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In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Dickie Hemric
American basketball player.
Born August 29th, 1933 in Jonesville.
Died August 3rd, 2017 at 83 years old in Akron. [ref]
Tullio De Mauro
Italian linguist (1932-2017).
Born March 31st, 1932 in Torre Annunziata. [ref]
Died January 5th, 2017 at 84 years old in Rome. [ref]
Torgny Lindgren
Swedish writer (1938-2017).
Born June 16th, 1938 in Norsjö. [ref]
Died March 16th, 2017 at 78 years old in Rimforsa (stomach cancer). [ref]
Rosa Taikon
Swedish-romani silversmith and actor.
Born July 30th, 1926 in Tibro.
Died June 1st, 2017 at 90 years old [ref]
Philip Gossett
American musicologist (1941–2017).
Born September 27th, 1941 in New York City.
Died June 13th, 2017 at 75 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Adam Wójcik
Polish basketball player.
Born April 20th, 1970 in Oława. [ref]
Died August 26th, 2017 at 47 years old in Wrocław (leukemia). [ref]
Andrey Zaliznyak
Russian linguist.
Born April 29th, 1935 in Moscow.
Died December 24th, 2017 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Henri Emmanuelli
French politician (1945-2017).
Born May 31st, 1945 in Eaux-Bonnes. [ref]
Died March 21st, 2017 at 71 years old in Bayonne (infectious disease). [ref]
Abdelmajid Dolmy
Moroccan footballer (1953-2017).
Born April 19th, 1953 in Casablanca.
Died July 27th, 2017 at 64 years old in Casablanca (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Yosl Bergner
Israeli/australian artist (1920-2017).
Born October 13th, 1920 in Vienna. [ref]
Died January 18th, 2017 at 96 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Deaths 781 to 790 of 1204
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