Notable deaths of 2017(29 images)

David Cassidy performs at B.B. Kings in New York City on July 19, 2012. Cassidy was hospitalized in Florida with organ failure and died on Nov. 21 surrounded by family. The beloved "Partridge Family" star lived to be 67. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Actress and singer Della Reese speaks during an unveiling ceremony honoring her "Touched by an Angel" costar Roma Downey (L) on August 11, 2016. Della Reese lived to be 86 and died peacefully surrounded by family in California. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Country Music Hall of Fame member Mel Tillis introduces Charlie McCoy at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville,Tenn. on February 4, 2009. Tillis had been battling intestinal issues since 2016 and died from respiratory failure in Florida. Former President Obama honored Tillis with a Medal of Arts in 2012. File photo by Frederick Breedon IV/UPI | License Photo

Fats Domino waves to the crowd at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Domino died of natural causes surrounded by family. He was 89. File Photo by Judi Bottoni/UPI | License Photo

Robert Guillaume gives the keynote address at the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Guillaume died Oct. 24th due to complications of prostate cancer. He was 89. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo

Tom Petty performs in concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 17, 2008. Petty died of cardiac arrest on Oct. 2. He was 66. File Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo

Monty Hall attends the CBS, CW, CBS Television Studios and Showtime Television Critics Association party in San Marino, Calif. on August 3, 2009. Hall died of heart failure on Sept. 30. He was 96. File Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI | License Photo

Playboy founder Hugh Hefner leaves the Grimaldi Forum during the 47th Monte Carlo Television Festival in Monte Carlo, Monaco on June 12, 2007. Hefner died from natural causes on Sept. 27. He was 91. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo

Jake LaMotta, inspiration for the film "Raging Bull," arrives for a special 25th Anniversary screening of the film at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on January 27, 2005. LaMotta died on Sept. 19 from complications from pneumonia. He was 95. File Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo

Jerry Lewis arrives at a photo call for the film "Max Rose" during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 23, 2013. Lewis died on August 20 of natural causes at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo

Glen Campbell performs at the Boulevard Casino near Vancouver, on June 28, 2008. Campbell died on August 8 at the age of 81. File Photo by Heinz Ruckemann/UPI | License Photo

Rock and blues singer Gregg Allman arrives backstage for One More For The Fans! Concert in Atlanta on November 12, 2014. Allman died after a long illness on May 27th in Richmond Hill, Georgia at the age of 69. File Photo by David Tulis/UPI | License Photo

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington performs in concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on March 4, 2008. Bennington died of a suicide on July 20 at the age of 41. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI | License Photo

Actor Martin Landau arrives for the world premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" at Disneyland in Anaheim, California on June 24, 2006. Landau died on July 16 from complications during a hospital stay. He was 89. File Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI | License Photo

George A. Romero, director of "Land of the Dead," arrives at a special screening of the horror film in Los Angeles on June 20, 2005. Romero died on July 16 after a battle with lung cancer. He was 77. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Actor Nelsan Ellis, known for his roles in "True Blood" and "Elementary," attends the world premiere of "Get On Up" at the Apollo Theater in New York City on July 21, 2014. Ellis, 39, died on July 8 from complications with heart failure. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl speaks to reporters about recently signed aviation agreements between Germany and the United States during a press conference at City Hall in Milwaukee on May 23, 1996. Kohl died at his home in Germany on June 16. A cause of death was not reported. He was 87. UPI File Photo | License Photo

"Batman" star Adam West holds a replica plaque during an unveiling ceremony honoring him with the 2,468th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on April 5, 2012. West died on June 10 after a short battle with leukemia. He was 88. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Glenne Headly attends the premiere of her film "The Joneses" at the Arclight Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles on April 8, 2010. Headly, best known for her role in the film "Dick Tracy," died on June 8. She was 63. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

British actor Roger Moore attends the world premiere of "The chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" at Royal Albert Hall in London on December 7, 2005. Moore, who played James Bond in seven of the franchise's films, died in Switzerland on May 23 after a battle with cancer. He was 89. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI | License Photo

Chris Cornell arrives at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute in Los Angeles on February 6, 2009. Lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, Cornell died on May 17 of an apparent suicide. He was 52. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News, arrives at the 18th Annual Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Awards Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on October 21, 2008. Ailes died on May 17, according to a statement issued by his wife, Elizabeth. He was 77. File Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI | License Photo

Jonathan Demme poses with his Oscar for Best Director for the film "Silence of the Lambs" on March 30, 1992. Demme died on April 26, 2017 from esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease. He was 73. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Don Rickles holds his Emmy backstage at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 21, 2008. Rickles died on April 6, 2017 at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure. He was 90. File Photo by Scott Harms/UPI | License Photo

Rock and Roll legend Chuck Berry performs during a free concert in Kiener Plaza in St. Louis on July 29, 2010. Berry died March 18, 2017, at the age of 90 in his home outside St. Louis. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo

Actor Bill Paxton died from surgical complications on February 26 at the age of 61. Paxton (L), seen with Justin Cornwell at the NAACP Image Awards on February 11, was famous for his roles in "Twister," "Titanic," and "Big Love." Photo by Christine Chew/UPI | License Photo

Judge Joseph A. Wapner, former host of the television series "The People's Court," died on February 26 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96. In this November 12, 2009 file photo, Wapner holds a replica plaque during a ceremony honoring him with the 2,392nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo

Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, "died suddenly" on February 20 in New York, one day before his 65th birthday, Russian officials said. In this file photo, Churkin, speaks to reporters at United Nations Headquarters in New York City on September 16, 2013. File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI | License Photo

Mary Tyler Moore, who starred in "The Dick Van Dyke Show," and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," died on January 25 in a hospital in Connecticut. She was 80. In this file photo, Moore arrives for the taping of the fourth annual TV Land Awards in Santa Monica, California on March 19, 2006. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo