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In the year 2017
1,204 Notable deaths
Gilles Tremblay
Canadian composer (1932-2017).
Born September 6th, 1932 in Arvida.
Died July 27th, 2017 at 84 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Fredy Schmidtke
German track cyclist.
Born July 1st, 1961 in Worringen.
Died December 1st, 2017 at 56 years old in Dormagen (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Katalin Szőke
Hungarian swimmer (1935-2017).
Born August 17th, 1935 in Budapest. [ref]
Died October 27th, 2017 at 82 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Joan Colom Altemir
Spanish photographer (1921-2017).
Born April 30th, 1921 in Barcelona.
Died September 3rd, 2017 at 96 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Obed Dlamini
Swazi politician (1937-2017).
Born April 4th, 1937 in Mhlosheni.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 79 years old in Johannesburg (disease). [ref]
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
Japanese swimmer.
Born January 18th, 1939 in Wajima.
Died February 10th, 2017 at 78 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Dieter Kottysch
German boxer (1943-2017).
Born June 30th, 1943 in Gliwice.
Died April 9th, 2017 at 73 years old in Hamburg (disease). [ref]
Ugo Fangareggi
Italian actor (1938-2017).
Born January 30th, 1938 in Genoa.
Died October 20th, 2017 at 79 years old in Rome (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Alexei Abrikosov
Soviet, russian and american theoretical physicist.
Born June 25th, 1928 in Moscow.
Died March 29th, 2017 at 88 years old in Palo Alto (disease). [ref]
Jan Notermans
Dutch footballer and manager (1932-2017).
Born July 29th, 1932 in Sittard.
Died June 8th, 2017 at 84 years old in Sittard (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Deaths 971 to 980 of 1204
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon