List of Famous people who died in 2017
Rafe Mair
Kenneth Rafe Mair was a Canadian lawyer, political commentator, radio personality and politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served in the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as the member for Kamloops from 1975 to 1981 in the caucus of the Social Credit Party.
Stubbs
Stubbs was a cat who was the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska, from July 1997 until his death.
Roger Pingeon
Roger Pingeon was a professional road bicycle racer from France.
Amelyn Veloso
Amelyn Esther Veloso-Zapanta was a Filipina broadcast journalist of CNN Philippines.
Jay Kordich
John Steven "Jay" Kordich was an American author and advocate of juicing and juice fasting. Kordich was best known as the "Juiceman" and the "Father of Juicing" in the United States.
Bob Wolff
Robert Alfred Wolff was an American radio and television sportscaster.
Dieter Kurrat
Dieter 'Hoppi' Kurrat was a German football player and coach. His brother, Hans-Jürgen Kurrat, also played football professionally.
Kris Kaspersky
Kris Kaspersky was a Russian hacker, writer and IT security researcher.
Raymond Sackler
Raymond Sackler KBE was an American physician and businessman. Raymond Sackler founded Purdue Pharma together with his brothers Arthur M. Sackler and Mortimer Sackler. Purdue Pharma is the developer of OxyContin, the drug at the center of the opioid epidemic in the United States.
Pierre Henry
Pierre Georges Henry was a French composer, considered a pioneer of musique concrète.