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In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Tim Mickelson
American rower (1948–2017).
Born November 12th, 1948 in Deerfield.
Died August 30th, 2017 at 68 years old in Seattle (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Otto Kandler
German botanist (1920-2017).
Born October 23rd, 1920 in Deggendorf.
Died August 29th, 2017 at 96 years old in Munich.
Kaoru Yosano
Japanese finance minister (1938-2017).
Born August 22nd, 1938 in Chiyoda-ku.
Died May 23rd, 2017 at 78 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Henry-Louis de La Grange
French musicologist (1924-2017).
Born May 26th, 1924 in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2017 at 92 years old in Lonay (pneumonia). [ref]
Yu Kwang-chung
Taiwanese poet.
Born October 21st, 1928 in Nanjing.
Died December 14th, 2017 at 89 years old in Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (pneumonia).
Andreas Schmidt
German actor and director (1963-2017).
Born November 23rd, 1963 in Heggen (Finnentrop). [ref]
Died September 28th, 2017 at 53 years old in Berlin (cancer). [ref]
Aleksander Einseln
Estonian military personnel (1931–2017).
Born October 25th, 1931 in Tallinn.
Died March 16th, 2017 at 85 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Stefano Farina
Italian football referee (1962–2017).
Born September 19th, 1962 in Ovada.
Died May 23rd, 2017 at 54 years old in Genoa (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kitty Courbois
Dutch actress (1937-2017).
Born July 13th, 1937 in Nijmegen. [ref]
Died March 11th, 2017 at 79 years old in Amsterdam (intracranial hemorrhage). [ref]
Jacob Neeman
Israeli politician (1939-2017).
Born September 16th, 1939 in Tel Aviv.
Died January 1st, 2017 at 77 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Deaths 841 to 850 of 1204
It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life. Terry Pratchett