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In the year 2017
1,260 Notable deaths
Isabella Karle
American physical chemist (1921–2017).
Born December 2nd, 1921 in Detroit.
Died October 3rd, 2017 at 95 years old in Alexandria (brain cancer). [ref]
Margot Hielscher
German singer and film actress (1919-2017).
Born September 29th, 1919 in Berlin.
Died August 20th, 2017 at 97 years old in Munich. [ref]
Karl Otto Götz
German artist (1914-2017).
Born February 22nd, 1914 in Aachen.
Died August 19th, 2017 at 103 years old in Niederbreitbach. [ref]
Viktor Gorbatko
Soviet cosmonaut (1934-2017).
Born December 3rd, 1934 in Ventsy.
Died May 17th, 2017 at 82 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer). [ref]
Karel Schoeman
South african writer (1939–2017).
Born October 26th, 1939 in Trompsburg.
Died May 1st, 2017 at 77 years old in Bloemfontein. [ref]
Relja Bašić
Croatian actor and politician (1930–2017).
Born February 14th, 1930 in Zagreb.
Died April 7th, 2017 at 87 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Lukas Ammann
Swiss actor (1912-2017).
Born September 29th, 1912 in Basel. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 2017 at 104 years old in Munich (surgical complications). [ref]
Terele Pávez
Spanish actress.
Born July 29th, 1939 in Bilbao.
Died August 11th, 2017 at 78 years old in Madrid (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Réjean Ducharme
Canadian artist.
Born August 12th, 1941 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois.
Died August 21st, 2017 at 76 years old in Montreal (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Ivan Abadjiev
Bulgarian weightlifter (1932–2017).
Born February 12th, 1932 in Novi Pazar.
Died March 24th, 2017 at 85 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Deaths 751 to 760 of 1260
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson