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A look at some of the people in the public eye whom we lost in 2017.

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)

Heather Menzies, who portrayed Louisa von Trapp in "The Sound of Music," died Sunday. She was 68. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

Dick Enberg covered 10 Super Bowls and 28 Wimbledon tennis tournaments during his broadcasting career. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images for Atlanta Tipoff Club)

Heather North, who voiced the character Daphne Blake in various iterations of the long-running cartoon series "Scooby-Doo," died on Nov. 30, 2017. She was 71 years old. (Photo by: Fred Sabine/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens sings during the USA Tennis Rock & Rally on April 28, 2003 at Rockefeller Center in New York City. DiNizio has died at age 62, the band announced Dec. 13. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, center, shares a laugh with fellow mayors Mayor Ed Lee, of San Francisco, left, and Mayor Anne Hidalgo, of Paris, during a summit on climate change involving more than 50 mayors from around the globe Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Chicago. Lee died Tuesday at age 65. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Actor Rance Howard, father of director, actor and producer Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, died Saturday at 89. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

David Cassidy, the teen and pre-teen idol who starred in the 1970s sitcom “The Partridge Family” and sold millions of records as the musical group’s lead singer, died Tuesday, November 21 at age 67. (2012 file photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for IEBA)

Actress / singer Della Reese performs onstage. Reese died Nov. 19 at her California home. She was 86. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

In this handout photo from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Charles Manson poses for a photo on March 18, 2009 at Corcoran State Prison, California. Manson was serving a life sentence for conspiring to murder seven people during the 'Manson family' killings in 1969. He died at age 83.

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 1996 file photo, Jana Novotna, of the Czech Republic, is all smiles after taking home a $79,000 check from the Advanta Tennis Championship in Villanova, Pa. The WTA says the 1998 Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna of the Czech Republic has died. In a Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 statement, the WTA say Novotna died after battling a cancer on Sunday, Nov. 19. She was 49.(AP Photo/Jim Graham, File)

Malcolm Young of AC/DC performs during a 1985 concert in Minneapolis. Young co-founded AC/DC in 1973 with his brother, Angus Young.

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2007, file photo, Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr waves to the crowd at Fenway Park in Boston, prior to a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. Doerr, a Hall of Fame second baseman who was dubbed the "silent captain" by longtime Red Sox teammate and life-long friend Ted Williams, has died. He was 99. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

“Project Runway” first season contestant Anne Eustis Pepper Stewart, known as Wendy Pepper, “died peacefully" Nov. 12 while "surrounded by her loving family," according to her obituary. (Photo by Gregory Pace/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies Roy Halladay died at the age of 40 on Tuesday after his plane went down in the Gulf of Mexico.(Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

NASA astronaut Richard "Dick" Gordon died at his home in California on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, according to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. He was 88.

Singer Robert Knight, best known as the original artist to record "Everlasting Love," died on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, according to media reports. He was 72 years old. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for The Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum)

American pianist and singer-songwriter Antoine "Fats" Domino poses for a photo on March 27, 1967. Family members confirmed that Domino died peacefully on Oct.
25, 2017. He was 89. (Photo by Clive Limpkin/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Actor Robert Guillaume, pictured in 2002, died at age 89 in Los Angeles. He had been battling prostate cancer.

In this Feb. 16, 1971, file photo, Connie Hawkins of the Phoenix Suns goes to the basket against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York. Basketball great Connie Hawkins has died at 75.

Ralphie May, one of the most successful comics to come out of “Last Comic Standing,” died at the age of 45 on October 6, 2017. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for T.J. Martell )

Musician Tom Petty died at age 66 on October 2, 2017. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for J/P HRO)

TV host Monty Hall died Saturday. He was 96. (Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for the Pantages Theatre)

Hugh M. Hefner died September 27, 2017. He was an American men's lifestyle magazine publisher and businessman. Hefner was 91. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/WireImage)

Soul singer Charles Bradley died Saturday in Brooklyn. He was 68. (Photo by Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images)

FILE - In this May 23, 2014 file photo, Bernie Casey appears after a performance of "The Tallest Tree in the Forest" in in Los Angeles. Casey, the professional football player turned actor known for parts in "Revenge of the Nerds" and "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 78. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Invision/AP, File)

Jake LaMotta, whose life was depicted in the film "Raging Bull," died Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, at a Miami-area hospital from complications of pneumonia. He was 95. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Noted character actor Harry Dean Stanton died of natural causes at age 91 on Sept. 15.

Actor Frank Vincent attends the "Genius on Hold" premiere at Cinema Paradiso on Jan. 8, 2011, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Vincent, a veteran character actor who often played tough guys including mob boss Phil Leotardo on "The Sopranos," died Sept. 13, 2017. He was 80. (Photo by Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry died in a helicopter crash in Medford, New Jersey , Sept. 8.

FILE - In this April 10, 2012 file photo, Don Williams performs during the All for the Hall concert in Nashville, Tenn. Williams, an award-winning country singer with love ballads like "I Believe in You," died Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, after a short illness. He was 78. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 16: Jerry Lewis is photographed leaving a press conference October 16, 1986 in New York City to announce the discovery of the mutated gene that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images)

SANTA BARBARA, CA - DECEMBER 06: Dick Gregory has died his family confirmed Saturday. He was 85. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Actor Joe Bologna died of pancreatic cancer. He was 82. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

FILE - In this July 27, 2011 photo, musician Glen Campbell poses for a portrait in Malibu, Calif. Campbell, the grinning, high-pitched entertainer who had such hits as "Rhinestone Cowboy" and spanned country, pop, television and movies, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. He was 81. Campbell announced in June 2011 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Former major-league baseball star Don Baylor died on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, after a long struggle with multiple myeloma. He was 68. (Photo by Matt Brown/Angels Baseball LP/Getty Images)

Darren Daulton died Sunday (Aug. 6) after a four year battle with brain cancer. He was 55. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Actor Sam Shepard attends The 10th Anniversary LG Music Lodge At Sundance With Elio Motors And Tervis on January 18, 2014 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Clayton Chase/Getty Images for LG Music Lodge)

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2008 file photo, Barbara Sinatra appears at the National Italian American Foundation's 33rd Anniversary Awards Gala in Washington. Sinatra, the widow of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and a prominent advocate and philanthropist for abused children, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017, of natural causes at her Rancho Mirage, California, home. She was 90. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Actor John Heard died July 21 at the age of 72.

Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington reportedly died at age 41 of of a suicide by hanging.

Actor Martin Landau died Saturday, July 15, at 89. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Director George A. Romero died Sunday, July 16. He was 77. (Photo by Malcolm Taylor/Getty Images)

Fresh Kid Ice of 2 Live Crew died July 13, 2017 at age 53.

FILE - In this June 21, 2011 file photo, Nelsan Ellis arrives at the premiere for the fourth season of HBO's "True Blood" in Los Angeles. Ellis, best known for playing the character of Lafayette Reynolds on "True Blood," has died at the age of 39. Ellis' manager Emily Gerson Saines confirmed the actor's death in an email Saturday, July 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

John Blackwell Jr., a drummer best known for his work with Prince, died July 4, 2017 at the age of 43.

Rapper Albert Johnson, best known by his stage name Prodigy and as one-half of highly acclaimed rap duo Mobb Deep, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017. He was 42 years old.

Actor Stephen Furst, of "Animal House," died Friday June 16, 2017. He was 63. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Adam West, star of TVs "Batman," died June 9 at the age of 88.

Actress Glenne Headly pictured at a reunion for 'Two Days In The Valley' at NeueHouse Hollywood in 2016. Headly died at age 63 June 8. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2010 file photo, actress Ann-Margret winner of the award for outstanding guest actress in a drama series for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" left, poses with her husband Roger Smith in the press room at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Smith, star of '77 Sunset Strip' and husband of actress Ann-Margret, died at a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday, June 4, 2017, at age 84. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Michael Nance, a former contestant on “The Bachelorette,” reportedly was found dead in South Austin, Texas, early May 30. He was 31. (Photo by Craig Sjodin/ABC via Getty Images)

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega reportedly died May 29 at age 83. Here, he is shown in this 1990 Justice Department mug shot released by the U.S. Attorney's office in Miami.

Gregg Allman dead at 69. (Photo: Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Skyville)

Former U.S. senator and baseball Hall of Famer Jim Bunning died May 26, 2017. He was 85.

Sir Roger Moore is honored with a Star on the Walk of Fame at 7007 Hollywood Blvd. on October 11, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Moore died on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, after a brief battle with cancer, family members said.
(Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes died May 18, family members said in a statement. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Audioslave and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell died May 17 at age 52. (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Getty Images)

Actor Powers Boothe. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Actor John Cygan, best known for his role on 'The Commish,' died May 13 in his home in California after a long battle with cancer. He was 63. Here, he appears in a 2013 episode of 'Modern Family.'

Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, known as “Big Black” or “Black” by skater and reality TV star Rob Dyrdek, has died, according to TMZ. He was 45. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

In this Jan. 24, 2006 file photo, filmmaker Jonathan Demme appears at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Demme died, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, from complications from esophageal cancer in New York. He was 73. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Actress Erin Moran arrives at the Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences' "Father's Day Salute To TV Dads" on June 18, 2009. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Soul singer Cuba Gooding, Sr. of The Main Ingredient performs at Chastain Park Amphitheater on July 10, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was found dead in his car April 20, 2017. (Photo by Chris McKay/WireImage)

Aaron Hernandez has committed suicide in prison, according to officials. Hernandez was discovered hanged at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts, around 3:05 a.m. April 19, 2017.

In this Nov. 3, 2012 file photo, comedian Charlie Murphy appears at "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only," a celebration of Murphy's career in Beverly Hills, California. Murphy, older brother of actor-comedian Eddie Murphy, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 of leukemia in New York. He was 57. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2007, file photo, David Letterman, right, the host of "The Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS, and his mother Dorothy Mengering share a laugh during the dedication of the $21 million David Letterman Communication and Media Building on the campus in Muncie, Ind. Mengering died Tuesday, April 11, 2017, his publicist Tom Keaney confirmed. She was 95. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

J. Geils of the J. Geils Band was found dead at age 71 in his home April 11, 2017, reports said. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 06: Don Rickles speaks onstage at Spike TV's "Don Rickles: One Night Only" on May 6, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Spike TV)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder Paul O'Neill has died, the band announced April 5, 2017. He was 61. Here, O'Neill and Al Pitrelli pose in Amsterdam in 2011. (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns)

TV personality Clay Adler is believed to have died in the hospital on March 26, 2017, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

FILE - In this July 20, 2012 file photo, Darlene Cates, poses for picture at her home in Forney, Texas. Cates, who played the housebound mother in the 1993 film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," died at home in her sleep on Sunday morning, March 26, 2017. (Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 1980 file photo, Chuck Barris, host of the television's "Gong Show," and Robin Altman leave the Pierre Hotel in New York. Game show impresario Barris has died at 87. Barris, the madcap producer of "The Gong Show" and "The Dating Game," died of natural causes Tuesday afternoon, March 21, 2017, at his home in Palisades, New York. (AP Photo/Sands, File)

Billionaire banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller died at his home in New York on Monday, March 20, 2017, of congestive heart failure. He was 101.

Award-winning New York author and columnist Jimmy Breslin, who covered the city for more than 50 years, died at his Manhattan apartment from complications of pneumonia on March 19, 2017

CHICAGO - JANUARY 01: Chuck Berry performs at the Congress Theater on January 1, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images)

Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal poses for a photo Aug. 1, 2016, in Chicago. Rosenthal, a popular author, filmmaker and speaker who brightened lives with her wide-eyed spirit and broke hearts when she wrote of being terminally ill and leaving behind her husband Jason, died Monday, March 13, 2017. She was 51. (Kevin Nance/Chicago Tribune via AP)

This Aug. 14, 2006, file photo shows Joni Sledge, one of the original members of Sister Sledge, second from left, posing with Rodney Jerkins, second from right, her niece Camille Sledge, left, and her cousin Amber Sledge at the "We Are Family 2006 - All-Star Katrina Benefit CD and Documentary DVD Launch" in Century City, Calif. Sledge, who with her sisters recorded the defining dance anthem "We Are Family," has died, the band's representative says. She was 60. Sledge was found dead in her home by a friend in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 10, the band's publicist, Biff Warren, said. (AP Photo/Chris Polk, File)

Singer Tommy Page died March 3, 2017. He was 46.

NEW YORK - JANUARY 13: American author Paula Fox poses for a portrait at her home January 13, 2007 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Fox died March 1, 2017, at the age of 93. (Photo by Ulf Andersen/Getty Images)

In this Friday, Oct. 13, 1989, file photo, retired Judge Joseph A. Wapner of TV's 'The People's Court' congratulates his son, Judge Frederick N. Wapner, right, as he was enrobed as a Municipal Court judge in Los Angeles. Wapner, who presided over "The People's Court" with steady force during the heyday of the reality courtroom show, has died. Wapner died at home in his sleep Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, according to his son, David Wapner. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

In this May 31, 2015, file photo, Bill Paxton arrives at the Critics' Choice Television Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. A family representative said prolific and charismatic actor Paxton, who played an astronaut in "Apollo 13" and a treasure hunter in "Titanic," died from complications due to surgery. The family representative issued a statement Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, on the death. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Neil Fingleton, the 7-foot-7-inch actor and tallest man in Britain, died Feb. 25, 2017, according to the Daily Mail. He was 36 years old.

Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of the most widely sampled drum breaks ever in the song "Funky Drummer," died at age 73.

Basketball great Connie Hawkins died Friday, Oct. 6, at the age of 75.

Norma McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym "Jane Roe" led to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the procedure, died Feb. 18. She was 69.

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 18: Pro wrestling legend Ivan Koloff, known as "The Russian Bear," died from liver disease on February 18. He was 74.

Warren Frost, who starred on "Twin Peaks" and appeared in dozens of other TV shows including "Matlock" and "Seinfeld," died Friday in Middebury, Vermont. He was 91.

Professional wrestler William James Myers, known by his WWE stage name George "The Animal" Steele, died on February, 17, 2017. He was 79. Steele was inducted in 1995 into the WWE Hall of Fame and into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005. (George Napolitano/MediaPunch/IPX)

Actor Richard Hatch, best known for his role as Captain Apollo on the original "Battlestar Galactica" TV series in 1978, died at 71 years old. His manager said he was battling pancreatic cancer. (Photo by Robert Mora/Getty Images)

Musician John Wetton, best known for fronting the progressive rock supergroup Asia, died in his sleep on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. He had cancer, band members said. He was 67. (Photo by Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Actor John Hurt, known for roles in "Alien," "The Elephant Man" and "1984," died in January 2017 at 77 years old. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Actress Mary Tyler Moore died at age 80 surrounded by her husband and friends, according to her longtime publicist. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

In this Thursday, July 28, 2016, file photo, Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, that Ventura and former major leaguer Andy Marte both have died in separate traffic accidents. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

In this Thursday, July 31, 2014, file photo, Arizona Diamondbacks' Andy Marte celebrates his two run home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Phoenix. Authorities in the Dominican Republic said, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, that Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura and former major leaguer Marte both have died in separate traffic accidents. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Actor Miguel Ferrer, who starred in "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Crossing Jordan" and "RoboCop" died at age 61 after a battle with throat cancer. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

In an undated file photo provided by NASA, U.S. Navy Commander and Astronaut for the upcoming Apollo 17, Eugene Cernan, is pictured in his space suit. NASA announced that former astronaut Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, died Jan. 16, 2017, surrounded by his family. He was 82. (NASA via AP)

In this Sept. 26, 2010 file photo, Bishop Eddie Long speaks at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta. Long, a prominent pastor who led one of metro Atlanta's largest churches, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church said in a statement to local media outlets. He was 63. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool, File)

WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka has died at age 73, his family said Jan. 15, 2017. (Michael Kubel/The Morning Call via AP, File)

This is a July 29, 1965, file photo of Britain's Princess Margaret with Lord Snowdon, Anthony Armstrong Jones, second from left, as he shakes hands with Ringo Starr when meeting the Beatles before the world charity premiere of their second film, "Help," at the London Pavilion. Lord Snowdon, the former husband of Princess Margaret who was also a photographer, died Jan. 13, 2017. He was 86. (AP Photo, File)

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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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