2017 in the United States

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Events in the year 2017 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

• President: Barack Obama (D-Illinois) (until January 20), Donald Trump (R-New York) (since January 20)
• Vice President: Joe Biden (D-Delaware) (until January 20), Mike Pence (R-Indiana) (since January 20)
• Chief Justice: John Roberts (New York)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)
• Senate Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
• Congress: 114th (until January 3), 115th (since January 3)

Governors and Lieutenant Governors
Governors See also: List of current United States governors 2 Lieutenant governors See also: List of current United States lieutenant governors 2

Events

January

January 20: Donald Trump becomes U.S. president

• January 1 – Nevada's ballot initiative legalizing recreational marijuana officially goes into effect.
• January 3 – Four people kidnap a mentally disabled man in Chicago, Illinois and livestream their torture of him on Facebook, prompting widespread reactions on social media as well as a statement of condemnation from then President Barack Obama. The four suspects are later arrested and charged with a hate crime.
• January 4
  • A Long Island Railroad passenger train collides with buffer stops at Atlantic Terminal in New York City, injuring 103 people.
  • NASA selects Lucy and Psyche as the 13th and 14th missions of the Discovery Program, the result of a two-year long competition.
• January 6
  • After briefing President Barack Obama, the United States Senate, and President-elect Donald Trump, the United States Intelligence Community releases a declassified version of its investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. The report asserts that Russia carried out a massive cyber operation on orders from President Vladimir Putin to influence the election in favor of Trump in a multipronged attack consisting of hacking the Democratic National Committee, use of social media and Internet trolls to spread misinformation, and open propaganda on Russian state media outlets. Trump asserts that the outcome of the election was not affected by the interference, but nonetheless announces his intention to appoint a team to combat international cyber attacks within his first 90 days in office.
  • A gunman opens fire at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida, killing five people and injuring an additional six, with another 36 people sustaining injuries in the ensuing panic on the tarmac. The suspect was placed in custody after surrendering to police.
  • The 115th United States Congress confirms the Electoral College victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
• January 8
  • The 74th Golden Globe Awards are held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. La La Land breaks the record for most awards given to a single film with seven wins out of seven nominations, including the award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Moonlight wins the award for Best Motion Picture - Drama. The Crown wins the award for Best Drama Series and Atlanta wins Best Comedy Series. Particular attention is brought to actress Meryl Streep's acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, in which she criticizes President-elect Donald Trump for what she perceived as his indecency and demonizing of the press and immigrants during his campaign. Trump responded on Twitter, calling Streep "overrated" and denying her allegations that he mocked a disabled reporter.
  • SeaWorld San Diego hosts its final orca performance after years of criticism of their keeping killer whales in captivity.
• January 10
  • Dylann Roof, convicted perpetrator of the 2015 Charleston church shooting, is sentenced to death. He is the first person in the US to face execution for federal hate crime charges.
  • President Barack Obama delivers his farewell speech at McCormick Place in his hometown of Chicago.
• January 11 – Donald Trump holds his first press conference since being elected president, wherein he derides the American news media for running what he considers to be false stories against him, particularly a January 10 CNN report stating that classified documents briefed to Trump and President Obama contained presently unsubstantiated allegations that Russian operatives possess "compromising personal and financial information" about Trump that could be used as blackmail.
• January 12
  • Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz launches an investigation into the conduct of the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, specifically the decision of FBI Director James Comey to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server less than two weeks before the 2016 presidential election.
  • As an act of reassurance to NATO allies, the Obama administration deploys over 3,000 American troops to Poland to ensure protection from any possible future aggression from Russia, who subsequently call the act a threat to their national security.
  • Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey orders ExxonMobil to hand over documents related to a state investigation into whether the company misled the public about the impact of fossil fuels on global climate.
• January 13 – The Justice Department concludes its 13-month investigation into the Chicago Police Department and finds that the department regularly violated citizens' civil rights through the use of excessive force, particularly toward African-American and Latino individuals.
• January 14 – SpaceX launches its first Falcon 9 rocket since a vehicle exploded in September 2016, launching from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
• January 17 – Three days before leaving office, President Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks.
• January 19
  • Mexican drug kingpin El Chapo is extradited to the United States to await trial.
  • President Obama commutes the sentences of 330 prisoners, most of them nonviolent drug offenders. It is the highest number of commutations ever given in a single day by a US President.
• January 20 – At 12:00 p.m. EST, businessman Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States, succeeding Barack H. Obama.
• January 21 – 2.9 million people attend the Women's March in response to the inauguration of Donald Trump, making it the single biggest protest in U.S. history.
• January 23
  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order withdrawing the US from the controversial trade pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
  • President Trump issues an executive order freezing hiring to the federal government, excluding the military.
• January 24
  • President Trump signs a series of presidential memorandums allowing the federal government to move forward with the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline and Keystone XL pipeline.
  • The Trump administration freezes all new research grants and contracts for the Environmental Protection Agency and temporarily bars its employees from posting press releases or updates to the agency's social media accounts and from speaking to the press.
  • The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight. La La Land ties with Titanic (1997) and All About Eve (1950) for the most Oscar nominations for a single film, with fourteen nominations.
• January 25
  • President Trump signs a set of executive orders directing the US Department of Homeland Security to use existing funds to begin construction on a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and putting an end to the longstanding catch and release policy in an effort toward swifter deportations of illegal immigrants.
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches 20,000 points for the first time ever.
• January 26 – A 2007 interview is released in which Carolyn Bryant, for whom African-American teenager Emmett Till was accused of making verbal and physical advances on, leading to his lynching death in 1955, admits that she fabricated that aspect of her testimony against Till.
• January 27 – President Trump signs an executive order banning the entry of refugees of the Syrian Civil War into the United States indefinitely, and banning the entry of all nationals, regardless of visa status, of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen to the US for 90 days. The order prompts international criticism, a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union, the detainment of legal Muslim travelers at several international airports, and Iran announcing a ban on entry of US citizens into the country until the ban is lifted.
• January 30 – President Trump fires acting United States Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructs the Justice Department to not carry out Trump's recent executive order on refugees and immigrants.
• January 31 – President Trump nominates federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court left by the death of Antonin Scalia in 2016.

February

• February 1 – The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General office opens an investigation into the implementation of Executive Order 13769.
• February 3
  • The Trump administration enacts new sanctions against 25 entities in Iran in retaliation for their recent ballistic missile test.
  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order to review and eventually scale back the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act put in place after the Great Recession.
  • Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson secures a nationwide temporary restraining order on President Trump's immigration ban from judge James Robart, calling it unlawful and unconstitutional.
• February 5 – In Super Bowl LI, the New England Patriots defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34–28.
• February 7
  • Betsy DeVos is confirmed as the new US Secretary of Education by the United States Senate in a 51-50 vote, with Vice President Mike Pence casting the tiebreaker vote. It is the first time in Senate history that a Vice President has done so for a Cabinet nominee confirmation.
  • A tornado impacts New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving approximately 10,000 homes without electricity.
• February 12 – Nearly 200,000 people are evacuated around Oroville, California, and surrounding areas due to an emergency spillway failure at Oroville Dam.
• February 14 – It is reported that President Trump's election campaign aides and other associates had repeated contacts with Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election.
• February 17 - President Donald Trump visits the Boeing South Carolina facility to see the first 787-10 Dreamliner built.
• February 22
  • NASA announces that TRAPPIST-1, a star system 39 light years away, has been found to contain seven Earth-sized planets. At least three are in the habitable zone, but all seven have the potential to support liquid water.
  • An Indian engineer is shot dead and another injured in Olathe, Kansas, in an apparent hate crime.
• February 23 – Police forcibly evict all remaining Dakota Access Pipeline protesters, arresting thirty-three people.
• February 25 – Democrat Stephanie Hansen wins a special election, ensuring her party retains its 44-year control of the Delaware Senate. Democrats across the country, motivated by antipathy to Trump's presidency, raised over a million dollars for her campaign, a record amount for an election to the Delaware legislature and any special election in the state. Former Vice President Joseph Biden also went door-to-door with her.
• February 26
  • Kurt Busch wins the Daytona 500 in the first race for NASCAR's newest race format.
  • Moonlight wins Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards.

March

• March 2 – President Trump visits the aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford.
• March 15
  • The U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest rates from 0.75 to 1.0%.
  • President Trump's revised travel ban on Muslims and refugees is blocked by a federal judge in Hawaii.
• March 16 – Sebastian Gorka, a top advisor to President Trump, faces calls to resign after he is revealed to be a member of a Hungarian Nazi group.
• March 18 – Rock and roll pioneer Chuck Berry dies at the age of 90.
• March 20
  • The United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence holds a hearing about Russian interference in the 2016 election and confirms that there is an ongoing investigation into ties between Trump's team and Russia.
  • The Senate Judiciary Committee begins hearings on the nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• March 27 – President Trump calls to investigate any ties with Hillary Clinton and Russia.
• March 28 – President Trump signs the Energy Independence Executive Order, intended to boost coal and other fossil fuel production by rolling back Obama-era policies on climate change and the environment.
• March 30
  • Michael Flynn offers to testify before Congress in exchange for immunity from prosecution in relation to alleged Russian influence on the 2016 Presidential election.
  • SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.

April

• April 5 – President Trump removes his senior strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council.
• April 6 – In response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town, the U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
• April 9 – David Dao, an Asian physician, is physically assaulted and dragged off a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville by police, prompting worldwide reaction.
• April 13 – a large non-nuclear bomb known as the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), is dropped by the United States in the Nangahar's Achin District in eastern Afghanistan to destroy tunnel complexes used by ISIS
• April 14 – Angelo Colon-Ortiz, 31, a suspect in the death of jogger Vanessa Marcotte, who disappeared on August 7, 2016 in Massachusetts and was later found dead, is arrested.
• April 15
  • Hundreds of President Trump's supporters clash with anti-Trump protesters in Berkeley, California. 21 people are arrested.
  • Protests erupt in cities across the country, most notably at Mar-a-Lago with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanding President Trump release his tax returns.
  • A federal judge in Arkansas issues an injunction halting the execution by lethal injection of nine inmates, calling this method unconstitutional.
• April 16
  • Vice President Pence visits South Korea and calls North Korea's missile launch a 'provocation'.
  • Shooting of Robert Godwin: 74-year-old Godwin, a retired foundry worker is shot and killed while walking on a sidewalk in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio by 37-year-old Steve Stephens, who posted a video of the shooting on his Facebook account.
• April 17
  • Vice President Pence visits Camp Bonifas near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, unexpectedly deviating from his security plan and walking all the way to the military demarcation line, sending nearby security personnel scrambling.
  • President Trump, Melania and their son Barron kick off the 139th Annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House.
  • A State Department official warns of a "significant international response" if North Korea were to mount another nuclear test.
  • A U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk from Fort Belvoir, Virginia with three crew members aboard crashes near Leonardtown, Maryland. One of the crew members was taken by helicopter to a local hospital.
• April 18
  • Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017; a special election to replace Tom Price is scheduled to take place, With no candidate managing to get over 50% of the vote, leading to a run-off election scheduled for June 20 (although Democrat Jon Ossoff won the majority of votes)
  • Disappearance of Etan Patz; Pedro Hernandez is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of Etan Patz.
  • 39-year-old Kori Ali Muhammad kills three people in shootings in downtown Fresno
  • Shooting of Robert Godwin: Murder suspect Steve Stephens is found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a brief police pursuit in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
• April 19
  • Vice President Pence gives a speech to troops stationed at the Yokosuka Naval Base aboard the USS Ronald Reagan
  • Aaron Hernandez commits suicide by hanging himself in prison.
  • Jason Chaffetz announces he will not run for re-election to his House seat in 2018.
  • Television host and author Bill O'Reilly is fired from Fox News following accusations of sexual harassment.
• April 20
  • 15-year old Elizabeth Thomas from Middle Tennessee is found safe in Northern California and 50-year old kidnapper Tad Cummins is arrested after a four-week manhunt.
  • President Trump hosts Sarah Palin, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent at the White House.
  • President Trump holds a joint news conference with Italian PM Paolo Gentiloni.
• April 21 – Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is removed from his post by the Trump administration and replaced by Sylvia Trent-Adams.
• April 22 – March for Science.
• April 23
  • Kim Sang-duk, a Korean American professor is detained in North Korea.
  • Former President Barack Obama arrives in Chicago for a two-day visit and meets privately with at-risk young men on the South Side.
• April 24
  • Workers in New Orleans began to remove four monuments dedicated to the Confederacy era in New Orleans.
  • The entire Senate is invited to the White House for a briefing on North Korea.

May

• May 9
  • A tunnel collapse occurs at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
  • FBI chief James Comey is fired by Trump for mishandling of the Hillary Clinton email controversy. However, critics accuse Trump of attempting to subvert the ongoing FBI investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.
• May 12 – 43-year-old Thomas Hartless kills three people, including a police chief, in a shooting attack at Kirkersville, Ohio.
• May 16
  • President Trump is accused of asking FBI chief James Comey to drop an inquiry into links between Michael Flynn and Russia.
  • President Trump is reported to have shared highly classified information with Russia, provided by Israeli intelligence, but stands by his "absolute right" to share it.
  • Turkey's Police Counter Attack Team attack a crowd of protesters at the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in Washington, D.C.
• May 17
  • Chelsea Manning is freed after serving seven years of her 35-year sentence for leaking diplomatic cables and military files to Wikileaks.
  • Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) calls for President Trump to be impeached on the House floor.
  • The U.S. Justice Department names former FBI chief Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion between President Trump's campaign and Moscow.
• May 18
  • An 18-year-old woman is killed and 22 other people injured after a car plows into pedestrians at Times Square in New York. The driver, a 26-year-old former U.S. Navy member, is arrested.
  • A 1982 painting, Untitled, by the late Jean-Michel Basquiat, sells for $110 million at Sotheby's, becoming the most expensive work by an American artist ever sold at an auction.
• May 20 – Trump makes his first foreign visit as President, to Saudi Arabia, where he signs deals worth more than $350 billion. This includes a $110 billion arms deal – the single biggest in U.S. history.
• May 21 – At Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus stages the final show in its 146-year history.
• May 26 – An anti-Muslim stabbing attack aboard a Portland, Oregon commuter train kills two people and injures a third.
• May 27 – President Trump attends the G7 summit, where the six other leaders reaffirm their commitment to the Paris climate accord, but Trump says he will delay a decision on the agreement until the following week.
• May 28 – Takuma Sato wins the 101st Indianapolis 500, becoming the first Japanese driver to win the event.

June

• June 1 – President Trump announces his intentions to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.
• June 8 – Former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee about conversations he had with President Trump and whether he pressured him to drop an investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
• June 11
  • The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Nashville Predators in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals to win the series 4-2 and win their 5th Stanley Cup title in their 50th season, winning the NHL Championship for the second year in a row. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the NHL Playoffs MVP for the second consecutive year.
• June 12
  • President Trump convenes his first full cabinet meeting in the White House.
  • The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a decision blocking President Trump's revised travel ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations.
  • The Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to win the series 4-1 and win their 5th NBA championship and their second in three years, winning the title with the best postseason record in history going 16-1. Warriors forward Kevin Durant won his first NBA title and won the NBA Finals MVP award.
• June 14
  • House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise and his aides are hit by gunfire during a baseball practice in Virginia. The shooter is killed by a security detail.
  • The Federal Reserve raises its key interest rate by 0.25%, to a target range of 1 to 1.25%, the second increase of the year and its highest level since 2008.
  • Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. announce on Twitter that they will fight on August 26 after heavy anticipation at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the event being dubbed as The Money Fight.
  • It is reported that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating President Trump for possible obstruction of justice and whether he tried to end an inquiry into his sacked national security adviser.
  • A shooting at a UPS facility in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood leaves 4 dead, including the shooter, and six injured.
• June 16 – Jeronimo Yanez, perpetrator in the shooting of Philando Castile, is acquitted of all charges and is found to be not guilty. He is later fired by the city of St. Anthony, Minnesota.
• June 19 – Otto Warmbier, an American student detained in North Korea, dies after suffering from what is believed to be a cardiopulmonary event.
• June 20 – A severe heatwave causes more than 40 American Airlines planes to be grounded.

July

• July 9 – It is reported that President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., met with a Russian lawyer after being promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.
• July 11 – Donald Trump Jr. releases email transcripts, via Twitter, showing he was offered "sensitive" information about Hillary Clinton from a Russian contact, and replied "I love it".
• July 18 – A Senate GOP bill to repeal and replace large portions of Obamacare fails to win enough support to pass.
• July 20 – Former US football star and actor O.J. Simpson is granted parole after nine years in a Nevada prison.
• July 21 – White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigns in protest at the appointment of communications director Anthony Scaramucci.
• July 22 – In a tweet, President Trump asserts his “complete power to pardon.” This follows reports that he had been discussing his ability to pardon people under investigation for possible ties between his campaign and Russia meddling with the 2016 election.
• July 24 – President Trump sparks controversy after giving a highly politicized speech to approximately 35,000 Boy Scouts at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree.
• July 25
  • The US Senate votes to start debating a new Republican healthcare bill to replace Obamacare.
  • The US House of Representatives votes to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, despite President Trump objecting to the legislation.
• July 26
  • The President tweets that transgender people cannot serve in "any capacity" in the US military.
  • The first gene editing of human embryos in the USA is reported to have taken place, using CRISPR.
  • The United States men's national soccer team defeats Jamaica 2-1 in the final to win the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup title, their 6th overall.
  • The FBI raids the home of Paul Manafort, a former chairman of the Trump campaign, regarding potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.
• July 27
  • Jeff Bezos briefly becomes the world's richest person, surpassing Bill Gates with a net worth of just over $90 billion. He loses the title later in the day when Amazon's stock drops, returning him to second place with a net worth just below $90 billion.
  • In a 235-192 vote, the House passes a $788 billion spending bill that combines a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump’s controversial border wall with Mexico and a large budget increase for the Pentagon.
  • A third attempt to repeal Obamacare fails after it is voted down by 51 votes to 49. Three Republicans – John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski – vote against the bill.
• July 28
  • Reince Priebus is removed as White House Chief of Staff, with President Trump naming General John Kelly as his replacement.
  • President Trump endorses police brutality during a speech to officers on Long Island.
• July 31
  • President Trump removes Anthony Scaramucci as White House communications director, just ten days after his appointment.
  • It is reported that President Trump personally dictated his son Donald Trump Jr's statement on his talks with a Russian lawyer during the election campaign.

August

• August 1 – A top EPA official, Elizabeth "Betsy" Southerland, resigns in protest at the direction of the agency under the Trump administration.
• August 2
  • Grandmaster Flash member Kidd Creole is arrested in New York on murder charges after a homeless man is found with multiple stab wounds to his torso.
  • White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirms in her daily briefing that two supposed phone calls to President Trump never actually took place – the first from the Boy Scouts, who Trump claimed had praised him for the best speech ever delivered in the organization's 100-year history; the second from Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, who Trump claimed had complimented his border control efforts.
• August 3
  • Transcripts from a phone call released by The Washington Post show that President Trump had urged Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to stop saying he would refuse to pay for the proposed border wall. Another transcript is released of a heated argument between Trump and the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
  • The special counsel investigating claims of Russian meddling in the US election begins using a grand jury in Washington.
• August 4
  • Martin Shkreli is found guilty in federal court on three counts of fraud related to two hedge funds he ran, MSMB Capital and MSMB Healthcare.
  • In a letter to Darwin Life, Inc. and New Hope Fertility Center, the FDA warns that the "three parent baby" technique should not be marketed in the U.S.
• August 5 – The 2017 Tulsa tornado takes place near Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• August 8
  • After reports that North Korea has produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit inside its missiles, President Trump warns that the country "will be met with fire and fury" if it threatens the US.
  • North Korea states that it is considering a missile strike against the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
• August 9 – North Korea releases a statement that the Korean People's Army Strategic Force is considering firing multiple Hwasong-12 IRBMs near Guam as a warning shot against the United States.

Predicted and scheduled events

August

• August 12 – The 2017 Unite The Right Rally, a gathering of alt-right, white nationalist, and neo-Confederate groups protesting the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials from public spaces, is planned in Charlottesville, Virginia.
• August 21 – A total solar eclipse will take place. This will be the first total solar eclipse of the 21st century for the United States, and the first visible in the continental U.S. since February 26, 1979. Totality will occur along a path curving from Oregon to South Carolina, and will last at most for 2 minutes and 40.2 seconds. The location and time of "greatest eclipse" will be on the western edge of Christian County, Kentucky, at 36.9715 degrees north and 87.6559 degrees west, occurring at 18:25 UTC.

October

• October 26 – The collection of records established by the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 must be completely disclosed to the public.

Deaths

January

Albert Brewer

Buddy Greco

Mary Tyler Moore

Robert Garcia

Thomas Barlow

• January 1
  • Jewel Plummer Cobb, biologist, cancer researcher, and university president (b. 1924)
  • Jeremy Stone, scientist and activist (b. 1935)
  • Sylvester Uphus, farmer and politician (b. 1927)
• January 2
  • Albert Brewer, politician; 47th Governor of Alabama (1968–1971) (b. 1928)
  • Richard Machowicz, U.S. Navy SEAL and television personality (b. 1965)
  • Daryl Spencer, baseball player (b. 1928)
• January 3
  • Martin Brandtner, Marine Corps general (b. 1938)
  • Charles J. Colgan, businessman and politician (b. 1926)
  • J. Dewey Daane, economist (b. 1918)
  • George M. Dennison, university president (b. 1935)
  • Rosemary Stevenson, baseball player (b. 1936)
• January 4
  • Willie Evans, football player (b. 1937)
  • Bruce Hugo, politician (b. 1945)
  • Carl E. Misch, prosthodontist (b. 1947)
  • Art Pennington, baseball player (b. 1923)
• January 5
  • Paul Goble, English-born author and illustrator (b. 1933)
  • Stanley Russ, politician (b. 1930)
  • John Wightman, politician (b. 1938)
• January 6
  • Audrey Grevious, civil rights activist (b. 1930)
  • Greg Jelks, baseball player (b. 1961)
  • Les Lazarowitz, sound mixer (b. 1941)
  • Bob Sadowski, baseball player (b. 1937)
  • Francine York, actress (b. 1930)
• January 7
  • Bill Champion baseball player (b. 1947)
  • John Deely, philosopher and semiotician (b. 1942)
  • Nat Hentoff, music critic, journalist, historian, and activist (b. 1925)
  • Eddie Kamae, musician and film producer (b. 1927)
  • Betty Lasky, film historian (b. 1922)
  • Mildred Meacham, baseball player (b. 1924)
  • Murray Ryan, politician (b. 1922)
  • Michael Scanlan, Roman Catholic priest and university administrator (b. 1931)
• January 8
  • Buddy Bregman, composer, arranger, conductor, and producer (b. 1930)
  • Jackie Brown, baseball player (b. 1943)
  • James C. Christensen, fantasy artist (b. 1942)
  • Miriam Goldberg, newspaper publisher (b. 1916)
  • Mary Ann Green, tribal leader and politician (b. 1964)
  • Roy Innis, civil rights activist (b. 1934)
  • Pioneer Cabin Tree, iconic tree in California
  • Eli Zelkha, Iranian-born entrepreneur (b. 1950)
• January 9
  • Rodney H. Brady, businessman and college president (b. 1933)
  • Charles Bragg, artist (b. 1931)
  • Crazy Toones, hip-hop record producer and DJ (b. 1971)
  • Patrick Flores, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1929)
  • John Sailhamer, Evangelical Old Testament scholar (b. 1946)
  • Warren Allen Smith, humanist and gay rights activist (b. 1921)
  • Timothy Well, professional wrestler (b. 1961)
• January 10
  • Hiag Akmakjian, 91, author, painter and photographer (b. 1926)
  • Steve Fryar, 63, rodeo performer (b. 1953)
  • Buddy Greco, jazz and pop singer and pianist (b. 1926)
  • Steven McDonald, police detective (b. 1957)
  • Oliver Smithies, English-born geneticist and Nobel laureate (b. 1925)
• January 11
  • Tommy Allsup, rockabilly guitarist (b. 1931)
  • Henry Foner, social activist (b. 1919)
  • Conrad Hilberry, poet (b. 1928)
  • Victor Lownes, publishing executive and film producer (b. 1928)
  • Akio Takamori, Japanese-born sculptor (b. 1950)
• January 12
  • William Peter Blatty, novelist and screenwriter (b. 1928)
  • Milton Metz, radio and television personality (b. 1921)
  • Frank Spellman, weightlifter (b. 1922)
• January 13
  • Hans Berliner, 87, German-born computer scientist and chess player (b. 1929)
  • Dick Gautier, actor, comedian, singer, and caricaturist (b. 1931)
  • Alan Jabbour, musician and folklorist (b. 1942)
  • David Modell, businessman and NFL executive (b. 1960)
  • Nicodemo Scarfo, mob boss (b. 1929)
• January 14
  • Alex Jones, Roman Catholic deacon (b. 1941)
  • Kevin Starr, historian (b. 1940)
• January 15
  • George Beall, attorney (b. 1937)
  • Ciel Bergman, painter (b. 1938)
  • Vicki Lansky, author and publisher (b. 1942)
  • Eddie Long, Baptist pastor (b. 1953)
  • David Poythress, politician (b. 1943)
  • Dale Smith, rodeo performer (b. 1928)
  • Jimmy Snuka, Fijian-born professional wrestler (b. 1943)
  • Greg Trooper, singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1956)
• January 16
  • Eugene Cernan, aviator and astronaut (b. 1934)
  • William A. Hilliard, journalist (b. 1927)
  • Dan O'Brien Sr., baseball executive (b. 1929)
  • Phyllis Harrison-Ross, psychiatrist (b. 1936)
  • Charles "Bobo" Shaw, jazz drummer (b. 1947)
  • Steve Wright, rock bassist
• January 17
  • Brenda C. Barnes, business executive (b. 1953)
  • Tirrel Burton, football player, coach, and broadcaster (b. 1929)
  • David P. Buckson, attorney and politician (b. 1920)
  • Colo, western gorilla (b. 1956)
  • Kenneth McNenny, rancher and politician (b. 1935)
  • Gene Olaff, soccer player (b. 1920)
  • Robert Timlin, federal judge (b. 1932)
• January 18
  • Red Adams, baseball player, scout, and coach (b. 1921)
  • David P. Buckson, lawyer and politician, 63rd Governor of Delaware (b. 1920)
  • Yuji Ijiri, 81, Japanese-born accounting academic (b. 1935)
  • Lucy Killea, politician (b. 1922)
  • William Margold, pornographic film actor and director (b. 1943)
  • Lawrence S. Margolis, federal judge (b. 1935)
  • Harry Minor, baseball player, manager, and scout (b. 1928)
  • Roberta Peters, coloratura soprano (b. 1930)
  • Dick Starr, baseball player (b. 1921)
• January 19
  • Wayne Barrett, journalist (b. 1945)
  • Miguel Ferrer, actor (b. 1955)
  • Craig Howard, football player and coach (b. 1952)
  • Edwin Pope, journalist (b. 1928)
  • Walt Streuli, baseball player (b. 1935)
  • James S. Vlasto, public servant (b. 1934)
  • Wayne Barrett, journalist (b. 1945)
• January 20
  • Jack August, historian (b. 1954)
  • Bill Fischer, football player (b. 1927)
  • Michael Goldberg, sports executive (b. 1943)
  • Alec Devon Kreider, convicted murderer (b. 1991)
  • Charles Liteky, military chaplain and peace activist (b. 1931)
  • Harry J. Middleton, writer and library director (b. 1921)
  • Joey Powers, singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
  • Chuck Stewart, jazz photographer (b. 1927)
  • Tommy Tate, soul singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
• January 21
  • Byron Dobell, editor and writer (b. 1927)
  • Karl Hendricks, singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. 1970)
  • José de Jesús Madera Uribe, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1927)
  • Walter Morrison, Hall of Fame musician and record producer (b. 1954)
  • William Albert Norris, judge (b. 1927)
  • Maggie Roche, singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
  • Ken Wright, baseball player (b. 1946)
• January 22 – Evelyn Kawamoto, swimmer (b. 1933)
• January 23
  • J. S. G. Boggs, artist (b. 1955)
  • Earl Foreman, lawyer and sports executive (b. 1924)
  • Bobby Freeman, singer and songwriter (b. 1940)
  • Ralph Guglielmi, football player (b. 1933)
  • Leon Katz, playwright (b. 1919)
  • Bernard Redmont, journalist (b. 1918)
  • Anatol Roshko, physicist and engineer (b. 1923)
  • Ruth Samuelson, politician (b. 1959)
  • Marvell Thomas, keyboardist (b. 1941)
  • Mary Webster, actress (b. 1935)
• January 24
  • Chuck Canfield, businessman and politician (b. 1932)
  • Robert Folsom, politician (b. 1927)
  • Martin Nicholas Lohmuller, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1919)
  • Gil Ray, drummer (b. 1956)
  • Butch Trucks, drummer (b. 1947)
  • Chuck Weyant, racecar driver (b. 1923)
• January 25
  • William Lacy Carter, politician (b. 1925)
  • Ann Dandrow, politician (b. 1936)
  • Robert Garcia, politician (b. 1933)
  • Kevin Geer, actor (b. 1952)
  • Harry Mathews, novelist and poet (b. 1930)
  • Jack Mendelsohn, cartoonist and screenwriter (b. 1926)
  • Mary Tyler Moore, actress (b. 1936)
• January 26
  • Mike Connors, actor (b. 1925)
  • Hal Geer, 100, producer and filmmaker (b. 1916)
  • Barbara Hale, 94, actress (b. 1922)
  • Leonard Linkow, dentist and pioneer in oral implantology (b. 1926)
  • Charles Recher, artist (b. 1950)
• January 27
  • Stan Boreson, comedian and television host (b. 1925)
  • Bob Bowman, baseball player (b. 1930)
  • Bob Holiday, actor (b. 1932)
  • Robert Ellis Miller, film director (b. 1927)
  • Arthur H. Rosenfeld, physicist (b. 1926)
  • Charles Shackleford, basketball player (b. 1966)
  • Jack Thrasher, immunotoxicologist (b. 1938)
  • Gwen Gillen, sculptor and artist (b. 1941)
• January 28
  • Guitar Gable, blues musician (b. 1937)
  • Charles LeMaistre, academic administrator (b. 1924)
  • John N. Mather, mathematician (b. 1942)
  • Bharati Mukherjee, Indian-born writer and academic (b. 1940)
  • Sterling Newberry, inventor (b. 1915)
  • Anthony J. Perpich, politician (b. 1932)
  • Richard Portman, sound mixer (b. 1934)
  • William Schwarzer, federal judge (b. 1925)
  • Dan Spiegle, comic book artist (b. 1920)
  • Stuart Timmons, gay historian and activist (b. 1957)
• January 29
  • Howard Frank Mosher, author (b. 1942)
  • William Owens, Navy SEAL soldier (b. 1981)
  • Leonard H. Perroots, military officer (b. 1933)
  • Elliot Sperling, historian (b. 1951)
• January 30
  • Dore Ashton, 89, writer and critic (b. 1928)
  • Marta Becket, 92, dancer (b. 1924)
  • Don Coleman, 88, football player (b. 1928)
  • Carmen Contreras-Bozak, World War II veteran and the first Hispanic member of the Women's Army Corps. (b. 1919)
  • Doris Lockness, aviation pioneer (b. 1910)
  • Harold Rosen, electrical engineer (b. 1926)
• January 31
  • Thomas Barlow, politician (b. 1940)
  • Trice Harvey, politician (b. 1936)
  • Frank Pellegrino, actor and restaurateur (b. 1944)
  • David Shepard, film preservationist (b. 1940)
  • Bobby Watson, 86, basketball player (b. 1930)

February

Alvin Baldus

Robert H. Michel

Norma McCorvey

Alan Colmes

Bill Paxton

• February 1
  • Anne Arrasmith, artist and curator (b. 1946)
  • Mark Brownson, baseball player (b. 1975)
  • William Melvin Kelley, novelist (b. 1937)
  • Carter Manny, architect (b. 1918)
  • Edward Tipper, World War II veteran (b. 1921)
  • David Peter Battaglia, politician and educator (b. 1931)
• February 2
  • Alvin Baldus, politician (b. 1926)
  • Tom Drake, wrestler and politician (b. 1930)
  • John Hilton, football player (b. 1942)
  • George Maderos, football player (b. 1933)
  • Perry McGriff, football player and politician (b. 1937)
  • Jeff Sauer, ice hockey coach (b. 1943)
  • Seymour Jonathan Singer, 92, cell biologist (b. 1924)
• February 3
  • Marjorie Corcoran, particle physicist (b. 1950)
  • Anthony French, English-born physicist (b. 1920)
  • Joseph Green, academic and theatre producer (b. 1934)
  • John M. Hayes, geochemist (b. 1940)
  • Benny Perrin, football player (b. 1959)
  • Don Trousdell, artist
• February 4
  • John Howes, professor of Asian studies (b. 1924)
  • Marc Spitz, writer and music journalist (b. 1969)
• February 5
  • David Axelrod, arranger, composer and producer (b. 1933)
  • Ray Christensen, sportscaster (b. 1924)
  • Sonny Geraci, singer (b. 1946)
  • Thomas Lux, poet (b. 1946)
• February 6
  • Irwin Corey, comedian (b. 1914)
  • Marc Drogin, writer and illustrator (b. 1936)
  • Neil Gehrels, 64, astronomer (b. 1952)
  • Stan Jones, politician (b. 1949)
  • Raymond Smullyan, mathematician and philosopher (b. 1919)
  • Christine Dolce, MySpace celebrity and cosmetologist (b. 1981)
• February 7
  • Pat Beard, politician (b. 1947)
  • Richard Hatch, actor (b. 1945)
  • Sidney H. Liebson, scientist (b. 1920)
• February 8
  • Richard DuFour, educational researcher (b. 1947)
  • Arthur Hyman, academic (b. 1921)
• February 9
  • Marcel Dandeneau, 85, politician (b. 1931)
  • Barbara Gelb, biographer, playwright and journalist (b. 1926)
  • Packy, Asian elephant (b. 1962)
  • Warren Unna, journalist (b. 1923)
• February 10
  • Roger Boas, politician (b. 1921)
  • Albert Boscov, businessman (b. 1929)
  • Edward Bryant, science fiction and horror writer (b. 1945)
  • H. R. Crawford, real estate developer and politician (b. 1939)
  • Maxine Grimm, religious figure (b. 1914)
  • Mike Ilitch, businessman (b. 1929)
  • Dahlov Ipcar, painter and author (b. 1917)
  • Hal Moore, lieutenant general and author (b. 1922)
  • Royal Delta, racehorse (b. 2008)
• February 11
  • Bruno A. Boley, Italian-born engineer (b. 1924)
  • Jeremy Geathers, arena football player (b. 1986)
  • Chavo Guerrero Sr., professional wrestler (b. 1949)
  • Harvey Lichtenstein, arts administrator (b. 1929)
• February 12
  • Dave Adolph, football coach (b. 1937)
  • Jay Bontatibus, actor (b. 1964)
  • Armand Brinkhaus, politician (b. 1935)
  • Barbara Carroll, jazz pianist (b. 1925)
  • Al Jarreau, jazz and R&B singer (b. 1940)
  • Quentin Moses, football player (b. 1983)
  • Clint Roberts, politician (b. 1935)
• February 13
  • Stacy Bromberg, darts player (b. 1956)
  • Melvin Defleur, mass communications scholar (b. 1923)
  • Bruce Lansbury, British-born television producer and screenwriter (b. 1930)
  • Lucky Pulpit, racehorse (b. 2001)
  • Darrell K. Smith, football player (b. 1961)
• February 14 – Joseph Neal, politician (b. 1950)
• February 15
  • E-Dubble, rap artist (b. 1982)
  • Rich Ingold, arena football player and coach (b. 1963)
  • Loren Wiseman, game designer (b. 1951)
• February 16
  • George Steele, professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937)
  • Duke Washington, football player (b. 1933)
• February 17
  • Charles L. Bartlett, journalist (b. 1921)
  • Nicole Bass, bodybuilder, professional wrestler and actress (b. 1964)
  • Warren Frost, actor (b. 1925)
  • Theodore J. Lowi, political scientist (b. 1931)
  • Robert H. Michel, politician (b. 1923)
  • Leonard Myers, football player (b. 1978)
  • Michael Novak, Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1933)
  • Tom Regan, philosopher and animal rights advocate (b. 1938)
  • Andrew Schneider, journalist (b. 1942)
  • Jerome Tuccille, writer and activist (b. 1937)
  • Magnus Wenninger, mathematician (b. 1919)
• February 18
  • Nick Dupree, 34, disability rights activist (b. 1982)
  • Tom Larson, politician (b. 1948)
  • Norma McCorvey, political activist, plaintiff in U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade (b. 1947)
  • Richard Schickel, film critic (b. 1933)
  • Lawrence F. Snowden, military officer (b. 1921)
  • Clyde Stubblefield, drummer (b. 1943)
• February 19
  • Charismatic, racehorse (b. 1996)
  • Larry Coryell, jazz guitarist (b. 1943)
  • Karla M. Gray, judge (b. 1947)
  • Darryl Hammond, arena football player (b. 1967)
  • John S. Wold, politician (b. 1916)
  • Marilyn B. Young, historian (b. 1937)
  • Richard J. Coffee, politician (b. 1925)
• February 20
  • Ilene Berns, record executive (b. 1943)
  • Brenda Buttner, news correspondent (b. 1961)
  • Mildred Dresselhaus, nanotechnologist (b. 1930)
  • Jamie Fox, politician and political strategist (b. 1954)
• February 21
  • Kenneth Arrow, economist (b. 1921)
  • Douglas Coe, evangelical leader (b. 1928)
  • Edwin Kessler, atmospheric scientist (b. 1928)
  • Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Polish-born conductor and composer (b. 1923)
• February 22
  • Ed Garvey, labor attorney (b. 1940)
  • J. Karl Hedrick, mechanical engineer (b. 1944)
  • Ralph A. Loveys, politician (b. 1929)
• February 23
  • Ward Chamberlin, public broadcasting executive (b. 1921)
  • Alan Colmes, political commentator (b. 1950)
  • Bernie Custis, CFL player (b. 1928)
  • David Keightley, sinologist (b. 1932)
  • Leon Ware, musician, record producer, and songwriter (b. 1940)
• February 24
  • Daryl, magician (b. 1955)
  • Ronald T. Halverson, religious leader and politician (b. 1936)
  • Fred Oldfield, painter (b. 1918)
• February 25
  • Scott Lew, screenwriter (b. 1968)
  • Eric Miller, record producer (b. 1941)
  • Bill Paxton, actor (b. 1955)
  • Chez Pazienza, journalist, author and television producer (b. 1969)
  • Jack Pope, judge, attorney and author (b. 1913)
  • Dorothy P. Rice, economist (b. 1922)
  • Boaz Vaadia, Israeli-born sculptor (b. 1951)
• February 26
  • Jay Cronley, writer (b. 1943)
  • Eugene Garfield, linguist (b. 1925)
  • Ned Garver, baseball pitcher (b. 1925)
  • Sunny Hale, polo player (b. 1968)
  • Joseph Wapner, judge and television personality (b. 1919)
• February 27 – John Harlan, radio and television personality (b. 1925)
• February 28
  • Spencer Hays, art collector (b. 1936)
  • Marian Javits, arts patron (b. 1925)
  • Paul Kangas, broadcaster (b. 1937)
  • Ric Marlow, songwriter (b. 1925)
  • Joseph A. Panuska, educator (b. 1927)
  • Dave Rosenfield, baseball manager (b. 1929)

March

Anthony C. Beilenson

Jimmy Breslin

Chuck Berry

David Rockefeller

Chuck Barris

William Thaddeus Coleman

• March 1
  • Paula Fox, author (b. 1923)
  • Richard Karron, actor (b. 1934)
  • Shirley Palesh, baseball player (b. 1929)
  • Wally Pikal, musician and entertainer (b. 1927)
  • Michael M. Ryan, actor (b. 1929)
• March 2
  • Howard Schmidt, cybersecurity advisor (b. 1949)
  • John D. Schneider, lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
• March 3
  • Lyle Ritz, musician (b. 1930)
  • Joe Rogers, businessman, co-founder of Waffle House (b. 1919)
  • Stephen Ross, economist (b. 1944)
• March 4
  • Lawrence Holofcener, American-British sculptor, writer, actor, and director (b. 1926)
  • Eugene N. Kozloff, marine biologist and botanist (b. 1920)
  • Helen M. Marshall, politician (b. 1929)
  • Tommy Page, singer and songwriter (b. 1970)
  • Thomas Collier Platt Jr., federal judge (b. 1925)
  • Thomas Starzl, surgeon and researcher (b. 1926)
  • Clayton Yeutter, secretary of agriculture (b. 1930)
• March 5
  • Anthony C. Beilenson, politician (b. 1932)
  • Florence S. Jacobsen, Mormon leader and missionary (b. 1913)
  • Jay Lynch, underground comics artist, writer, and editor (b. 1945)
  • Burke Day, politician (b. 1954)
• March 6
  • Bill Hougland, basketball player (b. 1930)
  • Robert Osborne, film historian and television host (b. 1932)
• March 7
  • Helen Sommers, politician (b. 1932)
  • Lynne Stewart, defense attorney and convicted criminal (b. 1939)
  • Ron Bass, wrestler (b. 1948)
• March 8
  • George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-born Nobel chemist (b. 1927)
  • Dave Valentin, jazz flautist (b. 1952)
• March 10
  • Bob Altman, comedian (b. 1931)
  • Carol Field, writer and librarian (b. 1940)
• March 13
  • Kika de la Garza, politician (b. 1927)
  • Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author (b. 1965)
• March 15 – Bob Bruce, baseball player (b. 1933)
• March 16 – James Cotton, blues artist (b. 1935)
• March 17 – Auntie Fee, YouTube personality (b. 1957)
• March 18
  • Chuck Berry, musician (b. 1926)
  • Bernie Wrightson, comic artist (b. 1948)
  • Tom Amberry, podiatrist (b. 1922)
• March 19 – Jimmy Breslin, journalist and author (b. 1928)
• March 20
  • Edward Joseph McManus, politician (b. 1920)
  • Chandler Robbins, ornithologist (b. 1918)
  • David Rockefeller, banker (b. 1915)
  • Andy Coan, swimmer (b. 1958)
• March 21 – Chuck Barris, game show creator, producer, and host (b. 1929)
• March 23
  • Lola Albright, singer and actress (b. 1924)
  • William H. Keeler, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1931)
• March 25 – J. Allen Adams, politician and lawyer (b. 1932)
• March 26
  • Jimmy Dotson, blues singer (b. 1933)
  • Darlene Cates, actress (b. 1947)
• March 31 – William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., Secretary of Transportation (b. 1920)

April

Don Rickles

Charlie Murphy

Dan Rooney

Aaron Hernandez

Erin Moran

Jonathan Demme

• April 1
  • Sharon Ambrose, politician, member of the Council of the District of Columbia (b. 1939)
  • Gary Austin, theatre writer and director (b. 1941)
  • Lonnie Brooks, blues guitarist and singer (b. 1933)
  • Bob Cunningham, jazz bassist (b. 1934)
  • Frederick Bernard Lacey, jurist (b. 1920)
  • Louis Sarno, musicologist and author (b. 1954)
  • Burton Watson, translator (b. 1925)
• April 2
  • Sam Ard, racecar driver (b. 1939)
  • Ken Donnelly, politician (b. 1950)
  • Rhubarb Jones, country disc jockey and professional wrestling ring announcer (b. 1951)
  • Hate Man, writer (b. 1936)
  • Leonard Litwin, real estate developer (b. 1914)
  • Gerard Washnitzer, mathematician (b. 1926)
• April 3
  • Abraham S. Fischler, academic (b. 1928)
  • Enrico Quarantelli, sociologist (b. 1924)
  • Roy Sievers, baseball player (b. 1926)
  • Thomas Tackaberry, military officer (b. 1923)
  • Gary W. Thomas, judge (b. 1938)
  • William Walaska, politician and senator (b. 1946)
• April 4 – John T. Knox, politician and lawyer (b. 1924)
• April 5
  • Arthur Bisguier, chess grandmaster and writer (b. 1929)
  • John Chittick, HIV/AIDS activist (b. 1948)
  • David Gove, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1978)
  • Hugh Montgomery, intelligence officer (b. 1956)
  • Paul O'Neill, producer, composer and songwriter (b. 1956)
  • George Snyder, politician and businessman (b. 1929)
• April 6
  • Frank Attkisson, politician (b. 1955)
  • Bob Cerv, baseball player (b. 1925)
  • Don Rickles, comedian (b. 1926)
  • Hugh Montgomery, diplomat and intelligence officer (b. 1923)
  • Clyde See, politician and lawyer (b. 1941)
• April 7
  • Derrick Jensen, football player (b. 1956)
  • Patricia McKissack, children's writer (b. 1944)
  • Glenn O'Brien, journalist and editor (b. 1947)
  • Craig Payne, boxer (b. 1961)
  • Ben Speer, musician (b. 1930)
• April 8
  • Alicia Appleman-Jurman, 86, Polish-born Israeli-American memoirist (b. 1930)
  • Stephen Caracappa, NYPD police detective and organized crime operative (b. 1942)
  • Eugene Lang, philanthropist (b. 1919)
  • Kim Plainfield, jazz drummer (b. 1954)
  • Donald Sarason, mathematician (b. 1933)
• April 12 – Charlie Murphy, actor, comedian, voice artist and writer (b. 1959)
• April 13
  • Dan Rooney, American football executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (b. 1932)
  • Robert Taylor, computer scientist (b. 1932)
• April 15 – Matt Holt, singer (b. 1977)
• April 17
  • Dawson Mathis, politician (b. 1940)
  • John T. Noonan Jr., judge (b. 1926)
• April 19
  • Delbert Daisey, waterfowl decoy maker (b. 1928)
  • Aaron Hernandez, Former Tight End for the New England Patriots, Convicted Murderer (b. 1989)
• April 20
  • Jay Dickey, politician (b. 1939)
  • Cuba Gooding Sr., soul singer (b. 1944)
  • Lawrence Hogan, politician (b. 1928)
• April 22
  • Hubert Dreyfus, philosopher (b. 1929)
  • Erin Moran, actress (b. 1960)
• April 23
  • Kathleen Crowley, actress (b. 1929)
  • Ken Sears, basketball player (b. 1933)
• April 24
  • Robert M. Pirsig, writer and philosopher (b. 1928)
  • Nicholas Sand, chemist (b. 1941)
• April 26 – Jonathan Demme, film director (b. 1944)
• April 30
  • Richard Haynes, lawyer (b. 1927)
  • Chad Young, racing cyclist (b. 1995)

May

Powers Boothe

Roger Ailes

Chris Cornell

Dina Merrill

Zbigniew Brzezinski

Jim Bunning

Gregg Allman

• May 1
  • Richard Basciano, real estate developer (b. 1925)
  • Bruce Hampton, guitarist (b. 1947)
  • William M. Hoffman, playwright and editor (b. 1939)
  • Alice Langtry, politician (b. 1932)
  • Mike Lowry, politician; Governor of Washington from 1993 to 1997 (b. 1939)
  • Sam Mele, baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
  • Janet Pilgrim, model (b. 1934)
  • Stanley Weston, toy inventor (b. 1933)
• May 2
  • Anne Morrissy Merick, journalist (b. 1933)
  • George Hugh Niederauer, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936)
  • T. Gary Rogers, business executive (b. 1943)
  • Leo K. Thorsness, U.S. Air Force colonel and politician (b. 1932)
• May 3
  • Alma W. Byrd, politician (b. 1924)
  • Paul Hanneman, politician (b. 1936)
  • Charles Hoffer, music educator (b. 1929)
  • Casey Jones, blues drummer (b. 1939)
  • Irene Smart, politician and judge (b. 1921)
• May 4
  • William Baumol, economist (b. 1922)
  • Jay Carty, basketball player (b. 1941)
  • William A. Davis Jr., engineer (b. 1927)
  • C. Jackson Grayson, businessman and FBI agent (b. 1923)
  • Glenna Sue Kidd, baseball player (b. 1933)
  • Richard Pennington, police officer (b. 1947)
  • Edwin Sherin, theatre, film, and television director (b. 1930)
  • R. Lee Wrights, politician, activist, and political consultant (b. 1958)
• May 5
  • Adolph Kiefer, 1936 Olympic swimming gold medalist (b. 1918)
  • Quinn O'Hara, Scottish-born actress and nurse (b. 1941)
  • Michael Zwack, artist (b. 1949)
• May 6
  • Richard Howard Battey, federal judge (b. 1929)
  • Steven Holcomb, Olympic medalist in bobsledding (b. 1980)
  • Peter Kivy, musicologist (b. 1934)
  • John Schultz, writer (b. 1932)
  • Jack Tilton, art dealer (b. 1951)
• May 7
  • Peter T. Flawn, geologist (b. 1926)
  • Bob Mimm, racewalker (b. 1924)
  • Rod Monroe, football player (b. 1976)
  • Chuck Orsborn, basketball player and coach and university athletic director (b. 1917)
  • Dave Pell, jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1925)
  • Lee Weissenborn, politician (b. 1929)
• May 8
  • Dennis H. Farber, painter and photographer (b. 1946)
  • George Irvine, basketball player and coach (b. 1948)
  • Curt Lowens, German-born actor and Holocaust survivor (b. 1925)
  • Allan H. Meltzer, economist (b. 1928)
  • Judith Stein, historian (b. 1940)
  • James S. Sutterlin, author, academic, and diplomat (b. 1922)
  • Clarence Williams, football player (b. 1946)
• May 9
  • Christopher Boykin, reality television personality (b. 1972)
  • John Kivela, politician (b. 1969)
  • Michael Parks, actor and singer (b. 1940)
  • Wilburn K. Ross, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
  • Edward Lunn Young, politician (b. 1920)
• May 10
  • Joy Byers, songwriter (b. 1934)
  • Greg Forristall, politician (b. 1950)
  • Douglas Netter, television producer and executive (b. 1921)
• May 11
  • William David Brohn, music arranger (b. 1933)
  • Seaborn Buckalew Jr., lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
  • John F. Donahue, businessman (b. 1924)
  • Yale Lary, football player, businessman, and politician (b. 1930)
  • Charles A. McClenahan, politician (b. 1941)
• May 12
  • Bill Dowdy, jazz drummer (b. 1932)
  • Michael Jackson, football player (b. 1969)
  • Sally Jacobsen, journalist and editor (b. 1947)
  • Henri Termeer, Dutch-born biotechnology executive (b. 1946)
  • George A. Thompson, geologist (b. 1919)
  • Simon Vega, educator and businessman (b. 1935)
• May 13
  • Ron Bontemps, basketball player and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1926)
  • John Cygan, comedian, actor, and voice artist (b. 1954)
  • Thomas H. Paterniti, dentist and politician (b. 1929)
  • Len Rohde, football player (b. 1938)
• May 14
  • Powers Boothe, actor (b. 1948)
  • Frank Brian, basketball player (b. 1923)
  • Bill Cox, football player (b. 1929)
  • Thomas Vose Daily, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1927)
  • Chuck Davis, dancer and choreographer (b. 1937)
  • Jean Fritz, children's author (b. 1917)
  • Brad Grey, film and television producer (b. 1957)
  • Steve Palermo, American League umpire and shooting survivor (b. 1949)
• May 17
  • Roxcy Bolton, feminist and women's rights activist (b. 1926)
  • Firuz Kazemzadeh, Russian-born historian (b. 1924)
  • Earl M. Monson, civil engineer and LDS Church general authority (b. 1932)
  • David A Ramey, artist (b. 1939)
  • Unusual Heat, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1990)
• May 18
  • Roger Ailes, television executive, CEO of Fox News (b. 1940)
  • Chris Cornell, musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1964)
  • Jacque Fresco, futurist and social engineer (b. 1916)
  • Jim McElreath, race car driver (b. 1928)
  • Erwin Potts, business executive (b. 1932)
• May 19
  • Donald Avenson, politician (b. 1944)
  • Chana Bloch, poet and translator (b. 1940)
  • Rich Buckler, comic book artist (b. 1949)
  • Grady C. Cothen, Baptist minister and university president (b. 1920)
  • Herbert L. Meschke, politician and judge (b. 1928)
  • Ed Mierkowicz, baseball player (b. 1924)
  • Wayne Walker, football player and sportscaster (b. 1936)
• May 20
  • Joy Corning, politician; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1991–99 (b. 1932)
  • William Clifford Newman, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1928)
  • Jean E. Sammet, computer scientist (b. 1928)
  • Lisa Spoonauer, actress (b. 1972)
• May 21
  • Al Ater, farmer and politician (b. 1953)
  • Kenny Cordray, rock guitarist and songwriter (b. 1954)
  • Jimmy LaFave, country and folk musician (b. 1955)
  • Wayne Simoneau, politician (b. 1935)
  • Larry Wright, cartoonist (b. 1940)
• May 22
  • Barbara Smith Conrad, operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1937)
  • Devil His Due, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1989)
  • Nicky Hayden, motorcycle racer (b. 1981)
  • Dina Merrill, actress, socialite, and philanthropist (b. 1923)
  • Mickey Roker, jazz drummer (b. 1932)
• May 23
  • Roger Boesche, political theorist (b. 1948)
  • William Carney, politician; U.S. Representative from New York from 1979–87 (b. 1942)
  • Ben Finney, anthropologist and historian (b. 1933)
  • Cortez Kennedy, football player (b. 1968)
  • Peter Lawler, academic and political consultant (b. 1951)
  • Jerry Perenchio, billionaire businessman and philanthropist (b. 1930)
  • Sonny Randle, football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1936)
• May 24
  • Ann Birstein, novelist, memoirist, and blogger (b. 1927)
  • Denis Johnson, novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1949)
  • Jared Martin, actor (b. 1941)
  • Ross Rhoads, evangelical pastor (b. 1932)
  • Sonny West, actor and stuntman (b. 1938)
• May 25
  • Marie Cosindas, photographer (b. 1923)
  • Miguel Méndez, legal scholar (b. 1943)
  • Joel Read, Roman Catholic nun and college president (b. 1925)
  • Saucy Sylvia, Canadian-born comedian and pianist (b. 1920)
• May 26
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born diplomat and political scientist (b. 1928)
  • Jim Bunning, baseball pitcher and politician; U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1999–2011 (b. 1931)
  • Robert Curtis, basketball player (b. 1990)
  • Robert J. Parins, judge and football executive (b. 1918)
• May 27
  • Gregg Allman, singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1947)
  • Fishel Hershkowitz, Czech-born Hasidic rabbi (b. 1922)
  • Robert McCarley, psychiatrist and sleep researcher (b. 1937)
• May 28
  • Ken Ackerman, radio announcer and news anchor (b. 1922)
  • Frank Deford, sportswriter and novelist (b. 1938)
  • Lawrence Jenkins, World War II pilot and memoirist (b. 1924)
  • Benjamin Melendez, gang leader (b. 1952)
  • Pat Mullins, politician (b. 1938)
• May 30
  • Wendell Burton, actor and television executive (b. 1947)
  • Ken Cooper, football player and coach (b. 1937)
  • Tom Graham, football player (b. 1950)
  • Daniel Kucera, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1923)
  • Robert Michael Morris, actor (b. 1940)
  • Elena Verdugo, actress (b. 1925)
• May 31
  • Tino Insana, actor, screenwriter, and film producer (b. 1948)
  • Fred J. Koenekamp, cinematographer (b. 1922)
  • Fred Kummerow, German-born biochemist and centenarian (b. 1914)
  • John May, politician (b. 1950)

June

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• June 1
  • Jack McCloskey, basketball player, coach, and executive (b. 1925)
  • Charles Simmons, author (b. 1924)
• June 2
  • Gordon Christian, ice hockey player (b. 1927)
  • Iakovos Garmatis, Greek-born Eastern Orthodox metropolitan (b. 1928)
  • Jack O'Neill, businessman (b. 1923)
  • Herm Starrette, baseball player (b. 1936)
• June 3
  • David Choby, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1947)
  • Sara Ehrman, political activist (b. 1919)
  • James E. Martin, educator and university president (b. 1932)
  • Jimmy Piersall, baseball player (b. 1929)
  • Lawrence Weed, physician and educator (b. 1923)
• June 4
  • Thomas C. Perry, businessman and politician (b. 1941)
  • Roger Smith, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
  • Jack Trout, business and marketing theorist (b. 1935)
• June 5
  • Kathryn Stripling Byer, poet (b. 1944)
  • Victor Gold, journalist and political consultant (b. 1928)
  • Marilyn Hall, Canadian-born television and theatre producer (b. 1927)
  • William Krisel, Chinese-born architect (b. 1924)
  • Rita Riggs, costume designer (b. 1930)
• June 6
  • John Bower, skier (b. 1940)
  • Walter Noll, German-born mathematician (b. 1925)
• June 7
  • James Hardy, football player (b. 1985)
  • Holy Bull, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1991)
  • Robert S. Leiken, political scientist (b. 1939)
  • Earl Lestz, film and television executive (b. 1939)
  • Patsy Terrell, politician (b. 1962)
• June 8
  • Ervin A. Gonzalez, lawyer (b. 1960)
  • Glenne Headly, actress (b. 1955)
  • Norro Wilson, country musician, songwriter, and producer (b. 1938)
• June 9
  • Vic Edelbrock Jr., businessman (b. 1936)
  • Adam West, actor (b. 1928)
  • John C. Yoder, judge and politician (b. 1951)
• June 10
  • Herma Hill Kay, law professor and academic administrator (b. 1934)
  • Jerry Nelson, astronomer (b. 1944)
  • Grace Berg Schaible, lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
  • Samuel V. Wilson, U.S. Army general; Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency 1976–77 (b. 1923)
• June 11
  • Herman T. Costello, politician (b. 1920)
  • David Fromkin, lawyer and historian (b. 1932)
  • Rosalie Sorrels, folk singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• June 12
  • Morton N. Cohen, author and literary scholar (b. 1921)
  • David W. Frank, thespian and educator (b. 1949)
  • Jim Galton, business executive (b. 1924)
  • Marvin Herman Shoob, U.S. federal judge (b. 1923)
• June 13
  • Philip Gossett, musicologist (b. 1941)
  • A. R. Gurney, playwright and novelist (b. 1930)
  • Hansel, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1988)
• June 14
  • Arthur J. Jackson, U.S. Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1924)
  • Don Matthews, football player and CFL coach (b. 1939)
• June 15
  • David L. Armstrong, politician (b. 1941)
  • Bill Dana, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
  • Phyllis A. Kravitch, federal judge (b. 1920)
• June 16
  • John G. Avildsen, film director (b. 1935)
  • Stephen Furst, actor and film and television director (b. 1955)
  • Curt Hanson, politician (b. 1943)
• June 17
  • Elias Burstein, physicist (b. 1917)
  • Gailanne Cariddi, politician (b. 1953)
  • Larry Grantham, football player (b. 1938)
  • Thara Memory, jazz trumpeter (b. 1949)
  • Venus Ramey, Miss America winner, farmer, and activist (b. 1924)
• June 18
  • Hans Breder, German-born artist and educator (b. 1935)
  • Tony Liscio, football player (b. 1940)
  • Chris Murrell, jazz and gospel singer (b. 1956)
  • Simon Nelson, mass murderer (b. 1931)
• June 19
  • Tony DiCicco, soccer player and coach (b. 1948)
  • Otto Warmbier, college student and North Korea detainee (b. 1994)
• June 20
  • Roger D. Abrahams, folklorist (b. 1933)
  • Prodigy, rapper (b. 1974)
• June 21
  • Belton Richard, Cajun accordionist (b. 1939)
  • Robert M. Shoemaker, U.S. Army general (b. 1924)
  • Howard Witt, actor (b. 1932)
• June 22
  • Richard Benson, photographer, printer, and educator (b. 1943)
  • Frank Kush, football player and coach (b. 1929)
  • Keith Loneker, football player and actor (b. 1971)
  • Sheila Michaels, feminist and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
  • John R. Quinn, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1929)
  • John E. Sarno, physician and writer (b. 1923)
  • Sandy Tatum, attorney and golf administrator (b. 1920)
• June 23
  • Gabe Pressman, television journalist (b. 1924)
  • Meir Zlotowitz, Orthodox Jewish rabbi, author, and translator (b. 1943)
• June 24
  • Loren Janes, stuntman (b. 1931)
  • Parker Lee McDonald, judge (b. 1924)
• June 25 – Hal Fryar, actor and television personality (b. 1927)
• June 26 – Doug Peterson, yacht designer (b. 1945)
• June 27
  • Geri Allen, jazz pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1957)
  • Peter L. Berger, sociologist and theologian (b. 1929)
  • Better Talk Now, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1999)
  • Tom Corcoran, alpine skier (b. 1931)
  • Mary Evelyn Blagg Huey, educator and college president (b. 1922)
  • Anthony Young, baseball pitcher (b. 1966)
• June 28 – Phil Cohran, jazz trumpeter (b. 1927)
• June 29
  • Chuck Renslow, businessman and LGBT activist (b. 1929)
  • Michael Vickery, historian (b. 1931)
• June 30
  • Russ Adams, tennis photographer (b. 1930)
  • Mitchell Henry, football player (b. 1992)
  • Darrall Imhoff, basketball player (b. 1938)
  • Max Runager, football player (b. 1956)

July

• July 1
  • Norman Dorsen, jurist and civil rights activist (b. 1930)
  • Paul Hardin III, academic administrator (b. 1931)
  • Stevie Ryan, actress (b. 1984)
• July 2
  • Jack Collom, poet (b. 1931)
  • David W. Vincent, baseball writer and statistician (b. 1949)
• July 3
  • Spencer Johnson, self-help writer (b. 1938)
  • Theodore Kanavas, politician (b. 1961)
• July 4
  • John Blackwell, jazz and funk drummer (b. 1973)
  • Gene Conley, baseball and basketball player (b. 1930)
  • Ji-Tu Cumbuka, actor (b. 1940)
  • John S. Palmore, judge (b. 1917)
  • David Yewdall, sound editor (b. 1951)
• July 5 – Tinners Way, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1990)
• July 6
  • Willie Stevenson Glanton, lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
  • Joan Boocock Lee, British-born voice actress (b. 1922)
  • William Morva, convicted murderer (b. 1982)
• July 7
  • Claude Hall, journalist and magazine editor
  • Diego E. Hernández, U.S. Navy officer (b. 1934)
  • Kenneth Silverman, biographer (b. 1936)
• July 8
  • Nelsan Ellis, actor (b. 1977)
  • Bob Lubbers, comics artist (b. 1922)
• July 9
  • Wally Burr, voice actor and television director (b. 1926)
  • Ed Crawford, football player (b. 1934)
  • Neal Patterson, business executive (b. 1949)
  • Jack Shaheen, cultural critic (b. 1935)
  • David Wilstein, real estate developer and philanthropist (b. 1928)
• July 10
  • Peter Alfond, billionaire investor and philanthropist (b. 1952)
  • Jim Bush, track and field coach (b. 1926)
• July 11 – Joseph Fire Crow, Cheyenne flutist (b. 1958/1959)
• July 12
  • Chuck Blazer, soccer administrator (b. 1945)
  • S. Allen Counter, neuroscientist, polar explorer, and university administrator (b. 1944)
  • Sam Glanzman, comics artist and writer (b. 1924)
• July 13
  • Charles Bachman, computer scientist (b. 1924)
  • Keith Baird, Barbadian-born educator and linguist (b. 1923)
  • Gertrude Poe, journalist and lawyer (b. 1915)
  • Carl E. Reichardt, banking executive (b. 1931)
• July 14
  • Mahi Beamer, singer, composer, and dancer (b. 1928)
  • Wm. Theodore de Bary, sinologist (b. 1919)
  • William "Hootie" Johnson, banker and golf administrator (b. 1931)
• July 15
  • Warrick L. Carter, music educator and college administrator (b. 1942)
  • Martin Landau, actor (b. 1928)
  • Babe Parilli, football player (b. 1930)
  • Bob Wolff, sportscaster (b. 1920)
• July 16
  • Jerry Bird, basketball player (b. 1934)
  • Tom Mitchell, football player (b. 1944)
  • Clancy Sigal, writer (b. 1926)
• July 17
  • Evan Helmuth, actor (b. 1977)
  • Raymond Sackler, physician and philanthropist (b. 1920)
• July 18
  • Ben's Cat, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2006)
  • Jean Murrell Capers, judge and centenarian (b. 1913)
  • Herbert Needleman, pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1927)
  • Andrew Paulson, writer, photographer, and entrepreneur (b. 1958)
  • John Rheinecker, baseball player (b. 1979)
  • Red West, actor, stunt performer, and songwriter (b. 1936)
• July 19
  • Jake Butcher, banker and politician (b. 1936)
  • Charles Weston Houck, federal judge (b. 1933)
  • Ralph Regula, U.S. Representative from Ohio (b. 1924)
  • Fenwick Smith, classical flutist (b. 1949)
• July 20
  • Chester Bennington, rock singer and songwriter (b. 1976)
  • Jesse Kalisher, art photographer (b. 1962)
  • Kenneth Jay Lane, jewelry designer and socialite (b. 1932)
  • Joseph Rago, political writer and journalist (b. 1983)
  • Jonathan Shurberg, lawyer and politician (b. 1963)
• July 21
  • Howard Eichenbaum, psychologist and neuroscientist (b. 1947)
  • John Heard, actor (b. 1945)
  • Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, businessman (b. 1928)
  • Stubbs, cat and honorary mayor (b. 1997)
• July 22
  • Margo Chase, graphic designer (b. 1958)
  • Clarence Matthews, supercentenarian (b. 1906)
  • Haddon Robinson, evangelical author and seminary leader (b. 1931)
  • Jim Vance, television news anchor (b. 1942)
• July 23
  • Dave Cogdill, politician (b. 1950)
  • Bob DeMoss, football player and coach (b. 1927)
  • Thomas Fleming, historian and novelist (b. 1927)
  • John Kundla, basketball coach (b. 1916)
  • Snooty, manatee (b. 1948)
  • Flo Steinberg, comics publisher (b. 1939)
• July 25
  • Gretel Bergmann, German-born high jumper (b. 1914)
  • Marian Diamond, neuroscientist (b. 1926)
  • Buddy Fletcher, politician (b. 1932)
  • Michael Johnson, singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
  • Barbara Sinatra, model and showgirl (b. 1927)
  • Lyle Smith, football and basketball player and coach (b. 1916)
  • Billy Joe Walker Jr., country and New Age guitarist, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1952)
• July 26
  • Cool "Disco" Dan, graffiti artist (b. 1969)
  • Patti Deutsch, actress and comedian (b. 1943)
  • June Foray, voice actress (b. 1917)
  • Lawrence Pezzulo, diplomat (b. 1926)
  • Ronald Phillips, convicted murderer (b. 1973)
• July 27
  • Cheri Maples, police officer, peace activist, and dharma instructor (b. 1952)
  • D. L. Menard, Cajun musician (b. 1932)
  • Sam Shepard, playwright, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1943)
  • Marty Sklar, Disney imagineer (b. 1934)
• July 28
  • John G. Morris, photo editor (b. 1916)
  • Warren Keith Urbom, federal judge (b. 1925)
• July 29
  • Dave Grayson, football player (b. 1939)
  • Lee May, baseball player (b. 1943)
  • Piotr S. Wandycz, Polish-born historian (b. 1923)
• July 30 – Steadman Upham, archaeologist and university president (b. 1949)
• July 31
  • Ray Albright, banker and politician (b. 1934)
  • Chuck Loeb, jazz guitarist (b. 1955)
  • Michael O'Nan, mathematician (b. 1943)

August

• August 1
  • Jeffrey Brotman, attorney and entrepreneur (b. 1942)
  • Mariann Mayberry, actress (b. 1965)
  • Bud Moore, racing driver (b. 1941)
  • John Reaves, football player (b. 1950)
• August 2
  • Judith Jones, book editor and food writer (b. 1924)
  • Daniel Licht, film composer (b. 1957)
  • Jim Marrs, journalist and conspiracy theorist (b. 1943)
  • Ara Parseghian, football player and coach (b. 1923)
• August 3
  • Richard Dudman, journalist (b. 1918)
  • Ty Hardin, actor (b. 1930)
  • Dickie Hemric, basketball player (b. 1933)
  • Alan Peckolick, graphic designer (b. 1940)
• August 4
  • Dick Albert, meteorologist (b. 1944)
  • Walter Levin, German-born violinist and music teacher (b. 1924)
  • Jessy Serrata, Tejano singer and musician (b. 1953)
• August 5
  • George Bundy Smith, lawyer and judge (b. 1937)
  • Mark White, lawyer and politician; 43rd Governor of Texas (b. 1940)
• August 6
  • Darren Daulton, baseball player (b. 1962)
  • Dick Locher, cartoonist (b. 1929)
  • David Maslanka, composer (b. 1949)
  • Daniel McKinnon, ice hockey player and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1922)
• August 7
  • Don Baylor, baseball player and manager (b. 1949)
  • Chantek, hybrid orangutan (b. 1977)
  • Patsy Ticer, politician (b. 1935)
• August 8
  • Glen Campbell, country singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
  • Barbara Cook, musical theatre singer and actress (b. 1927)
  • Max De Pree, businessman and motivational writer (b. 1924)
  • Ken Kaiser, American League umpire (b. 1945)
  • Dick MacPherson, football coach (b. 1930)
• August 9 – Janie Shores, Supreme Court of Alabama justice (b. 1932)

See also

• 2017 in American television

External links

• Media related to 2017 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons