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SfBB List of Celebrities Who Died in 2017

JANUARY

07 – Sylvester Potts, Singer – Motown group The Contours, “Do You Love Me” (1962) – age 79

07 – Eddie Kamae, Singer/Composer – founder of The Sons of Hawaii, Ukulele Hall of Fame Inductee – age 89

10 – Buddy Greco, Jazz Singer – “The Lady Is a Tramp” – age 90

11 – Tommy Allsup, Musician – toured with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson – age 85

12 – William Peter Blatty, Writer/Filmmaker – wrote both the novel and screenplay for “The Exorcist” – age 89

13 – Dick Gautier, Actor – Hymie the Robot in TV series “Get Smart” (1965-’70) – age 85

16 – Eugene Cernan, NASA astronaut – Gemini 9A (1966), Apollo 10 (1969), Apollo 17 (1972) last man on the moon – age 82

19 – Miguel Ferrer, Actor – Bob Morton in “Robocop” and NCIS:LA (Owen Granger) – age 61

21 – Maggie Roche, Singer/Songwriter – The Roches – age 65

SfBB factoid: The Roches, their 1979 self titled album was produced by Robert Fripp of King Crimson

24 – Butch Trucks, Musician/drummer – original member of The Allman Brothers – age 69

25 – John Hurt, Actor – John Merrick in “The Elephant Man” (1980) – age 77

25 – Mary Tyler Moore – Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966) and Mary Richards

on The Mary Tyler Show (1970-1977) age – 80

26 – Mike Connors, Actor – Joe Mannix in TV show “Mannix” (1967-1975) – age 91
USA TODAY MIKE CONNORS STORY
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/01/26/mike-connors-mannix-leukemia-died/97120838/

26 – Barbara Hale, Actress – Della Street on TV show “Perry Mason” (1957-1966) – age 94

28 – Bobby Freeman, Musician/Singer – top 10 R&B hits: “Do You Want to Dance” (1958), “C’mon and Swim” – age 76

31 – John Wetton, Musician/bassist – played with Asia, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash – age 67

FEBRUARY

05 – Sonny Geraci, Musician – played with The Outsiders (“Time Won’t Let Me”), and Climax (“Precious and Few”) – age 69

06 – “Professor” Irwin Corey, Actor/Comedian – frequent guest on game and talk shows for four decades – age 102

07 – Richard Hatch, Actor – Captain Apollo in “Battlestar Galactica” (1978-80) – age 71

12 – Al Jarreau, Jazz Singer – 7 Grammy Awards, “We’re in This Love Together”, “After All” – age 76

19 – Larry Coryell, Jazz Musician – “Godfather of Fusion” – age 73

25 – Bill Paxton, Actor – “Aliens”, “Predator 2”, “True Lies”, “Apollo 13”, “Twister” – age 61

26 – Joseph Wapner, Judge – “The Peoples Court” (1981-93) – age 97

MARCH

06 – Robert Osborn, Film historian – host of Turner Classic Movies and The Movie Channel – age 84

10 – Joni Sledge, Singer – with two sisters founded R&B group Sister Sledge “We Are Family” – age 60

18 – Chuck Berry Singer/Songwriter – 1950s rock & roll pioneer, “Maybellene” (1955), “Johnny B. Goode” (1958) – age 90

21 – Chuck Barris, Game Show Host/Creator – “The Gong Show” (1977-80), the “Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game” – age 87

22 – Sib Hashian, Musician – Drummer for “Boston” (1975-83), songs; “More Than a Feeling”, “Rock & Roll Band” – age 67

24 – Peter Shotton, Musician – played with John Lennon & Paul McCartney in The Quarrymen – age 75

APRIL

06 – Don Rickles, Comedian/Actor – comedic style was “King of the insults”, starred in C.P.O. Sharkey (1976-78) – age 90 SfBB Exclusive! – A Don Rickles Encounter

11 – J. Geils, Musician – J. Geils Blues Band, “Centerfold”, “Freeze Frame” – age 71 (natural causes)

12 – Charlie Murphy, Actor/Comedian – regular on ‘Chappelle’s Show’, Eddie Murphy’s brother – age 57 (leukemia)

20 – Cuba Gooding Sr., Singer – R&B group The Main Ingredient –songs include: “Everybody Plays the Fool” (1972), “Just Don’t Want to Be Lonely” – age 72

22 – Erin Moran, Actress – Joanie Cunningham on “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi” – age 56 (stage 4 cancer)

26 – Jonathan Demme, Filmmaker/director – “Silence of the Lambs” (1991), “Philadelphia” – age 73 (esophageal cancer)

MAY

03 – Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress – Matt Helm film “The Silencers” (1966) – age 74

09 – Michael Parks, Actor – star of “Then Came Bronson” (1969-70) and sang the theme song “Long Lonesome Highway” – age 77

14 – Powers Boothe, Actor – The Emerald Forrest, Deadwood (TV)Jim Jones in “Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones” – age 68

17 – Chris Cornell, Singer/Songwriter – front man for Soundgarden, won two Grammy’s – age 52 (possible suicide)

23 – Sir Roger Moore, Actor – Simon Templer in “The Saint” (1962-’69), James Bond in seven films (1973-’89) – age 89 (cancer)

27 – Gregg Allman, Muscian – The Allman Brothers Band, “Midnight Riders”, “Ramblin Man” – age 69 (liver cancer)

JUNE

09 – Adam West, Actor – “Batman” (1966-’68) – age 88 (Leukemia)

12 – Ray Phiri, Musician – collaborated with Paul Simon on “Graceland” and “Rhythm of the Saints” albums – age 70 (lung cancer)

13 – Anita Pallenberg, Italian Actress – starred in “Barbarella” (1968), “Candy” (1968) – age 73|
Here’s a great article in Rolling Stone about Anita…
17 Reasons Anita Pallenberg Was the Coolest Girl in the World
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/17-reasons-anita-pallenberg-coolest-girl-world-sixth-rolling/

15 – Bill Dana, Actor/Comedian – portrayed the character José Jiménez on many variety shows 1950s & 60s) – age 92

28 – Gary DeCarlo, Singer – “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Good Bye” (1969) – age 75 (cancer)

JULY

15 – Martin Landau, Actor – “Mission: Impossible” (1966 -1973), “Space: 1999” (1976-’77) – age 89

16 – George A. Romero, Filmmaker – MOVIES TILL DAWN… “Night of the Living Dead” (1968), “Dawn of the Dead” (1978) – age 77 (lung cancer)

21 – John Heard, Actor – Father in “Home Alone” and “Home Alone 2” – age 72 (complications from back surgery)

25 – Barbara Sinatra, Performer/model – married Frank Sinatra (1976-1998) – age 90 (natural)

26 – June Foray, Voice Actress – voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel from TV show “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show” – age 99

26 – Patti Deutsch, Actress – a regular panelist on “Match Game” and “Tattletales” also guest spots on “Laugh In” – age 73 (cancer)

27 – Sam Shepard, Actor/Playwright/Author – Chuck Yeager in “The Right Stuff” (1983) – age 73 (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

AUGUST

03 – Ty Hardin, Actor – Bronco Layne in TV western series “Bronco” (1958-’62) – age 87

08 – Glen Campbell, Singer/Songwriter – “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, “Wichita Lineman”; nominated for 21 Grammys and won 10 – age 81 (Alzheimer’s disease)

13 – Joseph Bologna, Actor – (1987-88) – age 82 of pancreatic cancer.

Nick Foley in TV show “Rags to Riches”, Appeared in other numerous TV shows including Burkes Law, Married With Children and CSI. Movies include Blame it On Rio, and Superman

19 – Dick Gregory, Game-changing comedian / civil rights activist – first African American standup comedian – age 84

20 – Jerry Lewis, Comedian/Actor/Humanitarian – “The Bellboy” (1960), Nutty Professor (1963), Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (1966-2010) – age 91

21 – Thomas Meehan, Author – Books adapted for plays for “Annie”, “The Producers”, and “Hairspray” – age 88

24 – Jay Thomas, Actor – Remo DaVinci on “Mork & Mindy” (1979–’81), Eddie LeBec on “Cheers” (1987–’89) – age 69 (cancer)

26 – Tobe Hooper, Horror Films Writer/Director – “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974) and “Poltergeist” (1982) – age 74

31 – Richard Anderson, Actor – Oscar Goldman on TV shows The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman – age 91

SEPTEMBER

01 – Shelley Berman, Actor/Comedian – his movies include: “Divorce American Style” (1967), “Meet the Fockers” (2004) – age 92 (Alzheimer’s disease)

03 – Walter Becker, Musician/Songwriter – co-founder and songwriter for Steely Dan – age 67

05 – Rick Stevens, Singer – front man and lead singer for The Tower of Power, R&B group – age 77

06 – Peter Luck, TV journalist (AU) – “This Fabulous Century” a 37 episode documentary series – age 73 (cancer)

08 – Troy Gentry, C&W Musician – part of the duo Montgomery Gentry; “If You Ever Stop Loving Me”, “Roll with Me” – age 50 (helicopter crash)

13 – Frank Vincent, Actor – Salvy in “Raging Bull” (1980), as himself in “The making of the Mob” – age 80 (heart attack)

15 – Harry Dean Stanton, Musician, Actor – Molly Ringwald’s dad in “Pretty in Pink”, “Cool Hand Luke” (1967), Private Willard in “Kelly’s Heroes” – age 91

27 – Hugh Hefner, Publisher of Playboy magazine – age 91

30 – Monty Hall, Game Show Host (CA/US) – hosted and produced “Let’s Make a Deal”- age of 96 (heart failure)