2019 deaths in the United States (January–June)

Deaths in the first half of the year 2019 in the United States. For the last half of the year, see 2019 deaths in the United States, July–December.

January

January 1 Ludwig W. Adamec, Austrian-born historian (b. 1924) Shane Bisnett, bassist (Ice Nine Kills) (b. 1987) Ed Corney, bodybuilder (b. 1933) Walt McKeel, baseball player (b. 1972)Former Greene Central standout Walt McKeel died Tuesday. Richard Rifkind, cancer researcher (b. 1930) Steven P. Schinke, social work scholar (b. 1945) Larry Weinberg, real estate developer and sports team owner (Portland Trail Blazers) (b. 1926) Gilbert R. Winham, political scientist (b. 1938) Pegi Young, educator, philanthropist, and singer-songwriter (b. 1952) Perry Deane Young, journalist and playwright (b. 1941)Perry Deane Young, NC-born Vietnam War correspondent and author, has died January 2 Malcolm Beard, politician (b. 1919) Darwin Bromley, game designer, founder of Mayfair Games (b. 1950) Jerry Buchek, baseball player (b. 1943) Daryl Dragon, musician (b. 1942) Bob Einstein, comedian, actor (b. 1942) Theodore E. Gildred, diplomat (b. 1935) Bob Hanner, politician (b. 1945) Waun Ki Hong, oncologist (b. 1942) Jerry Magee, sportswriter (b. 1928) Jim Margraff, football coach (b. 1960)Johns Hopkins Football Coach Jim Margraff Dies At 58 Kevin J. McIntyre, government official, Chairman of the FERC (2017–2018) (b. 1961) Blake Nordstrom, businessman, co-president of Nordstrom (b. 1960) Gene Okerlund, wrestling announcer (b. 1942) George Welsh, football coach (b. 1933) January 3 Richard C. Bradt, materials engineer (b. 1938) Bob Burrow, basketball player (b. 1934)Kentucky great Bob Burrow, holder of records that might never be broken, dies at 84 William Cochran, politician (b. 1934) Sylvia Chase, news anchor and journalist (b. 1938) John Falsey, writer and producer (b. 1951) Roy Givens, politician (b. 1929) Herb Kelleher, businessman, co-founder of Southwest Airlines (b. 1931) William Miller, football player (b. 1956) Steve Ripley, musician (The Tractors) (b. 1950) Thais St Julien, opera singer (b. 1945) Harold A. Hopkins Jr., priest (b. 1930) January 4 Norman Birnbaum, sociologist (b. 1926) Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1927) Moffatt Burriss, politician (b. 1919)SC veteran and politician Moffatt Burriss dies Charles Currie, Jesuit academic administrator (b. 1929) Diana Decker, American-born British actress and singer (b. 1925) Harold Demsetz, economist (b. 1930) Leo J. Dulacki, general (b. 1918) Louisa Moritz, Cuban-born actress (b. 1946) January 5 Rick Down, baseball coach (b. 1950) Scott Dozier, convicted murderer (b. 1970) Alvin Fielder, jazz drummer (b. 1935) Kenneth Hedberg, chemist (b. 1920) Stanley Insler, philologist (b. 1937) Pete Manning, football player (b. 1937) Rudolf Raff, biologist (b. 1941) John L. Said, Episcopal bishop (b. 1932) Bernice Sandler, women's rights activist (b. 1928) Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1947) January 6 Jo Andres, filmmaker, choreographer and artist (b. 1954) Joe Belmont, basketball player and coach (b. 1934) Ben Coleman, basketball player (b. 1961) George Crowe, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1936) Lenny Green, baseball player (b. 1932) Roy Hilton, football player (b. 1943) Robert L. Kahn, social psychologist (b. 1918) Kwamie Lassiter, football player (b. 1969) Alan R. Pearlman, sound engineer, founder of ARP Instruments (b. 1925) Gregg Rudloff, sound mixer (b. 1955) Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born professor (b. 1942) W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor (b. 1932) Myron Thompson, American-born Canadian politician (b. 1936) January 7 Edwin Erickson, politician (b. 1938) Clydie King, singer (b. 1943) John Mendelsohn, pharmacologist (b. 1936) Theodore K. Rabb, historian (b. 1937) Tom Rukavina, politician (b. 1950) Babs Simpson, fashion editor (b. 1913) Barbara Elaine Ruth Brown, biologist and philanthropist (b. 1929) January 8 Wendy Ashmore, archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1948) Larry Langford, politician (b. 1946) January 9 Verna Bloom, actress (b. 1939) Earnest F. Gloyna, environmental engineer (b. 1921) Joseph Lawson Howze, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1923) Joseph Jarman, jazz musician and priest (b. 1937) Matthew Locricchio, author of cookbooks and actor (b. 1947) Melvin L. Moeschberger, biostatistician (b. 1940) Alan Trask, politician (b. 1933) Lester Wunderman, advertising executive, creator of direct marketing (b. 1920) Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (b. 1944) Don Reynolds, actor and animal trainer (b. 1937) January 10 Larry Cunningham, singer (The Floaters) (b. 1951) Andy de Groat, choreographer (b. 1947) Rick Forzano, football coach (b. 1928) Johnny Hetki, baseball player (b. 1922) John Michels, football player and coach (b. 1931) José Andreu García, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (1992–2003) (b. 1937) January 11 Shirley Boone, philanthropist (b. 1934) Walter Chandoha, photographer (b. 1920) Gus Ganakas, college basketball coach (b. 1926) J. D. Gibbs, race car driver, co-owner of Joe Gibbs Racing (b. 1969) John G. Gunderson, psychiatrist (b. 1942) Walter V. Shipley, businessman, CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank (1996–1999) (b. 1935) Jumping Johnny Wilson, basketball player (b. 1927) Robert Horn, water polo player (b. 1931) January 12 George Ball, entomologist (b. 1926) Anthony Colaizzo, politician (b. 1930) Paul Englund, biochemist (b. 1938) Bonnie Guitar, country musician (b. 1923) Joe M. Jackson, Air Force officer (b. 1923) Bob Kuechenberg, football player (b. 1947) Batton Lash, comic book writer and artist (b. 1953) Leonard M. Pike, horticulture professor (b. 1940) Sanger D. Shafer, country songwriter (b. 1934) Patricia Wald, judge, Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit (1986–1991) (b. 1928) Tom Brosius, track and field athlete (b. 1949) January 13 Douglas M. Costle, environmentalist (b. 1939) Francine du Plessix Gray, author (b. 1930) Willie Murphy, blues musician (b. 1943) Alfred K. Newman, Navajo Code talker (b. 1924) Francis W. Nye, Major General in the U.S. Air Force (b. 1918) Mel Stottlemyre, baseball player and coach (b. 1941) Mark Urman, film producer and distributor (b. 1952) January 14 Milton Bluehouse Sr., politician (b. 1935) Dick Brodowski, baseball player (b. 1932) Eli Grba, baseball player (b. 1934) Raymond G. Perelman, businessman (b. 1917) Gavin Smith, Canadian poker player (b. 1968) Omar Phillips, drummer (b. 1970) January 15 Bill Anagnos, stuntman and actor (b. 1958) Bradley Bolke, voice actor (b. 1925) Carol Channing, actress, singer and dancer (b. 1921) Walter Klein, filmmaker, founder of International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers (b. 1923) Mason Lowe, professional bull rider (b. 1993) Tim Maypray, football player (b. 1988) John J. McKetta, chemical engineer (b. 1915) Bruce Tufeld, talent agent and manager (b. 1952) January 16 John C. Bogle, investor, founder of The Vanguard Group (b. 1929) Lorna Doom, punk rock bassist (Germs) (b. 1958) Tom Hausman, baseball player (b. 1953) Hank Norton, football coach (b. 1927) Barbara Tsakirgis, archaeologist (b. 1954) Rita Vidaurri, singer (b. 1924) January 17 Debi Martini, punk rock singer and bassist (Red Aunts) Joe O'Donnell, football player (b. 1941) Mary Oliver, poet (b. 1935) Mary Jane Osborn, biochemist and molecular biologist (b. 1927) Sam Savage, novelist and poet (b. 1940) Turk Schonert, football player (b. 1957) Helen Smith, baseball player (b. 1921) Daniel C. Striepeke, makeup artist (b. 1930) Reggie Young, musician (b. 1936) January 18 Boo, Pomeranian and internet celebrity (b. 2006) John Coughlin, Pairs figure skater (b. 1985) Gary Gutting, philosopher (b. 1942) Dan Orlich, football player (b. 1924) William A. Thomas, college football player and coach (b. 1948) Glen Wood, racing driver, co-founder of Wood Brothers Racing (b. 1925) Robert Morey, rower (b. 1936) January 19 Nathan Glazer, sociologist (b. 1923) Thomas Habinek, classical scholar (b. 1953) Tony Mendez, intelligence officer (b. 1940) Margaret Wigiser, baseball player (b. 1924) Daniel C. Striepeke, makeup artist (b. 1930) January 20 Tibor Baranski, Hungarian-American educator (b. 1922) Rosemarie Bowe, model and actress (b. 1932) Kenneth Bruffee, academic (b. 1934) Norman Itzkowitz, historian (b. 1931) Jerry Kupcinet, director and producer (b. 1944) Jimmy Rayl, basketball player (b. 1941) Bobby Shows, politician (b. 1938) Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer (b. 1944) January 21 Russell Baker, writer (b. 1925) Kaye Ballard, actress and singer (b. 1925) Maxine Brown, country singer (The Browns) (b. 1931) Edwin Birdsong, funk keyboardist (b. 1941) Evening Attire, racehorse (b. 1998)Grade 1 Winner Evening Attire Dies at 21 Charles Kettles, colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1930) Mike Ledbetter, blues musician (b. 1985) Richard H. Lyon, acoustical engineer (b. 1929) Leo Paquette, chemist (b. 1934) Harris Wofford, attorney and politician (b. 1926) January 22 Kevin Barnett, comedian and screenwriter (b. 1986) Leonard Dinnerstein, historian (b. 1934) James Frawley, television and film director (b. 1936) Bill Mackrides, football player (b. 1925) John Mortimer Smith, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1935) Henry Horwitz, historian (b. 1938) Maureen Murphy, swimmer (b. 1939) January 23 Richard Bodycombe, military officer (b. 1922) Jack Thomas Brinkley, politician, educator and lawyer (b. 1930)Former U.S. Rep. Jack Brinkley dies at age 88, Muscogee County coroner says Nils Hasselmo, Swedish-American academic administrator (b. 1940) Jim McKean, Canadian baseball player (b. 1945) Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-born filmmaker, poet and artist (b. 1922) Erik Olin Wright, Marxist sociologist (b. 1947) Willie York, homeless activist (b. 1944) January 24 Norman Goodman, municipal official (b. 1923) Jerard Hurwitz, biochemist (b. 1928) Rosemary Bryant Mariner, naval aviator (b. 1953) Robert H. Mounce, biblical scholar (b. 1921) Norman Orentreich, dermatologist (b. 1922) January 25 Fatima Ali, Pakistani-born chef and reality show contestant (b. 1989) Steve Bell, television anchorman and professor (b. 1935) Bruce Corbitt, musician (b. 1962) Henry C. Dethloff, historian (b. 1934) Albert J. Dunlap, corporate executive (b. 1937) Stanley Hill, union leader (b. 1936) Florence Knoll, architect and furniture designer (b. 1917) Meshulam Riklis, Turkish-born American-Israeli businessman (b. 1923) Jacqueline Steiner, folk singer-songwriter and social activist (b. 1924) January 26 Dale Barnstable, basketball player (b. 1925)Former UK basketball player, World War II vet Dale Barnstable dies Duane Benson, football player and politician (b. 1945) William Esper, acting teacher (b. 1932) William Ortwein, politician (b. 1940) Mary Lou Robinson, district judge (b. 1926) January 27 Marshall E. Blume, economist (b. 1941) Joseph Buttigieg, Maltese-American literary scholar (b. 1947) Yvonne Clark, engineer (b. 1929) Thomas Jones Enright, mathematician (b. 1947) Peter Magowan, businessman (b. 1942) Matt Turner, baseball player (b. 1967) Erica Yohn, actress (b. 1928)Notice of death of Erica Yohn, facebook.com; accessed January 29, 2019. January 28 Vere Claiborne Chappell, philosopher (b. 1930) Susan Hiller, artist (b. 1940) Henry Saavedra, politician (b. 1937) Wickham Skinner, business theorist (b. 1924) Doris L. Wethers, pediatrician (b. 1927) Paul Whaley, drummer (b. 1946) January 29 Andy Hebenton, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929) Charles J. Hynes, lawyer and politician (b. 1935) James Ingram, R&B musician (b. 1952) Sanford Sylvan, baritone (b. 1953) William Van Alstyne, legal scholar (b. 1934) Jan Wahl, children's writer (b. 1931) January 30 Nehanda Abiodun, rap music activist (b. 1950) Diane Gaidry, actress (b. 1964) Dick Miller, actor (b. 1928) Lori Wilson, politician (b. 1937) January 31 Harold Bradley, country musician (b. 1926) A. Ernest Fitzgerald, engineer (b. 1926) Andrzej Wieckowski, Polish-born chemist (b. 1945)

February

February 1 D. J. Conway, occult writer (b. 1938)