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Notable Utahns who died in 2017: Artists, clergy, politicians, Olympians, a sailor and a soldier

They are the people who died in 2017 after spending years trying to make Utah better — or just giving us something to talk about. Here they are in alphabetical order. Click the hyperlinks to learn more about each life.

(Tribune File Photo) Mary Lou Baker, golfer.

Mary Lou Baker • A six-time winner of the State Women’s Amateur and the namesake of one of the Utah Golf Association’s major tournaments, Baker died Oct. 8. She was 96.

Elouise Bell • A Mormon feminist and literary figure who taught for 31 years at Brigham Young University, Bell died Sept.