Deaths for the week ending 9 September 2017:
Sunday, 3 September 2017
Walter Becker, rock musician (Steely Dan), of cancer of the esophagus, 67.
Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet), of a heart attack, 66.
Monday, 4 September 2017
Gastone Moschin, actor (The Godfather Part II), 88.
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Rick Stevens, R&B singer (Tower of Power), of liver cancer, 77.
Tom Wright, major leaguer (Boston Red Sox), 93.
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Carlo Caffarra, Roman Catholic cardinal (Italy), after a long illness, 79.
Jim McDaniels, NBA basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics), of complications from diabetes, 69.
Kate Millett, feminist writer (Sexual Politics), of cardiac arrest, 82.
Noel Picard, NHL hockey player (St. Louis Blues), of cancer, 78.
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Gene Michael, major-league player and executive (New York Yankees), of a heart attack, 79.
Friday, 8 September 2017
Troy Gentry, country singer (Montgomery Gentry), in a helicopter crash, 50.
Blake Heron, actor (Shiloh), of an accidental drug overdose, 35.
Jerry Pournelle, tech and science fiction writer (Lucifer's Hammer), of natural causes, 84.
Don Williams, country singer ("I Believe In You"), of emphysema, 78.
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Velasio de Paolis, Roman Catholic cardinal (The Vatican), 81.
Michael Friedman, Broadway composer (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), of AIDS, 41.
Pierre Pilote, NHL hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks), 85.