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Dec 26, 2017 · Jim Nabors, actor and singer, 87. (June 12, 1930 — Nov. 30, 2017) Best known for his role as Gomer Pyle on two 1960s television sitcoms, actor Jim Nabors had many highlights over his career. In the early 1960s he transformed into the goofy and endearing character Gomer Pyle on The Andy Griffith Show, and he proved so popular that Nabors ...
Dec 18, 2017 · Award-winning country singer Don Williams passed away on September 8, 2017 after suffering a short bout of illness. He was 78. Williams was known as country music's "Gentle Giant" and gained ...
Apr 22, 2024 · NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless died at the age of 80 on December 22, 2017. No cause of death was immediately given. McCandless is best-known for being the first human to fly in space untethered; he is the man in the suit in this famous image. The famous space first took place in 1984.
Jan 1, 2017 · Rance Howard was born on 17 November 1928 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Nebraska (2013), Universal Soldier (1992) and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007). He was married to Judy Howard and Jean Speegle Howard. He died on 25 November 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dec 22, 2017 · Famous people who died in 2017 include rock legend Tom Petty, '70s teen idol David Cassidy, James Bond star Roger Moore, actress Mary Tyler Moore, rock-and-roll pioneer Chuck Berry, grunge icon ...
Jun 1, 2017 · Jun 1 Tankred Dorst, German playwright, dies at 91. Jun 2 Peter Sallis, British actor (Wallace and Gromit, Last of the Summer Wine), dies at 96. Jun 3 Jimmy Piersall, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1954, 56; his bipolar disorder subject book & film, "Fear Strikes Out"), dies at 87. Jun 6 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman (arms ...
Dec 29, 2017 · If 2016 felt like a celebrity death epidemic —including the unexpected deaths of the relatively young Prince, David Bowie, Alan Rickman and Carrie Fisher—2017 was filled with less surprising ...
