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We deeply regret to announce the death of Jose Marques Balula on 18 October 2017
Guido Petrucci passed away on 9 July after a long illness
Bjørn Jacobsen, Norwegian delegate to the CERN Council and previous Chair of the CERN Finance Committee, passed away on 13 June
We are deeply moved by the sudden disappearance of Dr. Vinod Chohan
We deeply regret to announce the death of Jocelyne Jerdelet on 11 May 2017
Charles Gruhn, a colleague and friend for many of us at CERN and elsewhere, passed away peacefully on 24 March
We deeply regret to announce the death of Bernd Dehning on 14 January 2017
Jean Renaud, who worked on the ISR and was later member of the DELPHI and LHCb collaborations, passed away on 9 January.
Dr Dietrich Wiegandt passed away on 12 April 2016
Edmund 'Ted' Wilson, a particle physicist and visiting professor at Oxford University and former head of CERN Accelerator School died on 3 November
We deeply regret to announce the death of Nicolas Delruelle on 14 September 2016
Johan Blouw ( 1968 – 2016)
