In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
George Mostow
American mathematician.
Born July 4th, 1923 in Boston.
Died April 4th, 2017 at 93 years old [ref]
Manfredi Nicoletti
Italian architect.
Born June 16th, 1930 in Rieti.
Died October 29th, 2017 at 87 years old in Rome.
István Mészáros
Hungarian philosopher.
Born December 19th, 1930 in Budapest. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2017 at 86 years old in London. [ref]
Alina Janowska
Polish actress (1923-2017).
Born April 16th, 1923 in Warsaw.
Died November 13th, 2017 at 94 years old in Warsaw (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Youssouf Ouédraogo
Burkina faso politician (1952-2017).
Born December 25th, 1952 in Tikaré.
Died November 18th, 2017 at 64 years old in Abidjan. [ref]
Neil Gehrels
American astronomer (1952-2017).
Born October 3rd, 1952 in Lake Geneva. [ref]
Died February 6th, 2017 at 64 years old in Berwyn Heights (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Vladimir Makanin
Russian writer.
Born March 13th, 1937 in Orsk. [ref]
Died November 1st, 2017 at 80 years old [ref]
Robert Parr
American theoretical chemist (1921-2017).
Born September 22nd, 1921 in Chicago.
Died March 27th, 2017 at 95 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Tim Parnell
British racecar driver (1932-2017).
Born June 25th, 1932 in Derby.
Died April 5th, 2017 at 84 years old in Littleover. [ref]
Willie Toweel
South african boxer.
Born April 6th, 1934 in Benoni.
Died December 25th, 2017 at 83 years old in Cape Town (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Deaths 831 to 840 of 1204
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.