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.
Considered a gateway between the East Coast and the Midwest, Ohio is just a one-day drive away for nearly 50 percent of the U.S. population. Flanked by two powerful bodies of waterâthe Ohio River to the south and Lake Erie to the northâthe landscape consists of farmland, glaciated plains, rugged hills and forest. Buckeye trees once covered the terrain, inspiring Ohioâs nickname: the Buckeye State.