We are officially on the break of a new year, on the precipice of new opportunities. We are busy making resolutions, preparing goals and envisioning dreams. But before we move on from 2017, let’s take a moment to remember some amazing people we’ve lost this year. Many role models – from astronauts to comedians, from singers to actors, and broadcasters to athletes, 2017 has come and gone, and with it, many talented people.
Best known for: being the last person to walk on the moon
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Best known for: The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Photo by Bob Willoughby – mptvimages.com
Best known for: Midnight Express and Elephant Man
Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto | Getty Images
Best known for: Battlestar Galactica
Photo by Gabe Ginsberg / FilmMagic/Getty Images
Best known for: Apollo 13, Twister, and Titanic
Photo by Christopher Polk | Getty Images
Best known for: presiding over The People’s Court
Photo by GALBRAITH/AP
Best known for: “We are Family” performed with her sisters
Photo by Andreas Rentz | Getty Images
Best known for: being the “father of rock and roll”
Photo by Francois Durand | Getty Images
Best known for: being the “King of Daytime TV” and game shows like The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game and The Gong Show
Photo by Ron Tom / NBC via Getty Images
Best known for: playing Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days
Photo by Kevin Winter | Getty Images
Best known for: chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures
Photo by Evan Agostini / AP
Best known for: playing James Bond
Photo by Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
Best known for: The Allman Brothers Band
Photo by Rick Diamond | Getty Images
Best known for: sports reporting in Sports Illustrated and National Public Radio
Jeffery A. Salter/Sports Illustrated — Getty Images
Best known for: TV series Batman
Photo by Mike Coppola | Getty Images
Best known for: Animal House
Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
Best known for: TV series Mission: Impossible and movie Ed Wood
Photo by Danny Moloshok / Reuters
Best known for: Singer for Linkin Park
Photo by Junko Kimura | Getty Images
Best known for: playing the father in Home Alone
Photo by Gabriel Olsen | Getty Images
Best known for: Frank Sinatra’s wife and advocacy for abused children
Photo courtesy of Photofest
Best known for: the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel (and Natasha Fatale!) on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
Photo by JIM SMEAL/BEI
Best known for: Country western singer
Photo by Harrison McClary / Reuters
Best known for: Comedian who used humor to advocate for social justice
Photo by Gus Ruelas / Reuters
Best known for: The Nutty Professor and The Bellboy
Photo by Frederick M. Brown | Getty Images
Best known for: Cheers and Murphy Brown
Photo by Nick Ut / AP
Best known for: Co-founder of Steely Dan
Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty
Best known for: Country western singer
Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images
Best known for: Country western duo Montgomery Gentry
Photo by Ed Rode/AP
Best known for: The Sopranos and Goodfellas
Photo by Paul Hawthorne / Getty Images
Best known for: Middleweight champion, whose life was portrayed in Raging Bull
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Best known for: Playboy magazine founder
Photo by Lucy Nicholson / Reuters
Best known for: Let’s Make a Deal
Photo from ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images
Best known for: the Heartbreakers
Photo by ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images
Best known for: Hall of Fame Quarterback and NFL Most Valuable Player
Photo by AP
Best known for: award-winning MLB pitcher
Photo by Drew Hallowell / Getty Images
Best known for: Higgins on Magnum P.I.
Photo by LIU / AP
Best known for: Co-founder of AC/DC
Photo by Jim Steinfeldt/Getty Images
Best known for: Touched by an Angel
Photo by Amanda Edwards | Getty Images
Best known for: grandfather Russell Huxtable on The Cosby Show
Photo by Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images
Best known for: The Partridge Family
Photo courtesy of PHOTOS INC/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK
Best known for: Sports broadcasting for Super Bowls, Olympics, NCAA Final Fours and baseball games
Photo by AP
Best known for: Louisa von Trapp in The Sound of Music
Photo by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Best known for: Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show
Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images.
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