![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/packages/flash/multimedia/ICONS/transparent.png)
Om Puri in a scene from "The Hundred-Foot Journey."
François Duhamel/DreamWorks II
Om Puri
Died on January 6, 2017 at age 66
Mr. Puri, one of the most acclaimed Indian actors of his generation, appeared in some 300 films, most of them in India. He was better known in the West for a handful of roles in well-received British and American films.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.