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

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

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

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

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

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

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