2017 Celebrity Deaths

We remember celebrities we've lost this year.
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Tuesday | 5.23.2017

BORN TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Born May 23

By: Legacy.com Staff

Rosemary Clooney (NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

After Rosemary Clooney charmed the world with hit singles like "Come on-a My House," "Mambo Italiano," and others, she moved on to an acting career

BORN TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Born May 22

By: Legacy.com Staff

Harvey Milk (AP Photo)

Harvey Milk was already an icon for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights movement when he was gunned down in 1978

DIED TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Died May 20

By: Legacy.com Staff

Gilda Radner (Photo by NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Gilda Radner was one of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players, the very first comedians to make "Saturday Night Live" hilarious

DIED TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Died May 15

By: Legacy.com Staff

June Carter Cash (Yale Joel / Getty)

June Carter Cash was part of the Carter Family before starting her own musical family with her third husband, Johnny Cash

BORN TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Born May 18

By: Legacy.com Staff

Perry Como (CBS Photo Archive / Getty)

Bing Crosby once described Perry Como as "the man who invented casual." We remember Como's life today as well as the lives of other notable people who were born

DIED TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Died May 17

By: Legacy.com Staff

Donna Summer (Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)

Donna Summer was known as the Queen of Disco, selling upward of 100 million albums during her career, including hits like "Love To Love You Baby" and "Hot Stuff

BORN TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Born May 14

By: Legacy.com Staff

Tamara Dobson (Everett Collection)

Actress Tamara Dobson starred in "Cleopatra Jones" and became an icon of the blaxploitation era, even though she only had a few film credits to her name

BORN TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Born May 21

By: Legacy.com Staff

The Notorious BIG  (Wikimedia Commons)

One of the key members of the East Coast hip-hop scene, Christopher Wallace, aka the Notorious B.I.G., was one of the most popular rappers of the 1990s

BORN TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Born May 20

By: Legacy.com Staff

James Stewart (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jimmy Stewart starred in many unforgettable films such as "Rear Window," "Vertigo," and "It's a Wonderful Life." We remember Stewart's life today as well as the

DIED TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Died May 18

By: Legacy.com Staff

Elizabeth Montgomery (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)

Elizabeth Montgomery is remembered best for playing Samantha Stephens on the classic sitcom "Bewitched" from 1964 to 1972

DIED TODAY IN HISTORY ›

Died May 16

By: Legacy.com Staff

Sammy Davis Jr. (Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images)

Sammy Davis Jr. was an entertainment powerhouse, a true triple threat of talent. Sammy could sing, dance, act, and be funny, too