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Photos: Notable deaths 2017
A look at some of the people in the public eye whom we lost in 2017.
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Pat DiNizio
Ed Lee
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Cult leader, convicted mass murderer Charles Manson dead at 83
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AC/DC co-founder Malcolm Young dead at 64
Bobby Doerr
'Project Runway' contestant Wendy Pepper dead at 53
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Robert Guillaume
Connie Hawkins
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'Revenge of the Nerds' actor and NFL star Bernie Casey passes away at 78
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Sept. 15: Harry Dean Stanton
Sept. 13: Frank Vincent
Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry dead at 50: Country community reacts
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Aug. 8: Glen Campbell
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Sam Shepard
July 25: Barbara Sinatra
John Heard: July 21
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July 8: Nelsan Ellis
July 4: John Blackwell Jr.
June 20: Prodigy
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June 9: Adam West
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June 4: Roger Smith
May 30: Michael Nance
May 29: Manuel Noriega
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May 26: Jim Bunning
May 23: Roger Moore
May 18: Roger Ailes
May 17: Chris Cornell
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May 13: John Cygan
May 9: Christopher Boykin
Jonathan Demme
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Cuba Gooding, Sr.
April 19: Aaron Hernandez
April 12: Charlie Murphy
April 11: Dorothy Mengering
April 11: J. Geils
Don Rickles
April 5: Paul O'Neill
March 26: Clay Adler
March 26: Darlene Cates
March 21: Chuck Barris
March 20: David Rockefeller
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March 13: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
March 10: Joni Sledge
March 3: Tommy Page
March 1: Paula Fox
Feb. 26: Judge Joseph Wapner
Feb. 25: Bill Paxton
Feb. 25: Neil Fingleton
Feb. 18: Clyde Stubblefield
Oct. 6: Connie Hawkins
Feb. 18: Norma McCorvey
Feb 18: Ivan Koloff
Feb. 17: Warren Frost
Feb. 17: George 'The Animal' Steele
Feb. 7: Richard Hatch
Jan. 31: John Wetton
Jan. 27: John Hurt
Jan. 25: Mary Tyler Moore
Jan. 22: Yordano Ventura
Jan. 22: Andy Marte
Jan. 19: Miguel Ferrer
Jan. 16: Eugene Cernan
Jan. 15: Bishop Eddie Long
Jan. 15: Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka
Jan. 13: Lord Snowdon
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LOS ANGELES - APRIL 23: Author Sue Grafton poses with a copy of her book "R is for Ricochet" at the 10th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA on April 23, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

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Atlanta Dream center Brittney Griner (42) fights for possession during the first half of a WNBA basketball first-round playoff game against the Indiana Fever at Gateway Center Arena on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Atlanta. 
(Miguel Martinez/ AJC)
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Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

PHOTOS: Dream defeat Fever to open WNBA Playoffs

The Atlanta Dream defeated the Indiana Fever 80-68 to take Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round WNBA playoff series on Sunday

Georgia coach Kirby Smart (center) gives Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton a play during the closing minute of the second quarter against Tennessee at Neyland Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Jason Getz/AJC)
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Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

PHOTOS: Georgia visits Knoxville to take on Tennessee

The Georgia Bulldogs traveled to Knoxville, Tennessee, to take on the Tennessee Volunteers in an early-season key matchup in the SEC.

Georgia Tech wide receivers Dean Patterson (left) and Malik Rutherford celebrate after a successful two-point conversion  during the second half against the Clemson Tigers on Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. (Jason Allen/AJC)
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Credit: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

PHOTOS: Georgia Tech defeats Clemson on the final play

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defeat the Clemson Tigers on a field goal as time ran out, 24-21.

Georgia faithful drove to Knoxville on Saturday to cheer on the Bulldogs as they play Tennessee in Knoxville. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

PHOTOS: Georgia visits Rocky Top, Tennessee, for SEC showdown

Georgia visits Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., for SEC clash with Volunteers.

Sequoyah wide receiver Brook Darling catches a pass during the first half against Sprayberry at Skip Pope Stadium in Canton on Friday, Sept. 12th, 2025. (Oscar Guevara Saenz for the AJC)
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Credit: Oscar Guevara Saenz

PHOTOS: Sequoyah vs. Sprayberry high school football

Sequoyah defeated Sprayberry, 63-20, in a football game at Sequoyah High School in Canton on Friday.

Fayetteville Firefighter Noah Maupin makes it to the summit of Stone Mountain during the annual 9/11 memorial on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.   Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Credit: Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal

PHOTOS: Metro Atlanta remembers victims of Sept. 11

Two events in metro Atlanta commemorate the 2977 lives lost in deadly terrorist attacks in on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Cobb County fire department hangs a U.S. flag from their fire trucks as a procession for fallen Dekalb County Firefighter Preston Fant arrives at West Cobb Funeral Home on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Ben Hendren for the AJC)
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Credit: Ben Hendren

PHOTOS: Fallen DeKalb firefighter honored with processional through metro Atlanta

Several metro Atlanta fire departments paid their respects Wednesday morning to fallen DeKalb County firefighter Preston Fant with a somber procession to a Marietta funeral ho...

Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider throws a pitch against Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a baseball game at Truist Park, Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC

PHOTOS: Braves fall to Cubs, 6-1

The Braves fell to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, 6-1, at Truist Park.