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In the year 2017
1,260 Notable deaths
Otto Kandler
German botanist (1920-2017).
Born October 23rd, 1920 in Deggendorf.
Died August 29th, 2017 at 96 years old in Munich.
Oscar Fulloné
Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017).
Born April 4th, 1939 in La Plata.
Died May 22nd, 2017 at 78 years old in Casablanca (respiratory arrest). [ref]
Commins Menapi
Solomon island footballer (1977–2017).
Born September 18th, 1977 in Solomon Islands. [ref]
Died November 18th, 2017 at 40 years old in Honiara (myocardial infarction).
George Mostow
American mathematician.
Born July 4th, 1923 in Boston.
Died April 4th, 2017 at 93 years old [ref]
Predrag Matvejević
Croatian writer (1932-2017).
Born October 7th, 1932 in Mostar.
Died February 2nd, 2017 at 84 years old in Zagreb. [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]
Fritz Hellwig
German politician (1912-2017).
Born August 3rd, 1912 in Saarbrücken.
Died July 22nd, 2017 at 104 years old in Bonn.
Lyudmila Chernykh
Soviet astronomer.
Born June 13th, 1935 in Shuya.
Died July 28th, 2017 at 82 years old in Russia. [ref]
Blaoui Houari
Algerian singer (1926–2017).
Born January 23rd, 1926 in Oran.
Died July 19th, 2017 at 91 years old in Oran (myocardial infarction). [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]
Deaths 811 to 820 of 1260
When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid