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TV Stars Who Died in 2017. 1 of 56. Command and Control. December 20, 2017, 5:42pm. MIGUEL FERRER. Ferrer, who was starring on NCIS: Los Angeles at the time of his death, died in January at...
Apr 13, 2024 · Review the round-up below to revisit how more than 40 shows worked through (or sometimes simply braced for) the loss of a cast member.
A.U.S.A.: Created by Richard Appel. With Scott Foley, Amanda Detmer, Eddie McClintock, Ana Ortiz. Adam Sullivan is a promising young A.U.S.A. whose intelligence is bound with a gullible nature that presents an uphill battle in his pursuit of both career and romantic success.
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- Mary Tyler Moore, January 25
- Sir John Hurt, January 27
- Bill Paxton, February 25
- Chuck Berry, March 18
- Don Rickles, April 6
- Charlie Murphy, April 12
- Erin Moran, April 22
- Jonathan Demme, April 26
- Roger Moore, May 23
- Gregg Allman, May 27
The beloved actress, best known for the indelible characters she created for the sitcoms The Dick Van Dyke Show and the groundbreaking Mary Tyler Moore Show, went on to do powerful dramatic work in the film Ordinary People, for which she received an Oscar nomination. She died in Greenwich, Connecticut, at age 80. She had struggled with diabetes for...
One of Britain's finest actors, Hurt memorably starred in Midnight Express (1975), Alien (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), 1984 (1984) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). He played the gay writer Quentin Crisp twice: In the TV play The Naked Civil Servant in 1975, and in the 2009 film An Englishman in New York. Hurt died of pancreat...
Paxton excelled at playing the everyman, in films like The Terminator, Apollo 13 and, most recently, the History channel miniseries Hatfields and McCoys, for which he earned an Emmy nomination. He died at 61 due to complications from heart surgery.
Rolling Stone called him "the father of rock and roll," not only for pioneering the sound of early rock, but for exemplifying the attitude that went with it (not to mention the moves, as in his infamous duckwalk). Berry, whose many hits included "Roll Over Beethoven," "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B. Goode," never stopped touring; his last albu...
The iconic stand-up comedian, nicknamed Mr. Warmth, was known for his biting "insult humor." Rickles was filming a web series, "Dinner with Don," when he died of kidney failure at 90.
The older brother of comedian Eddie Murphy was best known as a writer and cast member on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show. He died at age 57 of leukemia.
Best known for playing Joanie Cunningham on the sitcom Happy Days, Moran died at 56 following a battle with throat cancer.
The critically-acclaimed auteur behind films like Something Wild (1986), Philadelphia (1993) and the Talking Heads documentary Stop Making Sense (1984), was best known for his biggest box office hit, the 1991 horror classic The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. He died of cancer at 73.
When Sean Connery hung up his James Bond tux, there was concern that the franchise might not survive. Moore not only revived it, he remade 007 in his more playful image, memorably embodying the British secret agent for six films, beginning with Live and Let Die. He was 89 when he died from cancer.
He and his brother, Duane (who died in a motorcylce crash in 1971), formed The Allman Brothers Band, the pioneering '70s Southern Rock group responsible for classic songs like "Whipping Post," "Melissa" and "Midnight Rider." His soulful voice placed him 70th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time." He died of liver cancer in his Georg...
Dec 29, 2017 · Who died in the past 12 months? Take a look at some of the famous faces no longer with us at the end of 2017.
Dec 27, 2017 · Stars We've Lost in 2017. By ETonline Staff. 12:50 PM PST, December 27, 2017. ET remembers the celebrities who died this year, including David Cassidy, Tom Petty, Hugh Hefner, Chester Bennington...
Jan 1, 2017 · Bill died on February 25, 2017, in Los Angeles, from complications following heart surgery. He was 61.
