Remembering the stars we've lost in 2017
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Stars who died in 2017
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Sean Hughes – stand-up comedian and Never Mind the Buzzcocks star – died October 16, 2017
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Tom Petty – musician and frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – died October 2, 2017
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Hugh Hefner – Playboy founder – died September 27, 2017
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Tony Booth – Till Death Us Do Part and Coronation Street actor – died September 25, 2017
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Liz Dawn – actress best known as Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth – died September 26, 2017
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Bobby Knutt – star of Emmerdale, Benidorm and the voice of Tetley Tea's 'Gaffer' – died September 25, 2017
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William G Stewart – TV presenter, producer and host of Fifteen to One – died September 21, 2017
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Harry Dean Stanton – actor best known for Alien, Twin Peaks, Pretty in Pink and Paris, Texas – died September 15, 2017
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Tobe Hooper – Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergist director – died August 26, 2017
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Jerry Lewis – comedian, entertainer and humanitarian – died August 20, 2017
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Dick Gregory – actor, comedian and civil rights activist – died August 19, 2017
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Sir Bruce Forsyth – TV presenter of The Generation Game, Strictly Come Dancing and more, died August 18, 2017
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Glen Campbell – Grammy and ACM award-winning musician – died August 8, 2017
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Sam Shepard – actor, screenwriter and Pulitzer-winning playwright, died July 31, 2017
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Rob Anker – founding member of dance troupe Diversity, died July 28, 2017
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June Foray – voice actress for Disney, Warner Bros and Rocky the Flying Squirrel, died July 26, 2017
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Chester Bennington – Linkin Park frontman, died July 20, 2017
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Martin Landau – Oscar-winning star of Ed Wood, died July 15, 2017
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George A Romero – horror filmmaker and 'father of the zombie film', died July 16, 2017
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Nelsan Ellis – actor and playwright, star of True Blood, died July 8, 2017
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Carol Lee Scott – actress, star of Grotbags, Emu's World and more, died July 4, 2017
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Barry Norman – film critic and TV presenter, died July 1, 2017
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Michael Bond – author and creator of Paddington Bear, died June 27, 2017
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Michael Nyqvist – star of John Wick and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, died June 27, 2017
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Glenne Headly – actress, star of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, died June 8, 2017
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Andy Cunningham – entertainer, Bodger and Badger star, died June 5, 2017
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Peter Sallis – the voice of Wallace in Wallace & Gromit, died June 2, 2017
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Roy Barraclough – actor best known as Alec Gilroy on Coronation Street, died June 1, 2017
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John Noakes – Blue Peter presenter, died May 28, 2017
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Sir Roger Moore – star of James Bond and The Saint, UNICEF ambassador, died May 23, 2017
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Chris Cornell – musician, frontman of Audioslave and Soundgarden, died May 18, 2017
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Powers Boothe – actor from Agents of SHIELD, Sin City and more, died May 14, 2017
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Geoffrey Bayldon – actor, Catweazle and Wurzel Gummidge, died May 10, 2017
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Robert Miles – dance music icon, died May 9, 2017
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Michael Parks – actor in Red State, Twin Peaks and more, died May 9, 2017
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Christopher 'Big Black' Boykin – reality TV star, died May 9, 2017
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Jonathan Demme – Oscar-winning filmmaker, died April 26, 2017
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Erin Moran – star of Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi, April 22, 2017
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Clifton James – actor best known as Sheriff Pepper in the James Bond movies, died April 15, 2017
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Brian Matthew – BBC Radio 2 broadcaster, died April 8, 2017
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Tim Pigott-Smith – star of stage and screen, died April 7, 2017
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Colin Dexter – creator of Inspector Morse, died March 21, 2017
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Chuck Berry – rock and roll musician, died March 18, 2017
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Tony Haygarth – actor, Chicken Run, Emmerdale and more, died March 10, 2017
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Joni Sledge – singer-songwriter and founding member of Sister Sledge, died March 10, 2017
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Bill Paxton – actor and director, star of Aliens, Titanic, Apollo 13 and more, died February 25, 2017
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Neil Fingleton – actor (Game of Thrones) and former basketball player, died February 25, 2017
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George 'The Animal' Steele – pro wrestler and actor, died February 16, 2017
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Sara Coward – actress best known as The Archers' Caroline Sterling, died February 12, 2017
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Al Jarreau – Grammy award-winning musician and voice of the Moonlighting theme song, died February 12, 2017
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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson – socialite, died February 8, 2017
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Alan Simpson – creator of Steptoe & Son and Hancock's Half Hour, died February 8, 2017
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Richard Hatch – sci-fi icon best known as Battlestar Galactica's Apollo, died February 7, 2017
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Alec McCowen – actor best known as Q in Never Say Never Again, died February 6, 2017
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Mary Tyler Moore – actress and comedian, died January 25, 2017
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Sir John Hurt – actor and icon of stage, film and TV, died January 25, 2017
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Gorden Kaye – 'Allo 'Allo star, died January 23, 2017
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Masaya Nakamura – video games pioneer known as 'the father of Pac-Man', died January 22, 2017
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Miguel Ferrer – star of Twin Peaks, RoboCop and NCIS: Los Angeles, died January 19, 2017
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Jimmy Snuka – wrestler, died January 15, 2017
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Om Puri – actor, East Is East and The Hundred-Foot Journey, died January 6, 2017
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William Christopher – actor, best known for M*A*S*H, died December 31, 2016
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2017 has already seen us say farewell to a number of famous faces from the world of entertainment. Here, we remember those icons of TV, film, music and beyond, along with the words of their friends, colleagues and loved ones.