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In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Ion Besoiu
Romanian actor.
Born March 11th, 1931 in Sibiu.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 85 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Antonio Candido
Brazilian writer, professor, sociologist and literary critic.
Born July 24th, 1918 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died May 12th, 2017 at 98 years old in São Paulo (hiatus hernia). [ref]
Yambo Ouologuem
Malian writer.
Born August 22nd, 1940 in Bandiagara. [ref]
Died October 14th, 2017 at 77 years old in Sévaré. [ref]
Emmanuel Niyonkuru
Burundian politician.
Born July 20th, 1962 in Commune of Rutegama.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 54 years old in Bujumbura (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Mircea Ionescu-Quintus
Romanian politician (1917-2017).
Born March 18th, 1917 in Kherson. [ref]
Died September 15th, 2017 at 100 years old in Ploiești. [ref]
Terele Pávez
Spanish actress.
Born July 29th, 1939 in Bilbao.
Died August 11th, 2017 at 78 years old in Madrid (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Stéphane Paille
French footballer (1965-2017).
Born June 27th, 1965 in Scionzier. [ref]
Died June 27th, 2017 at 52 years old in 4th arrondissement of Lyon (cancer). [ref]
Abdoulaye Soulama
Footballer (1979-2017).
Born November 29th, 1979 in Ouagadougou.
Died October 27th, 2017 at 37 years old in Burkina Faso. [ref]
Janusz Głowacki
Polish writer (1938–2017).
Born September 13th, 1938 in Poznań.
Died August 19th, 2017 at 78 years old in Egypt, Marsa Alam. [ref]
Robert Hirsch
French actor.
Born July 26th, 1925 in L'Isle-Adam.
Died November 16th, 2017 at 92 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (fall). [ref]
Deaths 761 to 770 of 1204
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