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Charlie Gard at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
Family of Charlie Gard, via Associated Press
Charlie Gard
Died on July 28, 2017 at age 1
Charlie was an incurably ill British infant who could not hear, see or even cry, but his case captured the attention of the pope and the United States president and raised difficult ethical issues that reverberated around the world. He would have turned 1 on Aug. 4.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.