at 81 years old in Dhaka.
Vladimir Shainsky
Soviet and russian composer.
Born December 12th, 1925 in Kyiv.
Died December 25th, 2017 at 92 years old in San Diego (stomach cancer). [ref]
Hans-Michael Rehberg
German actor and director (1938-2017).
Born April 2nd, 1938 in Fürstenwalde/Spree.
Died November 7th, 2017 at 79 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Igor Volk
Soviet test pilot, cosmonaut (1937-2017).
Born April 12th, 1937 in Zmiiv.
Died January 3rd, 2017 at 79 years old in Plovdiv. [ref]
Bengt Gustavsson
Swedish footballer (1928-2017).
Born January 13th, 1928 in Ringarum.
Died February 16th, 2017 at 89 years old in Norrköping. [ref]
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine