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In the year 2017
1,260 Notable deaths
Alain Colmerauer
French computer scientist (1941-2017).
Born January 24th, 1941 in Carcassonne.
Died May 12th, 2017 at 76 years old in 5th arrondissement of Marseille. [ref]
María Martha Serra Lima
Argentine singer (1942-2017).
Born December 19th, 1950 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died November 2nd, 2017 at 66 years old in Miami (pancreatic cancer).
Christopher G. Weeramantry
Sri lankan judge (1926-2017).
Born November 17th, 1926 in Colombo.
Died January 5th, 2017 at 90 years old
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]
Stephen Wooldridge
Australian cyclist (1977–2017).
Born October 17th, 1977 in Sydney.
Died August 14th, 2017 at 39 years old [ref]
Irina Ratushinskaya
Russian writer (1954–2017).
Born March 4th, 1954 in Odesa.
Died July 5th, 2017 at 63 years old in Moscow (kidney cancer).
Erika Remberg
Austrian actress (1932–2017).
Born February 15th, 1932 in Medan.
Died November 10th, 2017 at 85 years old in Benidorm. [ref]
Vladimir Shainsky
Soviet and russian composer (1925—2017).
Born December 12th, 1925 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died December 25th, 2017 at 92 years old in San Diego (stomach cancer). [ref]
Yambo Ouologuem
Malian writer.
Born August 22nd, 1940 in Bandiagara. [ref]
Died October 14th, 2017 at 77 years old in Sévaré. [ref]
Patrick Bateson
British biologist.
Born March 31st, 1938 in England.
Died August 1st, 2017 at 79 years old
Deaths 671 to 680 of 1260
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