Man, it's been a while since someone posted here.
As for the 2017 names, here are my ideas:
Kirk Douglas: Lust for Death (Reference to his 1956 film Lust for Life)
Vera Lynn: We'll Meet Again... Or Will We? (reference to her song We'll Meet Again)
Billy Graham: Billy Graham's Bible Blasted (reference to the video game Billy Graham's Bible Blaster in The Simpsons)
Lord Carrington: One Lord Meets Another
Prince Philip: Long Live The Prince
Denis Norden: We'll Take It From Here (reference to Take It From Here, one of his radio programs)
Pierre Cardin: Out of Style
Stan Lee: Lee's Final Cameo on DeathList
Olivia de Havilland: Gone with de Havilland
Herman Wouk: Mutiny on the Caine (reference to his book The Caine Mutiny)
Tony Booth: Till Death Do Us Part (played Mike Rawlins on the show)
Bob Dole: Dole Loses Another Election
Leah Bracknell: The Late Zoe Tate (Her role on Emmerdale)
Jimmy Carter: Malaise (one of his speeches)
Gord Downie: Tragically Hip Death
Leslie Phillips: Phillips Sorted (he provided the voice of the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter)
Robert Mugabe: Forum Member or Not?
(No idea for Javier Perez de Cuellar)
Jake Lamotta: K.O.
Michael of Romania: Say Goodbye to Mihai
Betty White: Rosebud (Rose was her character on The Golden Girls; Rosebud was the magnate's dying words in Citizen Kane)
(No idea for Nobby Stiles)
Queen Elizabeth: God Save The Queen
(No idea for Jill Gascoine)
Bob Barker: The Price Isn't Right
(No idea for Doug Ellis)
George H. W. Bush: Read My Lips: Bush is Dead
Honor Blackman: Pussy No More (Played Pussy Galore in Goldfinger)
(No idea for Ian St. John)
Hugh Hefner: Playboy Played
David Prowse: The Force Was Strong With This One
Jerry Lewis: Martin And Lewis Reunited
(No idea for Sandy Gall)
Pope Benedict XVI: Arrivederci! (also a reference to his resignation)
Fats Domino: Ain't That A Shame (reference to his song of the same name)
Hosni Mubarak: Overthrown Yet Again
(No idea for Desmond Tutu)
Akihito: Tenno Haika? (Japanese for "Are you alright?")
Gay Byrne: Gay Byrned
(No idea for Liz Dawn)
(No idea for Valerie Harper)