January • 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) •
Sylvester Potts, American singer and composer (b. 1938) •
Bob Sadowski, baseball player (b. 1937) •
Tilikum, American-held orca (b. ca. 1981) •
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, 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 • 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) •
Joanne Brekke, politician (b. 1935). •
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) •
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, government official 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 • 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 •
Míriam Colón, Puerto Rican actress (b. 1936) •
Tommy Page, American singer-songwriter (b. 1970) •
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) •
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 9 •
Bobby Byrne, American cinematographer (b. 1931) •
Bill Hands, American baseball player (b. 1940) •
Peter Karoff, American philanthropist (b. 1937) • March 10 •
Bob Altman, comedian (b. 1931) •
Carol Field, writer and librarian (b. 1940) •
Joni Sledge, singer and songwriter (b. 1956) • March 13 •
Kika de la Garza, politician (b. 1927) •
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author (b. 1965) • March 14 •
Rebecca Bace, American computer scientist (b. 1955) •
Lillie Mae Bradford, American civil rights activist (b. 1928) •
Thomas H. Friedkin, American businessman (b. 1935) •
Jack H. Harris, American film producer (b. 1918) •
Royal Robbins, American rock climber (b. 1934) •
John Van de Kamp, American politician (b. 1935) •
John Wheatcroft, American writer and teacher (b. 1925) • March 15 –
Bob Bruce, baseball player (b. 1933) • March 16 –
James Cotton, blues artist (b. 1935) • March 17 •
Auntie Fee, YouTube personality (b. 1957) •
Lawrence Montaigne, American actor, writer, dancer, and stuntman (b. 1931) • 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 •
Andy Coan, swimmer (b. 1958) •
Edward Joseph McManus, politician (b. 1920) •
Chandler Robbins, ornithologist (b. 1918) •
David Rockefeller, banker (b. 1915) •
Edgar Smith, convicted murderer (b. 1934) • March 21 –
Chuck Barris, game show creator, producer, and host (b. 1929) • March 22 •
Sib Hashian, American drummer (b. 1949) •
Tomas Milian, Cuban-American actor (b. 1933) • 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 27 –
Chelsea Brown, American actress (b. 1942) • March 28 •
Deane R. Hinton, American diplomat and ambassador (b. 1923) •
William McPherson, American writer and journalist (b. 1933) •
Bill Minor, American journalist (b. 1922) • March 29 •
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American theoretical physicist (b. 1928) •
John Collias, American western artist (b. 1918) •
Wayne Duke, American collegiate athletic executive (b. 1928) •
Steen Miles, American politician (b. 1946) •
Linwood Sexton, American football player (b. 1926) •
Katherine Smith, American Navajo activist (b. 1918) •
Ken Sparks, American football coach and player (b. 1944) • March 30 •
Richard Bustillo, American martial arts instructor (b. 1941) •
Rosie Hamlin, American singer (b. 1945) •
Donald Harvey, American serial killer (b. 1952) •
Robert Mahoney, American politician (b. 1921) •
Alfred C. Marble Jr., American Episcopal prelate (b. 1936) •
Hattie Peterson, American baseball player (b. 1930) • March 31 •
Gilbert Baker, American artist, creator of the LGBT flag (b. 1951) •
Richard Nelson Bolles, American writer (b. 1926) •
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., Secretary of Transportation (b. 1920) •
Jerrier A. Haddad, American computer engineer (b. 1922) •
James Hadnot, American football player (b. 1957) •
James Clinkscales Hill, American jurist (b. 1923) •
Radley Metzger, American pornographic filmmaker (b. 1928) •
Amy Ridenour, American conservative political activist (b. 1960) •
James Rosenquist, American artist (b. 1934)
April • 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) •
John T. Knox, politician and lawyer (b. 1924) •
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 •
Tobias Barry, American politician (b. 1924) •
George Mostow, American mathematician (b. 1923) • 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 9 •
Richard Kenneth Fox, American diplomat (b. 1925) •
Peter Hansen, American actor (b. 1921) •
Harry Huskey, American computer scientist (b. 1915) •
Bob Wootton, American country guitarist (b. 1941) •
Jean Worthley, American naturalist and television presenter (b. 1924) • April 10 •
Al Besselink, American professional golfer (b. 1923) •
Linda Hopkins, American actress and singer (b. 1924) • April 11 –
J. Geils, American musician (b. 1946) • April 12 –
Charlie Murphy, actor, comedian, voice artist and writer (b. 1959) • April 13 •
Vic Barnhart, American baseball player (b. 1922) •
Dennis Edwards Jr., American judge (b. 1921) •
Daniel Guice, American politician (b. 1924) •
Robert D. Marta, American film camera operator (b. 1943) •
Dan Rooney, American football executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Ireland (b. 1932) •
Robert Taylor, computer scientist (b. 1932) • April 14 •
Robert H. Abel, American author (b. 1941) •
John Thomas Curtin, American jurist (b. 1921) •
Henry Hillman, American venture capitalist and philanthropist (b. 1918) •
Bruce Langhorne, American folk musician (b. 1938) •
Hugh Pitts, American football player (b. 1933) •
Patti Smith, American politician (b. 1946) • April 15 •
Allan Holdsworth, British guitarist and composer (b. 1946) •
Matt Holt, singer (b. 1977) •
Clifton James, American actor (b. 1920) •
Sylvia Moy, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) • April 17 •
Matt Anoaʻi, pro wrestler (b. 1970) •
Robert B. Hibbs, American Episcopal prelate (b. 1932) •
Dawson Mathis, politician (b. 1940) •
John T. Noonan Jr., judge (b. 1926) •
Trish Vradenburg, American screenwriter (b. 1946) • April 18 •
Vic Albury, American baseball player (b. 1947) •
Bill Anderson, American football player (b. 1936) •
David Ball, American Episcopal prelate (b. 1926) •
David Chandler, American physical chemist (b. 1944) •
Raymond Han, American painter (b. 1931) •
Barkley L. Hendricks, American painter (b. 1944) •
Dorrance Hill Hamilton, American philanthropist (b. 1928) •
Jaak Panksepp, Estonian-born American neuroscientist (b. 1942) •
David H. Rodgers, American politician (b. 1923) •
J. C. Spink, American producer (b. 1971) • April 19 –
Aaron Hernandez, Former Tight End for the
New England Patriots, Convicted Murderer (b. 1989) • April 20 –
Cuba Gooding Sr., soul singer (b. 1944) • April 21 •
Carl Christ, American economist (b. 1923) •
Maria Zhorella Fedorova, Austrian-born American opera singer and teacher (b. 1915) •
Sandy Gallin, American talent agent and producer (b. 1940) •
John Grinold, American college athletic director (b. 1935) •
Kristine Jepson, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1962) •
Robert H. Shaffer, American academic (b. 1915) • April 22 •
Hector Acebes, American photographer (b. 1920) •
Hubert Dreyfus, philosopher (b. 1929) •
William Hjortsberg, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1940) •
Jess Kersey, American basketball official (b. 1940) •
Alvin H. Kukuk, American politician (b. 1937) •
Erin Moran, actress (b. 1960) • April 23 •
Jaynne Bittner, American baseball player (b. 1925) •
Anne Pippin Burnett, American classics scholar (b. 1925) •
Kathleen Crowley, actress (b. 1929) •
Ana Delfosse, Chilean-born American race-car driver and mechanic (b. 1931) •
Kate O'Beirne, American political columnist, editor and commentator (b. 1949) •
Ken Sears, basketball player (b. 1933) • April 24 –
Don Gordon, actor (b. 1926) • April 26 •
Jonathan Demme, film director (b. 1944) •
Tom Forkner, American businessman and lawyer (b. 1918) •
Andrew G. Frommelt, American politician (b. 1921) •
James Knoll Gardner, American jurist (b. 1940) •
Robert Hilder, American jurist (b. 1949) •
Chet Kalm, American artist (b. 1925) •
Dennis Karjala, American law professor (b. 1939) •
William L. Kirk, American air force general (b. 1932) •
Daniel Francis Merriam, American geologist (b. 1926) •
Harold Van Heuvelen, American composer and teacher (b. 1918) • April 28 •
Joanna Brouk, American electronic musician and composer (b. 1948) •
Mariano Gagnon, American missionary (b. 1929) •
Richard Haynes, lawyer (b. 1927) •
William M. Hoffman, playwright and editor (b. 1939) •
Janelle Kirtley, American water skier (b. 1943) •
Billy Scott, American race car driver (b. 1948) •
John Shifflett, American jazz musician (b. 1952) •
Patrick Thaddeus, American astronomer (b. 1932) • April 30 •
Anna Lee Carroll, American actress (b. 1930) •
Lorna Gray, American actress (b. 1917) •
Howard Hart, American CIA officer (b. 1940) •
Preston Henn, American entrepreneur (b. 1932) •
Jack Imel, American entertainer (b. 1932) •
Ray Kogovsek, American politician (b. 1941) •
Tam Spiva, American screenwriter (b. 1932) •
Jean Stein, American author and editor (b. 1933)
May • May 1 •
Richard Basciano, real estate developer (b. 1925) •
Bruce Hampton, guitarist (b. 1947) •
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) • 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 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) • 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) •
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 to 1999 (b. 1932) •
William Clifford Newman, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1928) •
Jean E. Sammet, computer scientist (b. 1928) •
Lisa Spoonauer, actress (b. 1972) • May 21 •
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 to 1987 (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) •
Juliana Koo, Chinese-born American diplomat and supercentenarian (b. 1905) •
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 to 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 • 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) •
Skip Homeier, American actor (b. 1930) • 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) •
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 •
Marshall Goldman, economist (b. 1930) •
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 •
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) •
Arlene Gottfried, photographer (b. 1950) •
Ken Kaiser, American League umpire (b. 1945) •
Dick MacPherson, football coach (b. 1930) •
Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian-born mathematician (b. 1923) • August 9 •
Al McCandless, politician; U.S. Representative from California (1983–1995) (b. 1927) •
Robert Joseph Shaheen, Maronite Catholic bishop (b. 1937) •
Janie Shores, Supreme Court of Alabama justice (b. 1932) • August 11 –
Neil Chayet, lawyer and radio personality (b. 1939) • August 12 –
John F. Russo, politician (b. 1933) • August 13 •
Joseph Bologna, actor (b. 1934) •
Nick Mantis, basketball player (b. 1935) • August 14 •
Frank Broyles, football player and coach (b. 1924) •
Franklin Cleckley, law professor and judge (b. 1940) •
Benard Ighner, jazz singer and musician (b. 1945) • August 15 •
Vern Ehlers, politician; U.S. Representative from Michigan (1993–2011) (b. 1934) •
Kasatka, killer whale (b. 1976) • August 16 •
Tom Hawkins, basketball player (b. 1936) •
Ross Johnson, politician and lawyer (b. 1939) •
Lester Williams, football player (b. 1959) • August 17 •
Francis X. DiLorenzo, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1942) •
Sonny Landham, actor and stunt performer (b. 1941) •
M. T. Liggett, folk sculptor (b. 1930) • August 18 •
Sonny Burgess, rockabilly singer and guitarist (b. 1929) •
Arthur J. Finkelstein, political consultant (b. 1945) •
Venero Mangano, mobster (b. 1921) • August 19 •
Charles R. Bentley, glaciologist and geophysicist (b. 1929) •
Janusz Glowacki, Polish-born playwright and screenwriter (b. 1938) •
Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist (b. 1932) •
Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat, Cuban-born politician and judge (b. 1945) •
Ed Sharockman, football player (b. 1939) •
Bea Wain, jazz singer (b. 1917) • August 20 •
Fredell Lack, classical violinist (b. 1922) •
Jerry Lewis, comedian, actor, filmmaker, and humanitarian (b. 1926) •
Shane Sieg, racing driver (b. 1982) • August 21 •
Dianne de Las Casas, Philippine-born writer and storyteller (b. 1970) •
Greg Evers, politician (b. 1955) •
Thomas Meehan, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1929) •
Don Nichols, motorsport team owner (b. 1924) •
Felo Ramírez, Cuban-born sportscaster (b. 1923) • August 22 •
John Abercrombie, jazz guitarist (b. 1944) •
Thomas W. Blackwell, politician (b. 1958) •
Jim Whelan, politician (b. 1948) • August 23 •
George A. Keyworth II, nuclear physicist (b. 1939) •
Joe Klein, baseball executive (b. 1942) •
Jack Rosenthal, journalist and editor (b. 1935) •
Susan Vreeland, novelist (b. 1946) • August 24 •
Cecil Andrus, politician; 26th and 28th Governor of Idaho (b. 1931) •
Thomas Docking, lawyer and politician (b. 1954) •
Charles Robertson, politician (b. 1934) •
Jay Thomas, actor and talk radio host (b. 1948) • August 25 •
Margaret Moser, journalist and music critic (b. 1954) •
Rich Piana, bodybuilder (b. 1971) • August 26 •
Tobe Hooper, film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1943) •
Howard Kaminsky, publisher, novelist, and film producer (b. 1940) •
Bernard Pomerance, playwright and poet (b. 1940) •
Lacey E. Putney, politician (b. 1928) • August 27 •
James Dickson Phillips Jr., federal judge (b. 1922) •
Syd Silverman, magazine publisher (b. 1932) • August 28 •
Bobby Boyd, football player (b. 1937) •
Jud Heathcote, basketball coach (b. 1927) •
David Torrence, Peruvian-American runner (b. 1985) • August 29 –
Larry Elgart, jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1922) • August 30 •
Peter Diamondstone, lawyer and politician (b. 1934) •
Louise Hay, motivational author and publisher (b. 1926) •
Rollie Massimino, basketball player and coach (b. 1934) •
Tim Mickelson, rower and Olympic silver medalist (b. 1948) • August 31 •
Richard Anderson, actor (b. 1926) •
William Beik, historian (b. 1941) •
Novella Nelson, actress and singer (b. 1938)
September • September 1 •
Shelley Berman, comedian, actor and writer (b. 1925) •
Jackie Burkett, football player (b. 1936) •
Bud George, politician (b. 1927) •
Paul Moreno, politician (b. 1931) •
Paul Schaal, baseball player (b. 1943) • September 2 •
Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-born composer, musician, and ethnomusicologist (b. 1921) •
Elizabeth Kemp, actress (b. 1951) •
Murray Lerner, documentary filmmaker (b. 1927) •
Michael Simanowitz, politician (b. 1971) •
Lucky Varela, politician (b. 1935) •
Drew Wahlroos, football player (b. 1980) • September 3 •
John Ashbery, poet (b. 1927) •
Walter Becker, jazz-rock musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950) •
John Byrne Cooke, bluegrass musician, novelist, and photographer (b. 1940) •
Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951) •
John P. White, government official (b. 1937) • September 4 •
Bob Kehoe, soccer player and coach (b. 1928) •
John Wilson Lewis, political scientist and sinologist (b. 1930) •
Harry Meshel, politician (b. 1924) • September 5 •
Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-born physicist (b. 1920) •
Gina Mason, politician (b. 1960) •
Gin D. Wong, Chinese-born architect (b. 1922) •
Tom Wright, baseball player (b. 1923) • September 6 •
Daniel Federman, medical educator (b. 1928) •
Walter Guralnick, dentist and centenarian (b. 1916) •
Jim McDaniels, basketball player (b. 1948) •
Kate Millett, feminist writer, activist, and artist (b. 1934) •
Lotfi A. Zadeh, Azerbaijani-born mathematician (b. 1921) • September 7 •
Jeremiah Goodman, painter and illustrator (b. 1922) •
Mark P. Mahon, politician (b. 1930) •
Gene Michael, baseball player, manager, and executive (b. 1938) •
Charles Owens, football player and golfer (b. 1932) • September 8 •
Isabelle Daniels, sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1937) •
A. Joseph DeNucci, boxer and politician (b. 1939) •
Blake Heron, actor (b. 1982) •
Troy Gentry, singer (b. 1967) •
Daniel McNeill, politician (b. 1947) •
Jerry Pournelle, science fiction writer and journalist (b. 1933) •
Don Williams, country singer, musician, and songwriter (b. 1939) • September 9 •
Jim Donohue, baseball player (b. 1937) •
Michael Friedman, composer and lyricist (b. 1975) •
Oscar E. Huber, politician (b. 1917) • September 10 •
Xavier Atencio, animator and Disney imagineer (b. 1919) •
Nancy Dupree, historian (b. 1927) •
Don Ohlmeyer, television producer and network executive (b. 1945) •
Len Wein, comics writer and editor (b. 1948) • September 11 •
Mel Didier, baseball scout (b. 1927) •
Mark LaMura, actor (b. 1948) • September 12 •
Charles F. Knight, business executive (b. 1939) •
Gary I. Wadler, internist and sports physician (b. 1939) •
Edith Windsor, LGBT rights activist (b. 1929) • September 13 •
Pete Domenici, politician; U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1973–2009) (b. 1932) •
Gary Otte, convicted murderer (b. 1971) •
Frank Vincent, actor (b. 1937) • September 14 •
George Englund, film producer, director, editor, and screenwriter (b. 1926) •
Basil Gogos, illustrator (b. 1939) •
Grant Hart, rock musician and songwriter (b. 1961) •
Tommy Irvin, politician (b. 1929) • September 15 •
Herbert W. Kalmbach, attorney and banker (b. 1921) •
Myrna Lamb, playwright (b. 1930) •
Harry Dean Stanton, actor and singer (b. 1926) • September 16 •
Penny Chenery, racehorse owner and breeder (b. 1922) •
Ted Christopher, racing driver (b. 1958) •
Ben Dorcy, roadie (b. 1925) •
Mitchell Flint, lawyer and World War II aviator (b. 1923) •
Brenda Lewis, operatic soprano and actress (b. 1921) •
Nabeel Qureshi, Christian apologist (b. 1983) •
Bucky Scribner, football player (b. 1960) • September 17 •
Bonnie Angelo, journalist (b. 1924) •
William F. Goodling, politician; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1975–2001) (b. 1927) •
Bobby Heenan, professional wrestler, manager, and commentator (b. 1944) •
Dave Hilton, baseball player (b. 1950) •
Lucy Ozarin, psychiatrist (b. 1914) • September 18 •
Ronald E. Carrier, university president (b. 1932) •
Paul E. Gray, electrical engineer and university president (b. 1932) •
Paul Horner, writer and humorist (b. 1978) •
Mark Selby, rock musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1961) •
Pete Turner, photographer (b. 1934) • September 19 •
Bernie Casey, football player and actor (b. 1939) •
Jake LaMotta, boxer and comedian (b. 1922) •
Johnny Sandlin, record producer and engineer (b. 1945) • September 20 •
William J. Ely, U.S. Army general (b. 1911) •
Mickey Harrington, baseball player (b. 1934) •
Garry Hill, baseball pitcher (b. 1946) •
Ed Phillips, baseball pitcher (b. 1944) •
Lillian Ross, journalist and author (b. 1918) • September 21 –
Larry J. McKinney, federal judge (b. 1944) • September 22 •
Rick Shaw, radio and television personality (b. 1938) •
Daniel Yankelovich, social scientist (b. 1924) • September 23 •
Charles Bradley, funk and soul singer (b. 1948) •
Dorothy Eck, politician (b. 1924) •
Seth Firkins, audio engineer (b. 1981) •
Elizabeth D. Phillips, university administrator (b. 1945) •
Samuel H. Young, politician; U.S. Representative from Illinois (1973–1975) (b. 1922) • September 24 •
Barbara Blaine, anti-pedophile activist (b. 1956) •
Norman Dyhrenfurth, Swiss-born mountain climber (b. 1918) •
Albert Innaurato, playwright (b. 1947) •
Tony Lewis, politician; state legislator from West Virginia •
Orville Lynn Majors, nurse and serial killer (b. 1961) •
Joseph M. McDade, politician; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1963–1999) (b. 1931) •
Robert J. McFarlin, politician (b. 1929) •
Kit Reed, author (b. 1932) • September 25 •
Joe Bailon, vehicle customized (b. 1923) •
Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Tlingit author, poet, and scholar (b. 1927) •
Grant H. Palmer, educator and critic of Mormonism (b. 1940) •
Clarence Purfeerst, politician (b. 1928) •
Joe Schaffer, football player (b. 1937) •
Jim Walrod, interior design consultant (b. 1961) •
Elaine Hoffman Watts, klezmer drummer (b. 1932) • September 26 •
Donnie Corker, transvestite entertainer (b. 1951) •
Barry Dennen, actor (b. 1938) •
Alfred Stepan, political scientist (b. 1936) • September 27 •
CeDell Davis, blues singer and musician (b. 1926) •
Hugh Hefner, magazine publisher, socialite, and activist (b. 1926) •
Anne Jeffreys, actress and singer (b. 1923) •
Red Miller, football coach (b. 1927) •
Stanley M. Rumbough Jr., businessman, socialite, and philanthropist (b. 1920) • September 30 •
Monty Hall, Canadian-American game show host (b. 1921) •
Frank Hamblen, basketball player and coach (b. 1947) •
Donald Malarkey, U.S. Army soldier of World War II (b. 1921) •
Tom Paley, folk musician (b. 1928) •
Lou Reda, documentary filmmaker (b. 1925) •
Joe Tiller, football player and coach (b. 1942) •
Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1966)
October • October 1 •
Robert D. Hales, Mormon religious leader (b. 1932) •
Arthur Janov, psychologist and psychotherapist (b. 1927) •
Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr., publisher, billionaire, art collector, and philanthropist (b. 1927) •
Stephen Paddock, mass murderer behind the
2017 Las Vegas Shooting (b.
1953) •
Dave Strader, sportscaster (b. 1955) • October 2 •
Solly Hemus, baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923) •
Simon Ostrach, academic scientist and engineer (b. 1923) •
Paul Otellini, business executive (b. 1950) •
Jim Patterson, politician (b. 1950) •
Tom Petty, rock musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950) •
Barbara Tisserat, lithographer (b. 1951) •
Robert Yates, NASCAR team owner (b. 1948) • October 3 •
Bob Gannon, politician (b. 1959) •
John Herrnstein, baseball and football player (b. 1938) •
Ninja Jorgensen, Olympic volleyball player (b. 1940) •
Lance Russell, professional wrestling announcer (b. 1926) • October 4 •
Rufus Hannah, homeless rights advocate (b. 1954) •
John Miller, politician; U.S. Representative from Washington (1985–1993) (b. 1938) •
Jerry Ross, songwriter and record producer (b. 1933) • October 5 –
Nora Johnson, author (b. 1933) • October 6 •
Connie Hawkins, basketball player (b. 1942) •
Ralphie May, comedian (b. 1972) •
Dick Roeding, politician (b. 1930) •
Bunny Sigler, songwriter and record producer (b. 1941) •
Judy Stone, journalist and film critic (b. 1924) • October 7 –
Jim Landis, baseball player (b. 1934) • October 8 •
Edna Dummerth, baseball player (b. 1924) •
Jerry Kleczka, politician; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1984–2005) (b. 1943) •
Don Lock, baseball player (b. 1936) •
Grady Tate, jazz drummer and vocalist (b. 1932) •
Y. A. Tittle, football player (b. 1926) • October 9 •
ElizaBeth Gilligan, fantasy writer (b. 1962) •
Dale Hagerman, pharmacist and businessman (b. 1927) •
Roy Hawes, baseball player (b. 1926) •
Ben Hawkins, football player (b. 1944) •
Vincent La Selva, conductor (b. 1929) •
Bill Puterbaugh, racing driver (b. 1936) • October 10 •
David Chapman, handball player (b. 1975) •
Charles E. Gibson Jr., lawyer (b. 1925) •
Bob Schiller, television writer (b. 1918) • October 11 •
Don Pedro Colley, actor (b. 1938) •
James R. Ford, educator, business executive, and politician (b. 1925) •
Paul Hufnagle, politician (b. 1936) •
Betty Moczynski, baseball player (b. 1926) • October 12 •
Ed Long, politician (b. 1934) •
Robert Lynn Pruett, convicted murderer (b. 1979) • October 13 –
William Lombardy, chess grandmaster and Roman Catholic priest (b. 1937) • October 14 •
Inside Information, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1991) •
Marian Cannon Schlesinger, painter, author, and centenarian (b. 1912) •
Daniel Webb, baseball pitcher (b. 1989) •
Richard Wilbur, poet (b. 1921) • October 15 •
Dave Bry, music journalist and editor (b. 1970) •
Burrhead Jones, professional wrestler (b. 1937) • October 16 •
John Andreason, politician (b. 1929) • October 17 •
Ed Barnowski, baseball pitcher (b. 1943) •
Mychael Knight, fashion designer (b. 1978) •
Michele Marsh, television journalist (b. 1954) •
Julian May, science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer (b. 1931) •
Dick Morley, engineer and inventor (b. 1932) • October 18 •
Brent Briscoe, actor and screenwriter (b. 1961) •
Helen DeVos, philanthropist (b. 1927) • October 20 •
Stan Kowalski, professional wrestler (b. 1926) •
Justin Reed, basketball player (b. 1982) • October 22 •
Al Hurricane, singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936) •
Scott Putesky, heavy metal guitarist (b. 1968) •
Chuck Weber, football player (b. 1930) • October 23 •
Michael Patrick Driscoll, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1939) •
Paul J. Weitz, aviator and astronaut (b. 1932) • October 24 •
Robert Guillaume, actor (b. 1927) •
Fats Domino, pianist and singer-songwriter (b. 1928) • October 25 –
Jack Bannon, American actor (b. (1940) • October 26 •
Shea Norman, gospel singer (b. 1971) •
Stephen Toulouse, policy specialist and public relations manager (b. 1972) • October 27 –
Joe Taub, businessman, philanthropist and sports owner (b. (1929) • October 28 –
Ronald Getoor, mathematician (b. 1929) • October 29 •
Muhal Richard Abrams, jazz pianist (b. 1930) •
Dennis Banks, activist and actor (b. 1937) •
Richard E. Cavazos, army general (b. 1929) • October 30
Judy Martz, politician, 22nd Governor of Montana (b. 1943) • October 31 –
Red Murrell, basketball player (b. 1933)
November • November 1 •
Brad Bufanda, actor (b. 1983) •
Katie Lee, folk singer, writer, photographer, and environmental activist (b. 1919) •
John Mecray, realist painter (b. 1937) •
Richard P. Mills, educator (b. 1944) •
Paul V. Mullaney, politician and judge (b. 1919) •
Myron Noodleman, clown (b. 1958) •
James Tayoun, politician (b. 1930) • November 2 •
John Paul De Cecco, LGBT writer and academic (b. 1925) •
Orval H. Hansen, politician; U.S. Representative from Idaho (1969–1975) (b. 1926) •
William Landau, neurologist (b. 1924) •
Joan Tisch, billionaire heiress, socialite, and philanthropist (b. 1927) •
Bill Wilkerson, radio personality and sportscaster (b. 1945) • November 3 •
Sid Catlett, basketball player (b. 1948) •
Ed Flanagan, politician (b. 1950) • November 4 •
C. W. Smith, racing driver and police officer (b. 1947) •
Anna Diggs Taylor, federal judge (b. 1932) •
Gene Verble, baseball player and manager (b. 1928) • November 5 •
Don Eddy, basketball coach (b. 1935) •
Nancy Friday, author (b. 1933) •
Robert Knight, R&B singer (b. 1945) •
Louis Roney, operatic tenor (b. 1921) •
Vera Shlakman, economist and academic (b. 1909) •
George Edward Tait, poet and activist (b. 1943) • November 6 •
Dave Cloutier, football player (b. 1938) •
Joe Fortunato, football player (b. 1930) •
Richard F. Gordon Jr., aviator, chemist, and astronaut (b. 1929) •
Rhona Silver, businesswoman (b. 1951) •
Rick Stelmaszek, baseball player and coach (b. 1948) • November 7 •
Debra Chasnoff, documentary filmmaker (b. 1957) •
Robert De Cormier, music conductor and arranger (b. 1922) •
Wendell Eugene, jazz trombonist (b. 1923) •
Roy Halladay, baseball player (b. 1977) •
Brad Harris, actor and stunt performer (b. 1933) •
Loren Hightower, dancer and choreographer (b. 1927) •
Dolores Kendrick, poet (b. 1927) • November 8 •
John H. Cushman, U.S. Army general (b. 1921) •
Wood Moy, actor (b. 1918) •
Don Prince, baseball player (b. 1938) • November 9 •
Donald S. Coffey, physician and educator (b. 1932) •
Fred Cole, rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1948) •
Robert Gensburg, lawyer (b. 1939) •
John Hillerman, actor (b. 1932) •
Gene Kotlarek, Olympic ski jumper (b. 1940) •
Chuck Mosley, rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1959) •
Chuck Nergard, politician (b. 1929) •
Jim Sladky, ice dancer (b. 1947) • November 11 •
Vanu Bose, electrical engineer and technology executive (b. 1965) •
Frank Corsaro, theatre and opera director and actor (b. 1924) •
Gemze de Lappe, ballerina and choreographer (b. 1922) •
Edward S. Herman, journalist and activist (b. 1925) •
Nate Hobgood-Chittick, football player (b. 1974) •
Rance Pless, baseball player (b. 1925) •
Jeffrey T. Richelson, author and researcher (b. 1949) • November 12 •
Bobby Baker, political adviser (b. 1928) •
Tom Cornsweet, psychologist and inventor (b. 1929) •
Wendy Pepper, fashion designer (b. 1964) •
John C. Raines, educator and activist (b. 1933) •
Eric Salzman, composer, music critic, and record producer (b. 1933) •
Edith Savage-Jennings, civil rights activist (b. 1924) •
Liz Smith, journalist and gossip columnist (b. 1923) •
Lawrence R. Yetka, judge (b. 1924) • November 13 •
Jeff Capel II, basketball coach (b. 1953) •
Bobby Doerr, baseball player and coach (b. 1918) •
Thomas J. Hudner Jr., naval aviator (b. 1924) •
Janet Paula Lupo, model (b. 1950) •
Haskell Monroe, educator and university administrator (b. 1931) •
Jim Rivera, baseball player (b. 1921) • November 14 •
Albert C. Ledner, architect (b. 1924) •
Nancy Zieman, sewing instructor, writer, and television host (b. 1953) • November 15 •
Michelle Boisseau, poet (b. 1955) •
David S. Cunningham Jr., business executive and politician (b. 1935) •
Robert G. Jahn, physicist and parapsychologist (b. 1930) •
Lil Peep, rapper and singer (b. 1996) •
J. Steve Mostyn, lawyer (b. 1971) •
Eric P. Newman, numismatist and centenarian (b. 1911) •
Jaroslav Vanek, Czech-born economist (b. 1930) • November 16 •
John Gambino, Italian-born mobster (b. 1940) •
William Mayer, composer (b. 1925) •
Ferdie Pacheco, physician, boxing trainer and commentator (b. 1927) •
Kenneth Ryskamp, federal judge (b. 1932) •
Jack Stauffacher, typographer and publisher (b. 1920) •
Greg Standridge, businessman and politician (b. 1967) •
Ann Wedgeworth, actress (b. 1934) • November 17 •
J. C. Caroline, football player (b. 1933) •
Aijalon Gomes, educator, missionary, and North Korean detainee (b. 1979) •
Lilli Hornig, Czech-born scientist and feminist (b. 1921) •
Earle Hyman, actor (b. 1926) •
Ulrich Petersen, Peruvian-born geologist (b. 1927) •
Robert D. Raiford, radio broadcaster and actor (b. 1927) •
Howard Bruner Schaffer, educator and diplomat (b. 1929) • November 18 •
Bob Borkowski, baseball player (b. 1926) •
Flawless Sabrina, drag queen and LGBT activist (b. 1939) •
William Hoeveler, federal judge (b. 1922) •
Ben Riley, jazz drummer (b. 1933) •
Ken Shapiro, child actor, television writer, and producer (b. 1942) • November 19 •
Peter Baldwin, actor, film and television director (b. 1931) •
Charles Manson, criminal and cult leader (b. 1934) •
Warren "Pete" Moore, R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1938) •
Pancho Segura, tennis player (b. 1921) •
Della Reese, jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister (b. 1931) •
Mel Tillis, country music singer and songwriter (b. 1932) • November 20 •
Eugene Domack, geologist (b. 1956) •
Terry Glenn, football player (b. 1974) •
Ernestine Petras, baseball player (b. 1924) • November 21 •
David Cassidy, actor and pop singer (b. 1950) •
Wayne Cochran, soul singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1939) •
Keith Muxlow, politician (b. 1933) •
Joseph White, psychologist (b. 1932) • November 22 •
George Avakian, record producer (b. 1919) •
Norman Baker, explorer (b. 1928) •
John Coates Jr., jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (b. 1938) •
Jon Hendricks, jazz singer and songwriter (b. 1921) •
Maurice Hinchey, politician (b. 1938) •
Tommy Keene, rock singer and songwriter (b. 1958) •
Charles C. McDonald, U.S. Air Force general (b. 1933) •
Bobbie L. Sterne, politician (b. 1919) •
Edward C. Taylor, chemist (b. 1923) • November 23 •
Carol Neblett, operatic soprano (b. 1946) •
Craig Tieszen, politician (b. 1949) • November 24 •
Wesley L. Fox, U.S. Marine Corps officer and military writer (b. 1931) •
Neil Gillman, Canadian-born rabbi and theologian (b. 1933) •
Stephen Knapp, art photographer (b. 1947) •
Lowen Kruse, politician (b. 1929) •
Mitch Margo, doo-wop singer and songwriter (b. 1947) •
John Thierry, football player (b. 1971) • November 25 •
John Black, politician (b. 1933) •
Bertha Calloway, museum director and activist (b. 1925) •
Edward Fudge, lawyer and Christian theologian (b. 1944) •
Ken Gray, football player (b. 1936) •
Rance Howard, actor (b. 1928) •
Steve "Snapper" Jones, basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1942) •
John M. Lewellen, politician (b. 1930) •
Bogdan Maglich, Serbian-born nuclear physicist (b. 1928) •
Julio Oscar Mechoso, actor (b. 1955) •
Harry Pregerson, federal judge (b. 1923) • November 26 •
Ruth Bancroft, gardener, landscape architect and centenarian (b. 1908) •
Garnett Thomas Eisele, federal judge (b. 1923) •
Georg Iggers, German-born historian (b. 1926) •
Peggy Vining, poet (b. 1929) •
W. Marvin Watson, university president and presidential advisor (b. 1924) • November 27 •
Bill Harris, politician (b. 1934) •
Bud Moore, racing driver and NASCAR owner (b. 1925) •
Robert Popwell, rock and jazz bassist (b. 1950) •
Warren Spannaus, politician (b. 1930) • November 28 •
Joseph N. Crowley, university president and cannabis activist (b. 1933) •
Fritz Graf, National Football League official (b. 1922) •
Don Moore, politician (b. 1928) • November 29 •
Jerry Fodor, philosopher and cognitive scientist (b. 1935) •
Fran Hopper, comics artist (b. 1922) •
Charles E. Merrill Jr., educator and philanthropist (b. 1920) •
Robert Walker, blues guitarist (b. 1937) • November 30 •
Dick Gernert, baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1928) •
Gary Ingram, politician (b. 1933) •
Jim Nabors, actor and singer (b. 1930) •
Vincent Scully, architectural historian (b. 1920)
December • December 1 •
Arif Dirlik, Turkish-born historian (b. 1940) •
Perry Wallace, basketball player and legal scholar (b. 1948) •
Les Whitten, journalist and novelist (b. 1928) • December 2 •
Mundell Lowe, jazz guitarist (b. 1922) •
Marianne Means, political columnist and White House correspondent (b. 1934) • December 3 •
John B. Anderson, politician; U.S. Representative from Illinois (1961–1981) (b. 1922) •
Ernest A. Finney Jr., judge; South Carolina Supreme Court justice (b. 1931) •
Leandro Rizzuto, billionaire businessman (b. 1938) • December 4 •
Mary Louise Hancock, politician (b. 1920) •
Alexander Harvey II, federal judge (b. 1923) •
Rudolph G. Wilson, storyteller, writer, and academic (b. 1935) •
Edward Zemprelli, politician (b. 1925) • December 5 •
Maurice Green, virologist (b. 1926) •
Ron Meyer, football coach (b. 1941) • December 6 •
Conrad Brooks, actor (b. 1931) •
Charles J. Cella, businessman and race horse owner (b. 1936) •
William H. Gass, author and educator (b. 1924) •
Kathleen Karr, author (b. 1946) •
George E. Killian, basketball coach and administrator (b. 1924) •
Tracy Stallard, baseball pitcher (b. 1937) •
Cy Young, Olympic javelin thrower (b. 1928) • December 7 •
MacDonald Becket, architect (b. 1928) •
Fred J. Doocy, politician and banker (b. 1913) •
Morton Estrin, classical pianist (b. 1923) •
Sunny Murray, jazz drummer (b. 1936) •
Steve Reevis, actor (b. 1962) •
Roland Taylor, basketball player (b. 1946) • December 8 •
James P. Cullen, U.S. Army general (b. 1945) •
Howard Gottfried, film producer (b. 1923) •
Tubby Raymond, football and baseball player and coach (b. 1926) •
Gloria Ann Taylor, soul singer (b. 1944) •
Morris Zelditch, sociologist (b. 1928) • December 9 •
James Joseph Brady, lawyer and judge (b. 1944) •
Allen C. Kelley, economist (b. 1937) •
Marshall Loeb, business journalist and editor (b. 1929) •
Joe Newton, track and field coach (b. 1929) •
Tony Sumpter, football player (b. 1922) •
Tom Zenk, professional wrestler and bodybuilder (b. 1958) • December 10 •
Angry Grandpa, Internet personality (b. 1950) •
Simeon Booker, journalist (b. 1918) •
Bruce Brown, documentary filmmaker (b. 1937) •
Curtis W. Harris, minister, civil rights activist, and politician (b. 1924) •
Ronald W. Hodges, entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1934) •
Ray Kassar, business executive (b. 1928) •
Harold Levine, mathematician •
Roy Reed, journalist (b. 1930) • December 11 •
Paul T. Fader, lawyer and politician (b. 1959) •
Charles Robert Jenkins, U.S. Army soldier and defector to North Korea (b. 1940) •
Vera Katz, politician (b. 1933) •
John P. Yates, politician (b. 1921) • December 12 •
Ken Bracey, baseball pitcher, manager, and scout (b. 1937) •
Michael Clendenin, journalist (b. 1934) •
Pat DiNizio, rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1955) •
Marvin Greenberg, mathematician (b. 1935) •
Ed Lee, politician; 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1952) •
Lewis Manilow, attorney, real estate developer, and philanthropist (b. 1927) •
Willie Pickens, jazz pianist and composer (b. 1931) •
Anthony Scaduto, journalist and biographer (b. 1932) • December 13 •
Warrel Dane, heavy metal singer and songwriter (b. 1961) •
John DeLamater, sociologist and sexologist (b. 1940) •
Bette Howland, author and critic (b. 1937) •
Bill Hudson, football player (b. 1935) •
Dan Johnson, politician and minister (b. 1960) •
Frank Lary, baseball pitcher (b. 1930) •
Tommy Nobis, football player (b. 1943) •
Martin Ransohoff, film and television producer (b. 1927) •
Paul Yesawich, basketball player (b. 1923) • December 14 •
Bob Givens, animator (b. 1918) •
Charles Byron Renfrew, federal judge (b. 1928) •
R. C. Sproul, Christian pastor and theologian (b. 1939) •
Marilyn Ware, businesswoman and diplomat (b. 1943) •
Lones Wigger, Olympic shooter (b. 1937) • December 15 •
Darlanne Fluegel, actress (b. 1953). •
Arthur S. Abramson, linguist (b. 1925) •
Don Hogan Charles, photographer (b. 1938) •
Pierre Hohenberg, French-American theoretical physicist (b. 1934) • December 16 •
Ralph Carney, rock singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1956) •
Len Ceglarski, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926) •
Richard Dobson, country singer and songwriter (b. 1942) •
E. Hunter Harrison, railway executive (b. 1944) •
Keely Smith, jazz singer (b. 1928) •
Robert G. Wilmers, billionaire banker (b. 1934) • December 17 •
Johnny Fox, magician and stunt performer (b. 1953) •
Doug Gallagher, baseball pitcher (b. 1940) •
Bob Glidden, dragster driver (b. 1944) •
Al Kelley, golfer (b. 1935) •
Kevin Mahogany, jazz singer (b. 1958) •
Bennett Malone, politician (b. 1944) •
Edward Rowny, U.S. Army general and centenarian (b. 1917) • December 18 •
Janet Benshoof, lawyer and reproductive rights activist (b. 1947) •
William O. Harbach, television producer and director (b. 1919) •
Larry Harris, music executive (b. 1947) •
LeRoy Jolley, horse trainer (b. 1937) • December 19 •
Clifford Irving, novelist, investigative reporter, and convicted fraudster (b. 1930) •
Mamie Johnson, baseball pitcher (b. 1935) •
Ruth McClendon, politician (b. 1943) •
Jerry A. Moore Jr., Baptist minister and politician (b. 1918) •
Frank North, football coach (b. 1924) •
Richard Venture, actor (b. 1923) •
Leo Welch, blues singer and musician (b. 1932) • December 20 •
William Agee, business executive (b. 1938) •
Carolyn Cohen, biologist and biophysicist (b. 1929) •
Combat Jack, lawyer, hip-hop record producer, writer, and podcaster (b. 1964) •
Charlie Hennigan, football player (b. 1935) •
Bernard Francis Law, Roman Catholic prelate and civil rights activist (b. 1931) •
George Mans, football player and coach and politician (b. 1940) •
Diane Straus, magazine publisher (b. 1951) •
Marilyn Tyler, operatic soprano (b. 1926) • December 21 •
Dick Enberg, sportscaster (b. 1935) •
March Fong Eu, Chinese-American politician (b. 1922) •
Jim French, radio host and voice actor (b. 1928) •
Dominic Frontiere, jazz accordionist, composer, and arranger (b. 1931) •
D. Bruce MacPherson, Episcopal prelate (b. 1940) •
Bruce McCandless II, aviator, electrical engineer, and astronaut (b. 1937) •
Roswell Rudd, jazz trombonist (b. 1935) •
Jerry Yellin, U.S. Army Air Forces fighter pilot (b. 1924) • December 22 •
Lou Adler, radio journalist (b. 1929) •
Pervis Atkins, football player (b. 1935) •
Hal Bedsole, football player (b. 1941) •
Viola Davis Brown, nurse and nursing administrator (b. 1930) •
Domenic Cretara, painter (b. 1946) •
Joseph F. Timilty, politician (b. 1938) • December 28 –
Rose Marie, actress, singer, and comedian (b. 1923) • December 30 •
Erica Garner, civil rights activist (b.
1990) ==See also==