Deaths in 2017
This is a chronology of deaths in 2017. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.
A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
November
9
- Grete Berget, 63, Norwegian politician.[1]
8
- Trevor Bell, 87, British artist.[2] (death announced on this date)
- Antonio Carluccio, 80, Italian chef, restaurateur and reality television actor (Two Greedy Italians).[3]
- Cho Chung-kwon, 68, South Korean poet and critic.[4]
- Roger Grenier, 98, French writer and journalist.[5]
- Janusz Kłosiński, 96, Polish actor.[6]
- Jean-Pierre Pujol, 76, French politician, Deputy for Gers's 1st constituency (2001–2002), Mayor of Nogaro (1989–2008).[7]
- Josip Weber, 52, Croatian-Belgian footballer (Cercle Brugge, Croatia national team, Belgium national team).[8]
7
- Paul Buckmaster, 71, English arranger (Elton John, The Rolling Stones) and composer, Grammy winner (2002).[9]
- Robert De Cormier, 95, American composer and conductor (The Belafonte Folk Singers).[10]
- Jane Dudley, 92, American socialite.[11]
- Pentti Glan, 71, Finnish-Canadian drummer (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Mandala).[12]
- João Hall Themido, 93, Portuguese diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1971–1981).[13]
- Roy Halladay, 40, American baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), Cy Young Award winner (2003, 2010), plane crash.[14]
- Brad Harris, 84, American actor and stuntman (Kommissar X, Goliath Against the Giants, The Pirates of the Mississippi).[15]
- Paddles, 1, New Zealand polydactyl cat, co-owned by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, traffic collision.[16]
- Brian Perry, 74, English cricketer (Shropshire).[17]
- Carl Sargeant, 49, Welsh politician, AM (since 2003).[18]
- Hans Schäfer, 90, German footballer (1. FC Köln, West Germany national team), FIFA World Cup winner (1954).[19]
- Karel Štědrý, 80, Czech singer, actor (If a Thousand Clarinets), screenwriter and presenter.[20]
6
- Abdul Aziz bin Fahd, 44, Saudi prince.[21]
- Jansug Charkviani, 86, Georgian poet and politician, MP (1995–2003), Shota Rustaveli laureate (1984).[22]
- Karin Dor, 79, German actress (You Only Live Twice, Topaz).[23]
- Joe Fortunato, 87, American football player (Chicago Bears).[24]
- Marek Frąckowiak, 67, Polish stage and film actor.[25]
- Richard F. Gordon Jr., 88, American astronaut (Gemini 11, Apollo 12).[26]
- Günter Hoge, 77, German footballer (1. FC Union Berlin, East Germany national team).[27]
- Murray Koffler, 93, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founder of Shoppers Drug Mart.[28]
- Jacques Landriault, 96, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hearst (1964–1971) and Timmins (1971–1990).[29]
- Feliciano Rivilla, 81, Spanish footballer (Atlético de Madrid, national team).[30]
- Andrés Sapelak, 97, Polish-born Argentine Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Santa María del Patrocinio in Buenos Aires (1968–1997).[31]
- Rick Stelmaszek, 69, American baseball player (Texas Rangers) and coach (Minnesota Twins), pancreatic cancer.[32]
- William Weintraub, 91, Canadian journalist, author and filmmaker.[33]
5
- John Cairns, 94, American environmental biologist.[34]
- Renzo Calegari, 84, Italian cartoonist (Storia del West), stroke.[35]
- Digger Crown, 20, Swedish racehorse, euthanized.[36]
- Don Eddy, 81, American college basketball coach (UTSA Roadrunners, Eastern Illinois Panthers).[37]
- Robin Esser, 84, British newspaper executive (Sunday Express, Daily Mail).[38]
- Nancy Friday, 84, American author (My Secret Garden, Forbidden Flowers, Women on Top), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[39]
- Bob Girard, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (Washington Capitals).[40]
- Robert Knight, 72, American R&B singer ("Everlasting Love", "Love on a Mountain Top").[41]
- Mansour bin Muqrin, 43-44, Saudi businessman, Vice Governor of 'Asir (since 2013), helicopter crash.[42]
- Vettoor Purushan, 72, Indian comedian and actor, cardiac arrest.[43]
- Louis Roney, 96, American opera singer.[44]
- Dionatan Teixeira, 25, Brazilian-born Slovak footballer (Košice, Stoke City), heart attack.[45]
- Lothar Thoms, 61, German track cyclist, Olympic champion (1980).[46]
- Tokyo Joe, 75, Japanese-Canadian professional wrestler, trainer and booking agent (NJPW, IWE, Stampede Wrestling), colon cancer.[47]
4
- Michael Augustine, 84, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vellore (1981–1992) and Archbishop of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (1992–2004).[48]
- Cheng Ch'ing-wen, 85, Taiwanese writer, heart attack.[49]
- Isabel Granada, 41, Filipino actress and singer, aneurysm.[50]
- João de Matos, 62, Angolan military officer.[51]
- Dudley Simpson, 95, Australian composer (Doctor Who, Blake's 7) and conductor (Royal Opera House).[52]
- Tallys, 30, Brazilian footballer (Paysandu), traffic collision.[53]
- Anna Diggs Taylor, 84, American federal judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (1979–1998).[54]
- Gene Verble, 89, American baseball player (Washington Senators).[55]
- Regina Yaou, 62, Ivorian writer.[56]
- Mahmoud Zemmouri, 70, Algerian actor, film director and screenwriter.[57]
3
- Gaetano Bardini, 91, Italian opera singer, heart disease.[58]
- Abdur Rahman Biswas, 91, Bangladeshi politician, President (1991–1996), heart failure.[59]
- Sid Catlett, 69, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).[60]
- Ed Flanagan, 66, American politician, member of the Vermont Senate (2005–2011).[61]
- Ismail Juma, 26, Tanzanian long-distance runner, motorcycle crash.[62]
- Odilo Lechner, 86, German clergyman, Abbot of St Boniface's Abbey, Munich (1967–2003).[63]
- Patrick Logsdon, 70, American Catholic deacon, stabbed.[64]
- Václav Riedlbauch, 70, Czech composer, pedagogue, manager and politician, Minister of Culture (2009–2010).[65]
2
- Francis Allotey, 85, Ghanaian mathematician and professor (KNUST), founding fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.[66]
- Costanzo Balleri, 84, Italian football player (Internazionale, Livorno) and manager (Livorno).[67]
- Orval H. Hansen, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Idaho's 2nd congressional district (1969–1975), complications from cancer.[68]
- William Landau, 93, American neurologist, co-namesake of Landau–Kleffner syndrome.[69]
- Sir Michael Latham, 74, British politician, MP for Melton (1974–1983) and Rutland and Melton (1983–1992).[70]
- David Muise, 68, Canadian politician, MLA (1978–1981) and Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality (1997–2000).[71]
- Paddy Russell, 89, British television director (Doctor Who, Out of the Unknown, The Omega Factor).[72]
- María Martha Serra Lima, 72, Argentine ballad and bolero singer.[73]
- Aboubacar Somparé, 73, Guinean politician, President of the National Assembly (2002–2008).[74]
- Joan Tisch, 90, American socialite, heiress to the Loews Corporation.[75]
- Dina Wadia, 98, Indian political figure, pneumonia.[76]
- Bill Wilkerson, 72, American radio news, sports announcer (KMOX, Missouri Tigers, St. Louis football Cardinals).[77]
1
- Brad Bufanda, 34, American actor (Veronica Mars, A Cinderella Story, Co-Ed Confidential), suicide by jumping.[78]
- Ramón Cabrero, 69, Spanish-born Argentine football player and coach (Lanús), stroke.[79]
- Pablo Cedrón, 59, Argentine actor (You Are the One, El Viento).[80]
- Katie Lee, 98, American folk singer and environmentalist.[81]
- Vladimir Makanin, 80, Russian writer.[82]
- Richard P. Mills, 72, American educator, Commissioner of Education of New York (1995–2009), heart attack.[83]
- Paul V. Mullaney, 97, American politician and judge, Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (1963–1965).[84]
- Myron Noodleman, 59, American baseball clown, sinus cancer.[85]
- Yisrael Rosen, 76, Israeli Orthodox rabbi.[86]
- Serhiy Ryzhkov, 59, Ukrainian shipwright and ecologist.[87]
- John Selway, 79, British artist.[88]
- James Tayoun, 87, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1970).[89]
- Roland Verlooven, 79, Belgian music producer.[90]
- Massimo Wilde, 73, Italian politician, Senator (1994–2001).[91]
Earlier months
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References
- ^ Grete Berget er død Template:No icon
- ^ 'Last St Ives modernist' Trevor Bell dies aged 87
- ^ Antonio Carluccio: 'Godfather of Italian cooking' dies
- ^ 조정권 시인, 전 대학교수) Template:Ko icon
- ^ L'écrivain Roger Grenier est décédé à 98 ans Template:Fr icon
- ^ Zmarł aktor Janusz Kłosiński Template:Pl icon
- ^ Décès de Jean-Pierre Pujol, une figure politique du Gers Template:Fr icon
- ^ L'ancien Diable rouge Josip Weber est décédé Template:Fr icon
- ^ David Bowie and Elton John Arranger Paul Buckmaster Dies at 71
- ^ Robert De Cormier, Composer And Renowned Music Director, Dies At 95
- ^ Jane Dudley, Swan Ball founder and honorary chairman, dies at 92
- ^ Pentti ‘Whitey’ Glan, drummer for Lou Reed and Alice Cooper, dies
- ^ Morreu João Hall Themido, ex-embaixador de Portugal nos EUA Template:Pt icon
- ^ Ex-Phillies ace Roy Halladay dies in plane crash
- ^ Brad Harris, Actor in Sword-and-Sandal Movies, Dies at 84
- ^ 'Paddles was kind of special'
- ^ Former Shrewsbury Town groundsman and Shropshire cricketer Brian Perry passes away
- ^ Sacked Labour minister Carl Sargeant found dead
- ^ Trauer um Weltmeister FC-Legende Hans Schäfer gestorben Template:De icon
- ^ Czech singer Karel Štedrý dead at 80
- ^ Saudi prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd dies at 44
- ^ Famous Georgian poet Jansug Charkviani passes away aged 86
- ^ Karin Dor dead: Bond Girl passes away aged 79
- ^ Mississippi State Football Legend Joe Fortunato Passes Away
- ^ Nie żyje Marek Frąckowiak. Miał 67 lat Template:Pl icon
- ^ Richard Gordon, Gemini and Apollo Astronaut, Dies at 88
- ^ Günter "Jimmy" Hoge gestorben Template:De icon
- ^ Murray Koffler, Shoppers Drug Mart founder, dies
- ^ Obituary for Monseigneur Jacques Landriault
- ^ Muere Feliciano Rivilla Template:Es icon
- ^ Помер владика Андрій Сапеляк Template:Uk icon
- ^ zek-dies-at-69/455680823/ Longtime Twins bullpen coach Rick Stelmaszek dies at 69
- ^ Montreal journalist, author and filmmaker William Weintraub dies at 91
- ^ Professor John Cairns, Jr.
- ^ Morto Calegari, disegnò Tex Template:It icon
- ^ Stig H Johanssons forne stjärna är död Template:Sv icon
- ^ Former UTSA basketball coach Don Eddy dies
- ^ 'Tireless' press freedom campaigner and former Sunday Express editor Robin Esser dies aged 84
- ^ Nancy Friday, 84, Best-Selling Student of Gender Politics, Dies
- ^ Robert Girard Template:Fr icon
- ^ 'Everlasting Love' singer Robert Knight dead at 72
- ^ Saudi Prince Mansour bin Muqrin dies in helicopter crash
- ^ Actor & comedian Vettoor Purushan passes away
- ^ Opera Singer Louis Roney Passes Away at 96
- ^ Stoke City: Former defender Dionatan Teixeira dies aged 25
- ^ Lothar Thoms stirbt mit 61 Jahren Template:De icon
- ^ Tokyo Joe, Calgary wrestler and trainer, dies
- ^ Archbishop Emeritus S. Michael Augustine of South India passes away
- ^ Renowned Taiwanese author dies at 85
- ^ Isabel Granada dies
- ^ Angolan war veteran Matos dies in Spain
- ^ Dudley Simpson 1922-2017
- ^ Luto: Ex-jogador de Brasiliense e Gama, Tallys, morre após bater carro em poste em SC Template:Pt icon
- ^ Trailblazer Detroit federal Judge Anna Diggs Taylor dies
- ^ Gene Kermit Verble (1928 - 2017)
- ^ Côte d'Ivoire: Décès de l'écrivaine Regina Yaou à Abidjan Template:Fr icon
- ^ Le cinéaste Mahmoud Zemmouri est mort Template:Fr icon
- ^ L’ultimo acuto di Gaetano Bardini Template:It icon
- ^ Ex-president Abdur Rahman Biswas dies
- ^ Sid Catlett, basketball star in ‘greatest high school game ever,’ dies at 69
- ^ Former Vermont State Senator Ed Flanagan Dies
- ^ Muere el maratoniano tanzano Ismael Juma en accidente de moto Template:Es icon
- ^ Mit weitem Herzen durchs Leben Template:De icon
- ^ Deacon Stabbed to Death at Transitional Home for Men on Long Island
- ^ Composer Václav Riedlbauch dead at 70
- ^ Prof. Francis Allotey dies
- ^ Montevarchi piange Costanzo Balleri Template:It icon
- ^ Orval Hansen, congressman who helped give Idaho a nuclear lab, dies at 91
- ^ Dr. William Landau, former chief neurologist at Washington University, dies at 93
- ^ Tributes paid to former Melton MP Sir Michael Latham following his death
- ^ David Muise, former mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, dies at 68
- ^ Paddy Russell obituary
- ^ Murió la cantante María Martha Serra Lima Template:Es icon
- ^ Urgent/ Aboubacar Somparé, l’ex-président de l’Assemblée Nationale est mort Template:Fr icon
- ^ Joan Tisch, One Of First Ladies Of New York Giants, Dies
- ^ Pak founder Jinnah's daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York
- ^ Bill Wilkerson, longtime radio news/sports announcer, dies at 72
- ^ Brad Bufanda Dies: ‘Veronica Mars’ Actor Committed Suicide At 34
- ^ Murió Ramón Cabrero, un símbolo de la historia de Lanús Template:Es icon
- ^ Murió el actor Pablo Cedrón Template:Es icon
- ^ Singer, Arizona activist Katie Lee dies at 98
- ^ Умер писатель Владимир Маканин Template:Ru icon
- ^ Retired state education commissioner Richard Mills dies
- ^ Former Worcester Mayor Paul Mullaney dies at age 97
- ^ Tulsan Rick Hader, who entertained thousands at sporting events nationwide as nerdy 'Myron Noodleman,' dies at 59
- ^ Leading rabbi, tech innovator passes away
- ^ В Николаеве умер ректор НУК им. Макарова Сергей Рыжков Template:Ru icon
- ^ Artist John Selway dies in Abertillery, aged 79
- ^ Jimmy Tayoun, former Philadelphia politician, dies at 87
- ^ Roland Verlooven, peetvader van de Vlaamse showbizz, overleden Template:Nl icon
- ^ Morto Massimo Wilde, tra i fondatori della Lega Lombarda Template:It icon