Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2017

Leslie Koo or Koo Cheng-yun was a Taiwanese business executive and billionaire who served as Chairman of Taiwan Cement Corporation. He was the second son of the prominent businessman and diplomat Koo Chen-fu, and a member of the Lukang Koo clan, one of the five wealthiest families of Taiwan.

Daniel Te'o-Nesheim was a Samoan American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington.

Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin, CH, CBE, fue un pintor e impresor británico. Recibió diversos premios, incluyendo su nombramiento de caballero por la reina Isabel II de Inglaterra.

Jerry Adriani was a Brazilian singer, musician and actor. He began his career in television while working with Rede Tupi in São Paulo. His early work included his time as vocalist with the ensemble Os Rebeldes.

David Malcolm Storey fue un dramaturgo, guionista, novelista y jugador profesional de rugby a 13 británico. Ganó el Premio Booker en 1976 por su novela Saville, y el MacMillan Fiction Award por This Sporting Life en 1960.

Gabriel Stanley "Gabe" Pressman was an American journalist who was a reporter for WNBC-TV in New York City for more than 60 years. His career spanned more than seven decades; the events he covered included the sinking of the Andrea Doria in 1956, the assassinations of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr., the Beatles' first trip to the United States, and the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11. He was one of the pioneers of United States television news and has been credited as the first reporter to have left the studio for on-the-scene "street reporting" at major events. Dubbed the "Dean of New York Journalism", Pressman's numerous awards include a Peabody and 11 Emmys, and he was considered a New York icon.

Thomas Jerome Hudner Jr. fue un oficial de la Armada de los Estados Unidos y aviador naval. Ascendió al rango de capitán y recibió la Medalla de Honor por sus acciones al tratar de salvar la vida de su compañero de ala, el alférez Jesse L. Brown, durante la batalla del embalse de Chosin en la Guerra de Corea.

Peter Doohan fue un tenista australiano. En su carrera conquistó un torneo ATP de individuales y cinco torneos ATP de dobles. Su mejor posición en el ranking de individuales fue el nº43 en agosto de 1987. En 1987 llegó a la cuarta ronda de Wimbledon, derrotando a Boris Becker en la segunda ronda.

Major-General Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery was a Kenyan politician. He was a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Kenya from 2002 to 2014, when he resigned to take up a cabinet position as Secretary for Internal Security and Coordination of National Government. He was also a senior elder of the Maasai community until his sudden death on 8 July 2017.

Khadeeja was an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was one of the prominent lead actress during the late 1960s and 1970s in Malayalam. In 1968, she acted in Viruthan Shanku, the first full-length comedy in Malayalam cinema directed by P. Venu. She was born in Odakaali in Perumbavoor, Kerala, a Muslim girl who had suffered a lot for learning dance in Kalamandalam. She acted in more than 50 movies.