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2017 deaths

  • Gene CernanEugene Andrew Cernan was born on the 14th of March 1934, in Chicago, Illinois. His father Andrew George Cernan came from Slovak descent while his mother Rose…
  • Helmut KohlOn the 3rd of April 1930, a boy named Helmut Kohl was born in the industrial city of Ludwigshafen. He grew up as the third child of Hans Kohl and Cäcilie…
  • Chuck BerryCharles Edward Anderson Berry was born on the 18th of October 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up in a neighborhood called the Ville where many…
  • Magic AlexYannis Alexis Mardas arrived in England on a student visa in 1965. He was just twenty-three years old when he exhibited his Kinetic Light Sculptures at the…
  • Jerry FodorJerry Alan Fodor was born in New York City on the 22nd of April 1935. He grew up in a Jewish household and pursued his undergraduate studies at Columbia…
  • Richard F. Gordon Jr.Richard Francis Gordon Jr. entered the world on the 5th of October 1929 in Seattle, Washington. He was the first of five children born to Richard Francis…
  • Hubert DreyfusHubert Lederer Dreyfus entered the world on the 15th of October 1929 in Terre Haute, Indiana. His parents were Stanley S. and Irene (Lederer) Dreyfus.
  • Stanislav PetrovStanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov was born on the 7th of September 1939 to a Russian family near Vladivostok. His father, Yevgraf, flew fighter aircraft during…
  • Jeremy Noble (musicologist)Jeremy Noble entered the world on the 27th of March 1930 in London. His father James Noble descended from South African missionaries.
  • Chuck BlazerCharles Gordon Blazer grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in the borough of Queens. His father ran a stationery and newspaper shop on a busy street…
  • Daniel LichtDaniel Licht was born on the 13th of March 1957 in suburban Detroit. He began playing music at the age of eight with his first instrument being the clarinet.
  • William BaumolWilliam Jack Baumol was born on the 26th of February 1922 in the South Bronx. His parents Solomon and Lillian had both immigrated to America from Eastern…