Death claimed renowned political figures in 2017, including Germany's ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl and Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin, but also took away Hollywood actors and legendary musicians, such as James Bond star Roger Moore and Russian opera star Dmitri Hvorostovsky. TASS remembers people we lost in 2017
Remembering those we lost in 2017
A look back at notable people who have died in 2017
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Seven-time Grammy Award winner, American singer and musician Al Jarreau died on February 12. He was 76
© AP Photo/Claude Paris Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin died at the age of 64 on February 20
© AP Photo/Seth Wenig US Rock'n Roll legend Chuck Berry died on March 18. He was 90
© AP Photo/Keystone/Walter Bieri Russian ice hockey legend Vladimir Petrov died at the age of 69 on February 28
© Alexander Yakovlev/TASS Alexei Abrikosov, a Russian-born physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 2003, died on March 29. He was 88
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American musician, singer Chris Cornell died on May 18. He committed suicide at the age of 52
© AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh James Bond star Roger Moore died on May 23. He was 89
© AP Photo/Robert Dear Helmut Kohl, Germany's ex-chancellor and architect of reunification in 1990, died at the age of 87 on June 16
© AP Photo/Thomas Meier Chester Bennington, the lead singer of rock band Linkin Park, died from an apparent suicide on July 20. He was 41
© Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner passed away aged 91 on September 27
© AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Russian opera star Dmitri Hvorostovsky died following a battle with brain cancer on November 22. He was 55
© Sergei Karpov/TASS French rock singer Johnny Hallyday died at the age of 74 on December 6
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