Tom Petty, singer-songwriter (Oct. 20, 1950–Oct. 2, 2017)
Sam Shepard, actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director (Nov. 5, 1943–July 27, 2017)
Jerry Lewis, comedian and film star (March 16, 1926–Aug. 20, 2017)
Della Reese, gospel singer, actor, and ordained minister (July 6, 1931–Nov. 19, 2017)
Chris Cornell, musician and frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave (July 20, 1964–May 18, 2017)
David Cassidy, actor, singer, and songwriter (April 12, 1950—Nov. 21, 2017)
June Foray, voice actor best known for Rocky the Flying Squirrel (Sept. 18, 1917–July 26, 2017)
Adam West, actor (Sept. 19, 1928–June 9, 2017)
Malcolm Young, guitarist and cofounder of AC/DC (Jan. 6, 1953–Nov. 18, 2017)
Hugh Hefner, founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy (April 9, 1926–Sept. 27, 2017)
Stevie Ryan, YouTube personality and actor (June 2, 1984–July 1, 2017)
Nelsan Ellis, actor and playwright (Nov. 30, 1977–July 8, 2017)
Peter Sallis, actor who voiced Wallace (Feb. 1, 1921–June 2, 2017)
Liz Smith, columnist (Feb. 2, 1923–Nov. 12, 2017)
Don Rickles, comedian, actor, and author (May 8, 1926–April 6, 2017)
Roy Halladay, professional baseball player (May 14, 1977–Nov. 7, 2017)
Butch Trucks and Gregg Allman, founding members of the Allman Brothers (May 11, 1947–Jan. 24, 2017 and Dec. 8, 1947–May 27, 2017, respectively)
Walter Becker, guitarist and cofounder of Steely Dan (Feb. 20, 1950–Sept. 3, 2017)
Prodigy, rapper and cofounder of the rap duo Mobb Deep (Nov. 2, 1974–June 20, 2017)
Lil Peep, rapper (Nov. 1, 1996—Nov. 15, 2017)