List of Famous people who died in 2017

Jay Patrick Lynch was an American cartoonist who played a key role in the underground comix movement with his Bijou Funnies and other titles. He is best known for his comic strip Nard n' Pat and the running gag Um tut sut. His work is sometimes signed Jayzey Lynch. Lynch was the main writer for Bazooka Joe comics from 1967 to 1990; he contributed to Mad, and in the 2000s expanded into the children's book field.

Richard Allan "Sluggo" Suggitt was a Canadian rugby union footballer and a rugby union coach. Ric was also the head coach of the USA Women's 7's Olympic team and was the head coach at University of Lethbridge.

Albert-Georges-Yves Malbois was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

István Tatár was a Hungarian sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay and the 100 meters at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics.

Matilde Margherita Mary Capuis was an Italian organist, pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in Naples and studied at the Benedetto Marcello conservatory in Venice with Gabriele Bianchi and at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence.

Pierluigi Cappello was an Italian poet. He was born in Gemona del Friuli, and raised in Chiusaforte.

Leon Lemmens was a Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Belgium.

André Rives was a French rugby league footballer who played as a fullback.

Paul MacEwan was a politician in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and long-time member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (MLA).

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Yezhevsky was a Soviet statesman, minister of tractor and agricultural machinery of the USSR (1980-1988). He was born in Tulun, Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire.