The passing of the following philosophers was noted on the blog during 2017:  Marilyn McCord Adams, Pamela Sue Anderson, Karl-Otto Apel, Lynne Rudder Baker, Robert S. Cohen, William G. Demopoulos, Hubert L. Dreyfus, Delia Graff Fara, Jerry Fodor, William H. Gass, Bob Hale, Kent Johnson, Peter Kivy, István Mészáros, Eileen O'Neill, Derek Parfit, Joshua Parsons, Tom Regan, Henry Rosemont, Jr., Dudley Shapere, A.D. (David) Smith, Raymond Smullyan, Gaisi Takeuti, Richard Tieszen.  You can find more information, including (often) links to obituaries by scrolling through the "Philosophy Updates" category (in which this post also appears).