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 country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

7

 * Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, 47, Indian folk singer, traffic collision.
 * Tadeusz Rybak, 87, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Legnica (1992–2005).

6

 * Sydney Ball, 83, Australian painter.
 * Joachim Baxla, 62, Indian politician, MP (1996–2009), cancer.
 * Lars Diedricson, 55, Swedish singer (Snowstorm), songwriter ("Take Me to Your Heaven") and winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999.
 * Bill Hougland, 86, American basketball player (Phillips 66ers) and Olympic champion (1952, 1956).
 * Mickey Marvin, 61, American football player (Oakland Raiders), ALS.
 * James Michael Moynihan, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Syracuse (1995–2009).
 * Robert Osborne, 84, American film historian and television host (Turner Classic Movies).
 * Marek Ostrowski, 57, Polish footballer (Pogoń Szczecin).
 * Rabi Ray, 90, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1989-1991).
 * Dudley Storey, 77, New Zealand rower, Olympic champion (1968) and silver medalist (1972).
 * Youcef Touati, 27, French-born Algerian football player, traffic collision.
 * Alberto Zedda, 89, Italian conductor and musicologist.

5

 * Burke Day, 62, American politician, member of Georgia House of Representatives (1995–2011).
 * Garry Donna, 73, American basketball player, magazine editor and publisher.
 * Joseph Charles Doumba, 81, Cameroonian politician.
 * Trevor Grant, 65, Australian sports journalist.
 * Douglas Henry, 90, American politician, Tennessee State Senator (1971–2014).
 * Dave Hunt, 74, American comic book artist (Legion of Super-Heroes, Supergirl, Transformers), cancer.
 * Florence S. Jacobsen, 103, American Mormon leader and missionary.
 * Jay Lynch, 72, American underground comics artist, writer and editor (Bijou Funnies, Bazooka Joe), complications from lung cancer.
 * Kurt Moll, 78, German opera singer.
 * Mike Smith, 88, British athletics coach.

4

 * Jean-Christophe Averty, 88, French television and radio director.
 * Bonnie Burnard, 72, Canadian novelist (A Good House).
 * Valerie Carter, 64, American singer-songwriter (Howdy Moon).
 * Edi Fitzroy, 62, Jamaican reggae singer.
 * Roger Hau'ofa, 73, Tongan-born Papua New Guinean radio broadcaster, kidney failure.
 * Péter Kozma, 57, Hungarian politician and MP.
 * Helen M. Marshall, 87, American politician, Borough President of Queens (2002–2013), member of the New York State Assembly (1983–1991).
 * Thomas Collier Platt Jr., 91, American judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1974–2001).
 * Margaret Roberts, 79-80, South African herbalist.
 * Syed Shahabuddin, 82, Indian diplomat and politician, MP (1979–1996).
 * Thomas Starzl, 90, American physician and medical researcher.
 * Alberto Villalta, 69, Salvadorian footballer.
 * Clayton Yeutter, 86, American politician, Trade Representative (1985–1989) and Secretary of Agriculture (1989–1991), colorectal cancer.

3

 * Míriam Colón, 80, Puerto Rican actress (Scarface, Goal!, All the Pretty Horses), pulmonary infection.
 * Bramwell Cook, 81, New Zealand gastroenterologist.
 * Frances Hargreaves, 62, South African-born Australian actress (Number 96).
 * Raymond Kopa, 85, French footballer (Real Madrid, national team).
 * Misha Mengelberg, 81, Ukrainian-born Dutch jazz pianist and composer.
 * Irene Nolan, 70, American newspaper editor (Louisville Courier-Journal), lung disorder.
 * Cyprian Ojwang Omollo, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2013).
 * Tommy Page, 46, American singer-songwriter ("I'll Be Your Everything") and music industry executive (Reprise Records,  Billboard).
 * René Préval, 74, Haitian politician, Prime Minister (1991), President (1996–2001, 2006–2011).
 * Joe Rogers, Sr., 97, American businessman, co-founder of Waffle House.
 * Stephen Ross, 73, American economist.
 * Lazar Stojanović, 73, Serbian filmmaker.
 * Anne Kristin Sydnes, 60, Norwegian politician, Minister of International Development (2000–2001).

2

 * Edouard Close, 87, Belgian politician, Burgemeester of Liège (1976–1991).
 * Fred Fiske, 96, American radio broadcaster (WAMU).
 * Tommy Gemmell, 73, Scottish football player (Celtic, Dundee, national team) and manager.
 * Simon Hobday, 76, South African golfer.
 * Alex Oronov, 69, Ukrainian-born American businessman.
 * Howard Schmidt, 67, American cybersecurity advisor, cancer.
 * John D. Schneider, 80, American state legislator and attorney, member of the Missouri Senate (1971–2002).
 * Tasso Springer, 86, German physicist, director of the Institut Laue–Langevin (1977–1982).
 * Helene White, 77, Canadian film and television producer.

1

 * P. J. Bradley, 76, Northern Irish politician, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–2011).
 * Chisai Childs, 69, American entertainer, talent scout and civic booster (Branson, Missouri).
 * Tania Dalton, 45, New Zealand netball player (national team), aneurysm.
 * Paula Fox, 93, American writer (The Slave Dancer).
 * Pierre Guénin, 90, French journalist, magazine publisher and gay rights activist.
 * John Hampshire, 76, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).
 * Hiroshi Kamayatsu, 78, Japanese singer and guitarist (The Spiders), pancreatic cancer.
 * Richard Karron, 82, American actor (The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Ready to Rumble).
 * Carl Adam Lewenhaupt, 69, Swedish count and restaurateur. (body found on this date)
 * Taarak Mehta, 87, Indian playwright and humorist.
 * Gustav Metzger, 90, German-born stateless auto-destructive artist.
 * Shirley Palesh, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
 * Wally Pikal, 90, American musician.
 * David Rubinger, 92, Austrian-born Israeli photographer.
 * Michael M. Ryan, 87, American actor (Another World).
 * Jins Shamsuddin, 81, Malaysian actor (Bidasari), director and politician, member of the Dewan Negara (2004–2008), choked.
 * Vladimir Tadej, 91, Croatian filmmaker.
 * Joseph Vũ Duy Thống, 64, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (since 2009).

Earlier months

 * Deaths in January 2017
 * Deaths in February 2017