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In the year 2017
1,219 Notable deaths
Walter Becker
American musician, songwriter, and record producer.
Born February 20th, 1950 in New York City, Queens. [ref]
Died September 3rd, 2017 at 67 years old in Manhattan (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Dina Merrill
American actress, socialite heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist (1923-2017).
Born December 29th, 1923 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 2017 at 93 years old in East Hampton (dementia). [ref]
Peter Sallis
British actor and voice actor (1921-2017).
Born February 1st, 1921 in Twickenham.
Died June 2nd, 2017 at 96 years old in Denville Hall. [ref]
Don Williams
American country singer (1939-2017).
Born May 27th, 1939 in Floydada.
Died September 8th, 2017 at 78 years old in Mobile (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Tom Alter
Indian actor.
Born June 22nd, 1950 in Mussoorie.
Died September 29th, 2017 at 67 years old in Mumbai (skin cancer). [ref]
Rose Marie
American actress, singer, comedian, and vaudeville performer (1923-2017).
Born August 15th, 1923 in Manhattan.
Died December 28th, 2017 at 94 years old in Van Nuys. [ref]
Al Jarreau
American jazz and pop musician.
Born March 12th, 1940 in Milwaukee. [ref]
Died February 12th, 2017 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (respiratory failure). [ref]
Inder Kumar
Indian actor.
Born August 26th, 1973 in Jaipur.
Died July 28th, 2017 at 43 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Cheick Tioté
Ivorian footballer (1986–2017).
Born June 21st, 1986 in Yamoussoukro.
Died June 5th, 2017 at 30 years old in Beijing (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Hillerman
American actor (1932–2017).
Born December 20th, 1932 in Denison. [ref]
Died November 9th, 2017 at 84 years old in Houston. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 1219
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner