This is a chronology of deaths in 2017. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
[buhk-ahy] /ËbÊkËaÉª/. noun, plural buckeyes. 1. any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Aesculus, as A. glabra (Ohio buckeye) having palmate leaves, gray, scaly bark, and bell-shaped greenish-yellow flowers in upright clusters: the state tree of Ohio.
Sockeye Salmon. Oncorhynchus nerka. Sockeye salmon are known for their bright red skin, but are actually blue while in the ocean. Only when they return to freshwater to spawn do they turn red.ockeye salmon meat gets its color from the orange krill they eat while in the ocean. Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man: The name sockeye comes from a poor attempt to translate the word suk-kegh from British Columbia's native Coast Salish language.