Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2017

"Professor" Irwin Corey was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority". He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-up comedy at the San Francisco club the hungry i. Lenny Bruce described Corey as "one of the most brilliant comedians of all time."

Keith Barron was an English actor and television presenter who appeared in films and on television from 1961 until 2017. His television roles included the police drama The Odd Man, the sitcom Duty Free, and Gregory Wilmot in Upstairs, Downstairs.

Bhuma Nagi Reddy was an Indian politician. He was elected in a by-election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1992 after the sudden death of his brother, Bhuma Sekhar Reddy, an MLA from Allagadda constituency in Kurnool district. In 1996, Reddy was the Telugu Desam Party candidate against Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao in the Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency election. He served in the 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabhas. Reddy died in office on 12 March 2017 after a massive heart attack at his home in Allagadda.

Oreal Donald Perras más conocido como The Russian Bear e Ivan Koloff, fue un luchador profesional de lucha libre canadiense. Se crio en una granja de productos lácteos en Canadá. Proviene de una familia de siete chicos y tres chicas.

Chu Ke-liang o Chu Ko-liang fue un actor, comediante y cantante taiwanés, además uno de los presentadores de televisión más famosos y conocidos en su país de origen. Era también famoso por su apariencia de vestir con una ropa y peinados inusuales para reforsar su humor grueso ante el público. Además es padre de la cantante Jeannie Hsieh.

Vladimir Alexeyevich Tolokonnikov was a Soviet, Russian and Kazakh film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR. He was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship.

Erica Garner fue una activista estadounidense que defendió una reforma policial, particularmente en lo referido al uso de fuerza durante arrestos. Garner comenzó a implicarse en el activismo tras la muerte de su padre, Eric Garner, en 2014, tras un incidente con un agente de policía de la Ciudad de Nueva York.

Daniil Alexandrovich Granin, original family name German , was a Soviet and Russian author.

John Morrison Clarke was a New Zealand-born comedian, writer and satirist who lived and worked in Australia from the late 1970s. He was a highly regarded actor and writer whose work appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in both radio and television and also in print.

Barbara Cook fue una actriz y cantante estadounidense con registro de soprano lírica que actuó durante seis décadas, ganadora del Theatre World Award en 1955, Premio Tony en 1957 y nominada en 2002 y 2010, ganadora del Drama Desk Award y merecedora del Premio Kennedy por su contribución a las artes escénicas en 2011. Estrenó la ópereta Candide de Leonard Bernstein, considerada una figura icónica de la canción de Broadway con nominaciones al Premio Laurence Olivier y escogida para el American Theater Hall of Fame.