December 18, 2017 Scientists Arseny Roginsky Russian dissident and historian Died on Monday December 18th 2017 Other scientistsKrzysztof Pawłowski Polish politician, senator dead at age 79Branko Marušič public figure dead at age 88Michel Debost French flutist dead at age 92Finn Wagle Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman, bishop of Nidaros dead at age 84Juliet Winters Carpenter American translator dead at age 77Michael Sollis Australian musician, bowel cancer dead at age 40Stephen Owen American sinologist dead at age 79J. Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79Craig Venter American genomics researcher, founder of Celera Corporation and JCVI, complications from cancer dead at age 79Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth British Anglican clergyman and life peer, bishop of Oxford and member of the House of Lords dead at age 89More from RussiaKonstantin Tolkachyov Russian politician dead at age 73Boris Volodin Russian politician, member of the Soviet of the Union dead at age 94Stanislav Petrov Russian military officer, chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troops, suicide dead at age 87Vladimir Bayunov Russian politician, MP dead at age 73Yevgeniy Duleyev Russian rower, Olympic silver medallist dead at age 70Vladimir Voevodin Russian computer scientist dead at age 63Maya Belenkaya Russian figure skater dead at age 94Vladimir Grachev Russian scientist and politician dead at age 84Lev Shimelov Russian director and actor dead at age 96Musa Akhmadov Russian playwright, poet and writer dead at age 70More from December 18, 2017James PerkinBarry CohenCastletownJohnny FoxYe ZhengdaLi BudeJean-Michel Parasiliti di ParaRobert FollisHiginio García FernándezDave Boyd Tags 18 December 2017 2017-12-18 Arseny December 18 December 2017 Roginsky Russia Scientists ←Altero Matteoli Georges Othily→