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Notable Deaths: April 17, 2024
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Stay current on notable figures that have passed away. Delivered daily.
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Vladimir Andreyev, 57, Russian race walker, Olympic bronze medallist (2000).
A. T. Ariyaratne, 92, Sri Lankan activist, founder and president of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement.
Newton da Costa, 94, Brazilian mathematician.
Yusuf Baz, 51–52, Lebanese militant, commander of Hezbollah, airstrike.
Clorofila, 56, Mexican techno musician (Nortec Collective).
Peter Davidson, 60, Australian footballer (West Coast Eagles, Brisbane Bears), cancer.
Michael Donovan, 54, English convicted kidnapper (Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews), cancer.
Dwarakish, 81, Indian film director (Nee Bareda Kadambari) and actor (Bedi Bandavalu, Haddina Kannu), heart attack.
Carl Erskine, 97, American baseball player (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers), World Series champion (1955), pneumonia.
Bob Graham, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1987–2005), governor of Florida (1979–1987).
K. G. Jayan, 89, Indian Carnatic musician.
Dmytro Kapranov [uk], 56, Ukrainian writer, publisher and publicist.
Márta Peterdy-Wolf, 101, Hungarian tennis player.
Ellen Ash Peters, 94, American jurist, justice (1978–2000) and chief justice (1984–1996) of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Boško Prodanović, 80, Serbian football player (Sarajevo, Yugoslavia national team) and manager (Napredak Kruševac).
Ángela Ragno [es], 92, Argentine actress (Night of the Pencils, Kisses on the Forehead, Empty Nest).
Shankar Rao, 40, Indian Maoist leader (Naxalbari uprising), shot.
Wichart von Roëll [de], 86, German actor (Meschugge).
Josep Maria Terricabras i Nogueras, 77, Spanish philosopher and politician, MEP (2014–2019).
Palitha Thewarapperuma, 63, Sri Lankan politician, MP (2010–2020), electrocution.
Gavin Webb, 77, Australian rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices), cancer.
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