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In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Károly Makk
Film director (1925-2017).
Born December 22nd, 1925 in Berettyóújfalu.
Died August 30th, 2017 at 91 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction).
Ibrahim Abouleish
Egyptian scientist.
Born March 23rd, 1937.
Died June 15th, 2017 at 80 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Fotis Kafatos
Greek biologist (1940-2017).
Born April 16th, 1940 in Heraklion.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 77 years old in Heraklion.
Rokas Žilinskas
Lithuanian politician (1972-2017).
Born July 20th, 1972 in Vilnius.
Died June 6th, 2017 at 44 years old in Vilnius (pneumonia).
Norman Johnson
American mathematician (1930-2017).
Born November 12th, 1930 in Chicago.
Died July 13th, 2017 at 86 years old in Seekonk.
Janusz Wójcik
Polish politician, football player and coach (1953-2017).
Born November 18th, 1953 in Warsaw.
Died November 20th, 2017 at 64 years old in Warsaw (cancer). [ref]
Lones Wigger
Sport shooter and soldier.
Born August 25th, 1937 in Great Falls. [ref]
Died December 14th, 2017 at 80 years old in Colorado Springs (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Cuthbert Sebastian
British colonial governor (1921-2017).
Born October 22nd, 1921 in Miami.
Died March 25th, 2017 at 95 years old in Basseterre (pneumonia). [ref]
Anne Buttimer
Irish geographer.
Born October 31st, 1938 in Cork.
Died July 15th, 2017 at 78 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Simon Dickie
New zealand rowing cox.
Born March 31st, 1951 in Waverley.
Died December 13th, 2017 at 66 years old in Taupō (fall). [ref]
Deaths 791 to 800 of 1204
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman