In Memoriam 2017

The most notable deaths of 2017:

January 10---Clare Hollingworth (105), veteran War Correspondent who broke the news that World War II had started.

January 12---William Blatty (89), Author and filmmaker of the best selling novel turned Oscar-winning movie "The Exorcist."

January 13---Dick Gautier (85), former actor best known for his role as Hymie the Robot in the TV series "Get Smart."

January 15---Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka (73), WWE Hall of Fame wrestler who was known for his high-flying moves.  Snuka is best remembered for his leap on Don Muraco off the top of a steel cage in 1983 at Madison Square Garden.

January 16---Eugene A. Cernan (82), astronaut known as the last man to walk on the moon's surface.

January 19---Miguel Ferrer (61), actor best known for his recurring role in the TV series "NCIS:  Los Angeles."

January 25---Mary Tyler Moore (80), legendary actress who made her TV debut on the "Dick Van Dyke Show" and helped usher in a new era for women on television with the 1970s series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."

January 27---John Hurt (77), actor who was nominated for an Oscar for his roles in "Midnight Express" and "The Elephant Man."

February 7---Richard Hatch (71), actor best known for his role as Captain Apollo in the original "Battlestar Galactica" series that ran during the late 1970s.

February 11---Chavo Guerrero, Sr. (69), former pro wrestler whose brother Eddie and son Chavo Jr. competed in WWE.  The elder Chavo had also competed in WWE, winning the Cruiserweight title in 2004.

February 12---Al Jarreau (76), jazz-pop musician known for his hit songs "Breakin' Away," "We're in This Love Together" and the theme song to the TV series "Moonlighting."

February 17---William James Myers (79), former pro wrestler known as George "The Animal" Steele who wrestled for over 20 years in the WWF.  Steele is best known for his role in Wrestlemania 3, being alongside Ricky Steamboat during Steamboat's match with Randy Savage.

February 18---Oreal Perres (74), former pro wrestler known as Ivan Koloff during his time with WWWF and the NWA.  Koloff defeated Bruno Sammartino in 1971 to end Sammartino's seven year reign as WWWF champion.

February 18---Norma McCorvey (69), the woman known as "Jane Roe" in the Roe v. Wade supreme court case involving abortion rights in the United States.

February 26---Bill Paxton (61), actor who starred in hit films such as "Titanic" and "Twister."

February 26---Joseph Wepner (97), the judge from the reality TV series "The People's Court."

March 6---Robert Osborne (84), longtime host for Turner Classic Movies.

March 10---Joni Sledge (60), one of the founding members of the group "Sister Sledge."

March 18---Chuck Berry (90), legendary singer known as the "Father of Rock N Roll."  Berry topped the chart with hits like "Johnny B Goode" and "Sweet Little Sixteen."

March 19---Jimmy Breslin (88), Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist and champion of New York City's working class.

April 6---Don Rickles (90), the legendary comedian and actor who was a recurring guest of Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts and later voiced Mr. Potato Head in the "Toy Story" films.

April 11---John Geils, Jr. (71), guitarist and founder of the "J. Geils Band."

April 12---Charlie Murphy (57), comedian who was a regular guest on the popular TV series "Chapelle's Show."

April 22---Erin Moran (56), actress best known for her role as Joanie Cunningham on "Happy Days."

April 26---Jonathan Demme (71), filmmaker of movies such as "Philadelphia," "Married to the Mob" and most notably the Oscar-winning film "Silence of the Lambs."

May 6---Steven Holcomb (37), bobsledder who won Gold in 2010 as part of a 4-man team.

May 14---Powers Booth (68), actor known for his roles in "Sin City," "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D" and "Deadwood."

May 17---Chris Cornell (52), singer for the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave.

May 18---Roger Ailes (78), former president of Fox News Channel.  Ailes resigned from his post early in the year after claims of sexual harassment from a former anchor.

May 23---Roger Moore (89), actor who portrayed James Bond on the silver screen between 1973 and 1985.

May 26---Jim Bunning (85), Hall of Fame pitcher who would later become a US Senator.

May 27---Greg Allman (69), founding member of the Allman Brothers Band.

May 28---Frank DeFord (78), renowned sportswriter and commentator who was well known for his NPR commentaries and career at Sports Illustrated.

June 9---Adam West (88), legendary actor who starred in the 1960s TV series "Batman."  West would later portrayed his voice as the mayor of Quahog in "Family Guy."

June 17---Stephen Furst (63), actor best known as Flounder in the National Lampoon movie "Animal House."

July 15---Martin Landau (89), legendary actor who won an Oscar for his role as Bela Lugosi in the film "Ed Wood."

July 20---Chester Bennington (41), lead singer of the rock band Linkin Park.

July 21---John Heard (71), character actor best known for playing the father in the film "Home Alone."

July 26---June Foray (99), legendary voice actor of such characters as Rocky in "Rocky and Bullwinkle," Granny in the "Sylvester and Tweety" cartoons and as Cindy Lou Who in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

July 27---Sam Shepard (73), actor and Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright who wrote the play "Buried Child" and played a pilot in the film "The Right Stuff."

August 8---Glen Campbell (81), legendary guitarist and singer of such songs as "Wichita Lineman," "Southern Nights" and "Rhinestone Cowboy."

August 19---Dick Gregory (84), comedian and civil rights activist who became one of the first African-Americans to perform at white clubs.

August 20---Jerry Lewis (91), legendary comedian, actor and supporter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

August 24---Jay Thomas (69), actor best known for his roles in TV series such as "Cheers" and "Murphy Brown"

September 8---Troy Gentry (50), one half of the Country music duo Montgomery Gentry.

September 15---Harry Dean Stanton (91), character actor in such films as "Alien," "Repo Man" and "Pretty in Pink."

September 19---Jake LaMotta (95), former Boxing champion whose story was told in "Raging Bull."  Robert De Niro starred as LaMotta in the film.

September 23---Charles Bradley (68), singer who was known as the "Screaming Eagle of Soul."

September 27---Hugh Hefner (91), founder of Playboy Magazine.

September 30---Monty Hall (97), legendary host of the game show "Let's Make a Deal."

October 2---Tom Petty (66), legendary singer with hits like "Free Fallin'" and "I Won't Back Down."

October 8---Y.A. Tittle (90), Hall of Fame Quarterback who won the NFL's MVP award in 1963.

October 24---Robert Guillame (89), actor known for his lead role in "Benson" and as the voice of Rafiki in "The Lion King."

October 24---Antonio "Fats" Domino (89), legendary singer with hits like "Blueberry Hill" and "Blue Monday."

November 6---Dick Gordon (88), former NASA astronaut who was part of the second lunar landing mission.

November 7---Roy Halladay (40), former MLB pitcher who won 2 Cy Young awards during his career.

November 9---John Hillerman (84), actor best known as Higgins in the TV series "Magnum P.I."

November 12---Liz Smith (94), longtime gossip columnist for the New York Daily News.

November 17---Earle Hyman (91), longtime stage and TV actor best known for playing Bill Cosby's father in "The Cosby Show."

November 18---Malcolm Young (64), co-founder and guitarist for the band AC/DC

November 19---Mel Tillis (85), legendary country music singer/songwriter who penned more than 1,000 songs during his career.

November 19---Della Reese (86), legendary jazz singer who would find TV stardom on the hit show "Touched by an Angel."

November 19---Charles Manson (83), notorious criminal mastermind who was involved in a string of bizarre murders in Los Angeles in 1969.  Manson was serving a life sentence for the crimes at the time of his death.

November 20---Terry Glenn (43), former NFL wide receiver who played for the New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys during his career.

November 21---David Cassidy (67), former actor and lead singer in "The Partridge Family."

November 25---Rance Howard (89), former stage, film and TV actor who was also the father of director Ron Howard.

November 30---Jim Nabors (87), legendary actor and singer known for his role as Gomer Pyle in "The Andy Griffith Show" and the spinoff  "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."

December 21---Dick Enberg (82), legendary sports announcer who called World Series, Super Bowls, Final Fours and many other major events in his more than five decades-long career.

December 21---Bruce McCandless II (80), former astronaut who was part of the first ever untethered flight into space in 1984.

December 24---Heather Menzies Ulrich (68), actress best known for her role in "The Sound of Music."

December 28---Rose Marie (94), former actress known for her role as Sally Rogers in "The Dick Van Dyke Show."

December 28---Sue Grafton (77), writer of the best-selling novels with alphabet-based titles, starting with "A is for Alibi" up to "Y is for Yesterday."