Film Tv Deaths Date 2017 | History by KabAstro

William Peter Blatty (1928-2017)

Jan 12 American scriptwriter and author of The Exorcist, dies at 89

Jan 13 Dick Gautier, American stage and screen actor (Get Smart - "Hymie"; Bye Bye Birdie; When Things Were Rotten), dies at 85
Jan 15 Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, Fijian-born American professional wrestler, dies at 73
Jan 19 Miguel Ferrer, American actor (Robocop, NCIS LA), dies of cancer at 61
Jan 23 Gorden Kaye, British actor (Allo Allo), dies at 75
Jan 25 John Hurt, English actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express), dies at 77

Mary Tyler Moore (1936-2017)

Jan 25 American Emmy Award-winning actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Laura"; The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Ordinary People), dies at 80

Jan 26 Barbara Hale, American actress (Della Street in Perry Mason), dies at 94
Jan 26 Mike Connors [Krekor Ohanian], American actor (Mannix), dies at 91
Jan 27 Emmanuelle Riva, French actress (Hiroshima Mon Amour), dies at 89
Jan 27 Robert Ellis Miller, American film director, dies at 89
Feb 6 "Professor" Irwin Corey, American comedian (Car Wash: Doc), dies at 102
Feb 6 Alec McCowen, English actor (Frenzy), dies at 91
Feb 7 Richard Hatch, American actor (Battlestar Galactica), dies of cancer at 71
Feb 13 Seijun Suzuki, Japanese cult film director, dies at 93
Feb 17 Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author of Polyhedron models, dies at 97
Feb 17 Warren Frost, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld), dies at 91
Feb 25 Bill Paxton, American actor (True Lies; Twister; Big Love), dies from surgical complications at 61
Mar 6 Robert Osborne, American film historian and television host (Turner Classic Movies), dies at 84
Mar 21 Chuck Barris, american TV game show producer and host (Gong Show), dies at 87
Mar 23 Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad, A Cold Wind in August), dies at 92
Mar 26 Darlene Cates, American actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape), dies at 69
Mar 28 Christine Kaufmann, Austrian-born actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips), dies at 72
Mar 28 Janine Sutto, French Canadian actress and comedian (Guide de la petite vengeance), dies of natural causes at 95
Mar 28 Ronald Hines, British actor (Not in Front of the Children, Pack of Lies), dies at 87
Apr 6 Don Rickles, American comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey), dies at 90
Apr 7 Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor (Jewel in Crown, King Charles III), dies at 70
Apr 9 Peter Hansen, American actor (General Hospital, The War of the Roses), dies at 95
Apr 15 Clifton James, American actor (Live and Let Die, Silver Streak), dies at 96
Apr 22 Erin Moran, American actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi), dies at 56
Apr 22 Norman T. Hatch, American oscar-winning marine cinematographer during WWII (With the Marines at Tarawa), dies at 96
Apr 24 Don Gordon [Donald Guadagno], American actor (Bullitt, Papillon), dies at 90
Apr 26 Jonathan Demme, American film director (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia), dies at 73
Apr 27 Vinod Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor (Mera Gaon Mera Desh), dies at 70
May 1 Janet Pilgrim, American early playmate model for Playboy (July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956), dies at 82
May 2 Vincent Baggetta, American actor (Lou-Chicago Story), dies at 72
May 3 Daliah Lavi [Levinbuck], Israeli actress (Casino Royale: Lord Jim), and singer, dies at 74
May 3 Lukas Ammann, Swiss actor (Graf Yoster; Day of Anger; Class Reunion; Palace Hotel), dies of complications from surgery at 104
May 9 Michael Parks, American actor (Tusk, Then Came Bronson), dies at 77
May 10 Geoffrey Bayldon, British stage and screen actor (Catweazle; Worzel Gummidge - "Crowman"), dies at 93
May 14 Brad Grey, American film and TV producer (Sopranos), Chairman of Paramount Pictures, dies of cancer at 59
May 14 Powers Boothe, American Actor (Sin City, Deadwood), dies at 68
May 18 Roger Ailes, American TV executive and CEO of Fox News (1996-2016), dies at 77
May 20 Jimmy Dale, British-Canadian pianist and orchestra leader (The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour), dies at 81
May 22 Dina Merrill, American actress (Operation Petticoat, Butterfield 8), dies at 93

Roger Moore (1927-2017)

May 23 British actor (The Saint, James Bond), dies at 89

May 28 John Noakes, British TV presenter, dies at 83
May 30 Elena Verdugo, American actress (Little Giant, Cavalier of the West), dies at 92
May 30 Wendell Burton, American actor (New Dick Van Dyke Show - "Lucas"; The Sterile Cuckoo), dies of brain cancer at 69
Jun 2 Peter Sallis, British actor (Wallace and Gromit, Last of the Summer Wine), dies at 96
Jun 3 Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book & film, "Fear Strikes Out"), dies at 87
Jun 6 Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch pop singer ("As Love Goes"), and television presenter, dies of breast cancer at 66
Jun 9 Adam West [William West Anderson], American actor (Batman, Last Precinct), dies from leukemia at 88
Jun 13 Anita Pallenberg, Italian model and actress credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones, dies of complications of hepatitis C. at 75
Jun 15 Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor named a People's Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1989), dies at 88
Jun 16 John G. Avildsen, American film director (Rocky, The Karate Kid), dies of cancer at 81
Jun 16 Stephen Furst, American actor (Animal House, St. Elsewhere), dies from diabetes complications at 63
Jun 19 Brian Cant, British stage and screen actor and children's television presenter (Play School, 1964-85), dies at 83
Jun 22 Norman Ayrton, English actor and opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK), dies at 92
Jun 25 Bill Dana [William Szathmary], American comedian, characters actor (José Jiménez) and screenwriter (The Nude Bomb, The Bill Dana Show), dies at 92
Jun 25 George "Skip" Homeier, American actor (Boys Ranch, Beachhead, Dan Raven, Interns), dies of spinal myelopathy at 86
Jul 1 Heathcote Williams [John Henly Heathcote Williams], British poet, actor and political activist, dies at 75
Jul 8 Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress (Indian Fighter), dies at 82
Jul 8 Nelsan Ellis, American actor (True Blood), dies of complications from heart failure at 39
Jul 15 Martin Landau, American actor (Ed Wood; North By Northwest; Mission Impossible; Space 1999), dies at 89

George A. Romero (1940-2017)

Jul 16 American-Canadian director, filmmaker and "Father of the Zombie Film" (Night of the Living Dead), dies at 77

Jul 18 Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor (Meatballs), dies at 74
Jul 21 John Heard, American actor (Home Alone, Cat People, Big), dies at 71
Jul 25 Barbara Sinatra, American model and philanthropist, dies at 90
Jul 25 Hywel Bennett, Welsh, actor (Family Way, Shelley), dies at 73
Jul 26 June Foray, American voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who), dies at 99
Jul 26 Peter Whalley, British television screenwriter (Coronation Street), and author, dies of cancer at 71
Jul 27 Sam Shepard Ill, American actor and playwright (Frances; Crimes of the Heart), dies at 73
Jul 31 Jeanne Moreau, French actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim), dies at 89
Aug 3 Robert Hardy, British actor (Harry Potter, All Creatures Great and Small), dies at 91
Aug 3 Ty Hardin [Orison Hungerford Jr.], American actor (Riptide, Bronco), dies at 87
Aug 8 Barbara Cook, American stage singer and actress (The Music Man), dies at 89

Aug 8 American Grammy Award-winning country-pop singer ("By The Time I Get to Phoenix"; "Wichita Lineman"; "Rhinestone Cowboy"), session guitarist (The Beach Boys; Elvis Presley; The Monkees; Phil Specter), television personality (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), and actor (True Grit), dies at 81

Aug 18 Bruce Forsyth, British entertainer and television presenter (The Generation Game), dies at 89
Aug 18 Zoe Laskari, Greek actress, dies at 72
Aug 19 Dick Gregory, American comedian, civil rights activist and dietician (Bahamian Diet), dies of heart failure at 84

Jerry Lewis (1926-2017)

Aug 20 American comedian (Martin and Lewis, MDA Telethon), dies at 91

Aug 21 Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director (Ki Je Kori, Chandranath), dies at 75
Aug 24 Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], American actor and comedian (Cheers, Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 69
Aug 31 Richard Anderson, American actor (Oscar Goldman- The 6 Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman television series), dies at 91
Sep 1 Novella Nelson, American actress (Antwone Fisher, Purlie, Chiefs), dies at 78
Sep 1 Shelley Berman, American Grammy Award-winning comedian, actor (Son of Blob; Divorce American Style; Curb Your Enthusiasm), writer, and educator, dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 92
Sep 2 Murray Lerner, American documentary and experimental film director and producer (Secrets of the Reef), dies at 90
Sep 10 Harry Landers [Sorokin], American actor (Star Trek, Ben Casey, Drive a Crooked Road), dies at 96
Sep 13 Frank Vincent, American actor (The Sopranos), dies of a heart attack at 80

Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017)

Sep 15 American actor (Lucky; Alien; Cool Hand Luke; The Godfather Part II), musician, and singer, dies at 91

Sep 17 Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, American pro wrestling manager, colour commentator and wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame), dies of throat cancer at 72
Sep 19 Bernie Casey, American actor (Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop), dies at 78
Sep 25 Anthony "Tony" Booth, British actor and father of Cherie Blair (Till Death Us Do Part), dies at 85
Sep 27 Anne Jeffreys [Annie Carmichael], American singer and actress (Dick Tracy; Topper; General Hospital), dies at 94
Sep 28 Chuck Low, American actor (Goodfellas; Once Upon a Time in America), dies at 89
Sep 30 Elizabeth Baur, American actress (Fran-Ironside, Teresa-Lancer), dies at 69
Sep 30 Monty Hall, Canadian-American TV game show host (Let's Make a Deal), dies at 96
Oct 1 Peter Horak, Czech stuntman (Star Trek: Voyager: Throw Momma from the Train), dies at 74
Oct 9 Jean Rochefort, French actor (Man on the Train, The Artist and the Model), dies at 87
Oct 16 Roy Dotrice, British actor (A Moon for the Misbegotten, Amadeus) and narrator (A Song of Ice and Fire), dies at 94
Oct 16 Sean Hughes, Irish stand-up comedian, writer and actor, dies at 51
Oct 17 Danielle Darrieux, French stage and screen actress (Alexander the Great; Mayerling; 8 Women), dies due to injuries from a fall at 100
Oct 24 Robert Guillaume [Williams], American actor (Rafiki- The Lion King, Sports Night, Benson, Soap), dies at 89
Oct 25 Jack Bannon, American actor (Art in Lou Grant, Trauma Center), dies at 77
Nov 9 John Hillerman, American actor (Magnum PI; Chinatown; Blazing Saddles), dies at 84
Nov 12 Liz Smith [Mary Elizabeth], American journalist and gossip columnist known as "The Grand Dame of Dish" (WNBC, NY Daily News), dies at 94
Nov 13 Janet Lupo, American model, dies at 67
Nov 15 Keith Barron, English actor (At Earth's Core, Baby Love), dies at 83
Nov 16 Ann Wedgeworth, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (Chapter Two; Scarecrow; Evening Shade), dies at 83
Nov 16 Ferdie Pacheco, American physician (cornerman for Mohammad Ali) and boxing analyst (NBC, Showtime), dies at 89
Nov 17 Earle Hyman, American stage and screen actor (The Cosby Show - "Russell Huxtable"; ThunderCats; Coriolanus), dies at 91
Nov 19 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show; Royal Family), dies at 86
Nov 21 David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), dies at 67
Nov 21 Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), dies at 79
Nov 25 Rance Howard, American actor (Splash, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind), dies at 89
Nov 28 Shadia [Fatmah Ahmed Kamal Shaker], Egyptian actress ("Al Maraa Al Maghoula" (The Unknown Woman)), and singer ("Ya Habibti Ya Masr" (Oh Egypt, My Love)), dies from respiratory failure at 86
Nov 30 Jim Nabors, American comedian, actor (The Andy Griffith Show; Gomer Pyle, USMC), and singer ("Back Home Again in Indiana"), dies from health complications at 87
Dec 4 Christine Keeler, British model and showgirl (Profumo affair), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 75
Dec 4 Shashi Kapoor [Balbir Raj Kapoor], prominent Indian Bollywood actor (Deewar, The Deceivers, Shalimar, Heat & Dust), dies from a chest infection at 79
Dec 5 Johnny Hallyday [Jean-Philippe Smet], French singer and actor known as the "Elvis Presley of France," dies from lung cancer at 74
Dec 11 Keith Chegwin, English television presenter and actor, dies at 60
Dec 15 Heinz Wolff, German-born British scientist and TV/ radio presenter (BBC series "The Great Egg Race"), dies from heart failure at 89
Dec 21 Richard "Dick" Enberg, American sportscaster (NBC, CBS, ESPN), dies of a heart attack at 82
Dec 24 Dick Orkin, American radio performer (Chickenman), and screenwriter (The Tim Conway Show), dies of a stroke at 84
Dec 24 Heather Menzies-Urich, Canadian actress (The Sound of Music; Piranha), dies of cancer at 68
Dec 28 Rose Marie [Mazzetta], American actress, comedienne and singer (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Sally"; The Doris Day Show), dies at 94
Dec 29 Peggy Cummins [Augusta Fuller], Welsh-born Irish actress (Gun Crazy, Curse of the Demon), dies at 92