PARIS: From German political colossus Helmut Kohl to rock pioneer Chuck Berry, here are some of the personalities who passed away in 2017. - June 30: Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor who played a leading role in legalising contraception and abortion in France, aged 89 at her Paris home. - May 23: British actor Roger Moore, television's The Saint and 007 in seven James Bond films, aged 89 of cancer. - June 27: British author Michael Bond, who created Paddington bear, aged 91 at his home. - June 16: Christian Cabrol, a French cardiac surgeon known for performing Europe's first heart transplant, aged 91 in a Paris hospital.

Source: New Strait Times December 30, 2017 02:03 UTC