Deaths Died in August 2017
Feyyaz Berker
Turkish executive (Tekfen Construction and Installation) · 27 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 27 · Other
Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann
Dutch-born American art historian · 27 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 27
Charles R. Bentley
American glaciologist · 27 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 27 · Bentley · Other
Sharry Konopski
American model · 27 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 27 · Other
Will Cardon
American businessman and politician · 27 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 27
Alan Root
British-born Kenyan filmmaker · 27 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 27 · Other
Mel Didier
American baseball scout and coach · 27 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 27
Chiquinho de Assis
South American footballer · 26 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 26 · Assis
Dámaso González
Spanish bullfighter · 26 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 26 · Other
Drew Morphett
Australian sports broadcaster · 26 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 26
Jeannie Rousseau
French Allied intelligence agent · 25 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 25 · Other
Rich Piana
American bodybuilder and internet personality · 25 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 25 · Other
Kai Linnilä
Finnish writer and editor · 25 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 25
Sergio Zaniboni
Italian comics artist (Diabolik) · 25 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 25
Engelbert Jarek
Polish footballer (Odra Opole) · 25 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 25
Michael Dougall Bell
Candian diplomat · 25 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 25 · Bell
Izak Parviz Nazarian
Jewish Iranian American businessman · 25 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 25 · Nazarian · Other
Alan Boswell
English soccer player · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 24
Bernie Styles
American casting director · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 24 · Other
Jay Thomas
American actor (Mork & Mindy · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 24
Jim Blount
American newspaper editor (Hamilton Journal-News) and historian · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 24
Sean O’Callaghan
Irish IRA commander · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · O'Callaghan · August 24 · Other
Amelyn Veloso
Filipina journalist and broadcaster (CNN Phllippines) · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 24
Ramananda Sengupta
Indian cinematographer · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 24 · Other
Nestor Assogba
Beninese Roman Catholic prelate · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 24 · Other
SJ Harris
American motorcycle racer and stuntwoman (Deadpool 2) · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 24 · Other · S.J.
S. J. Harris
American motorcycle racer and stuntwoman (Deadpool 2) · 24 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 24 · Harris · Other
Mirgayas Shirinsky
Russian Ambassador to Sudan (from 2013) · 23 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 23
Joe Klein
American baseball executive (Texas Rangers · 23 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 23 · Other
P. V. R. K. Prasad
Indian civil servant · 23 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 23 · Prasad · Other
Halwa Vasu
Indian comic actor (Amaidhi Padai) · 23 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 23
Roberto Gottardi
Italian architect · 23 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 23 · Other
Mirosława Litmanowicz
Polish chess player · 23 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 23
Shane Sieg
35 · 23 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 23 · Other
Mario Roberto Cassari
Italian Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat of the Holy See · 23 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 23 · Cassari
Dianne de Las Casas
Filipino-born American author · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22 · Casas
Don Nichols
American motorsport team owner · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22 · Other
Thomas Meehan
American playwright (Annie) · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Matthew Kia Yen-wen
Chinese Catholic bishop · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22 · Yen-wen · Other
Réjean Ducharme
Quebec novelist and playwright. · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Dave Creighton
Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Boris Spremo
Canadian photographer (Toronto Sun) · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Dallas McCarver
American bodybuilder · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22 · Other
Felo Ramírez
Cuban-American sports broadcaster · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Tony deBrum
71/2 · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22 · Other
Willy Gonser
Brazilian football commenator · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22 · Other
Margot Hielscher
German singer and film actress · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Tui Flower
New Zealand food writer · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat
Cuban-born American politician and judge · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Radoš Čubrić
Serbian Yugoslav Olympic cyclist (2017) · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21 · Rados
Vicente Iturat
Spanish racing cyclist · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Perch Zeytuntsyan
Egyptian-born Armenian playwright · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Parker MacDonald
Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21
Kent Lee
American Vice Admiral in the U.S. Navy · 21 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 21 · Other