List of Famous people who died in 2017

R. D. Reid was a Canadian character actor known for his portrayal of Sergeant Purley Stebbins in the A&E TV original series, A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002), and the series pilot, The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000). He appeared in Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, and George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead. His other film appearances include Santa Who? (2000), Capote (2005) Half Baked (1998), Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and You Are Here (2010). He also starred in the indie horror film Silent But Deadly.

Morton A. Kaplan was Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, at the University of Chicago. He was also President of the Professors World Peace Academy International; and Editor of the World&I magazine, published by the Washington Times Corporation, from its founding in 1986 until 2004.

Samir Farid was an Egyptian writer and a world renowned film critic, journalist and film historian based in Cairo. He authored and/or translated over 60 books since 1966 on Egyptian, Arab and World cinema. He was the consultant for Cinema affairs in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. (2001-2016).