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Deaths In May 2017
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2017. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference. May 2017 1 * Anatoly Aleksin, 92, Russian writer and poet. *Richard Basciano, 91, American property developer. *Katy Bødtger, 84, Danish singer, natural causes. *Raul Costa Seibeb, 25, Namibian racing cyclist, winner of the National Road Race Championship (2014), traffic collision. *Yisrael Friedman, 93, Israeli rabbi and educator. *Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 99, French film director and screenwriter. * Roy Gater, 76, English footballer (Port Vale, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Crewe Alexandra), Alzheimer's disease. *Eugene Gendlin, 90, Austrian-born American philosopher. *Kurt Grönholm, 90, Finnish Olympic rower (1952). * Bruce Hampton, 70 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Aleksin
Anatoly Georgievich Aleksin (russian: Анато́лий Гео́ргиевич Але́ксин; original surname Goberman, russian: Гоберман; 3 August 1924 in Moscow, Russian SFSR – 1 May 2017 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg), was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli writer and poet. In the late thirties Aleksin's poems were published in a children's newspaper, ''Pionerskaya Pravda''. In 1950 he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies and his first novel ''Thirty one day'' (Тридцать один день) was published. He was a chairman of the Russian Federation Union of Writers from 1970 to 1989 and a member of the editorial board in of the literature journal ''Yunost''. He also wrote the book titled "Secret of the Yellow House". Aleksin lived in Israel from 1993 until 2012. Then he moved to Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |