Deaths in the last half of the year 2019 in the United States. For the first half of the year, see 2019 deaths in the United States, January–June.
July
July 1 Norman Geisler, Christian theologian (b. 1932) Rolland Golden, artist (b. 1931) Derrill Osborn, fashion executive (b. 1942) Sid Ramin, music arranger and composer (b. 1919) Jerry Seltzer, roller derby promoter (b. 1932) Tyler Skaggs, baseball pitcher (b. 1991) July 2 Don Ballard, politician (b. 1927) Lee Iacocca, automotive executive (b. 1924) Mr. Two Bits, amateur cheerleader (b. 1922) July 3 Arte Johnson, comedian and actor (b. 1929) Gary Kolb, baseball player (b. 1940) Jared Lorenzen, football quarterback (b. 1981) Tony Robichaux, baseball player and coach (b. 1961) July 4 Robert A. Bernhard, banker (b. 1928) Chris Cline, billionaire mining entrepreneur (b. 1958) Bob Gilliland, pilot, first man to fly SR-71 Blackbird (b. 1925) Robert F. Marx, scuba diver (b. 1936) Wayne Mass, football player (b. 1946) Vivian Perlis, musicologist (b. 1928) July 5 Marie Borroff, poet and translator (b. 1923) Douglas Crimp, art historian, writer and curator (b. 1944) Tzemach Cunin, Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi (b. 1976) Lewis Lloyd, basketball player (b. 1959) Marie Ponsot, poet and literary critic (b. 1921) Kathleen Sims, politician (b. 1942) July 6 Cameron Boyce, actor (b. 1999) Martin Charnin, lyricist and theatre director (b. 1934) Eddie Jones, actor (b. 1934) Calvin Quate, electrical engineer (b. 1923) July 7 Steve Cannon, writer (b. 1935) Bob Fouts, sportscaster (b. 1921) Wolfgang Joklik, Austrian-born virologist (b. 1926) July 8 Rosie Ruiz, Cuban-American marathon runner and fraudster (b. 1953) Paul Schramka, baseball player and funeral director (b. 1928) Michael Seidenberg, writer and bookseller (b. 1954) July 9 Miriam Butterworth, politician and educator (b. 1918) William E. Dannemeyer, politician (b. 1929) Phil Freelon, architect (b. 1952) Glenn Mickens, baseball pitcher (b. 1930) Ross Perot, billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and presidential candidate (b. 1930) Aaron Rosand, violinist (b. 1927) Marian Spencer, civil rights activist and politician (b. 1920) Rip Torn, actor and comedian (b. 1931) July 10 Jim Bouton, baseball player (b. 1939) Jerry Lawson, singer and musician (b. 1944) Walt Michaels, football player and coach (b. 1929) Denise Nickerson, actress (b. 1957) Dorothy Toy, Japanese-American dancer (b. 1917) July 11 Robert Francis Christian, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1948) Mark E. Talisman, congressional aide and lobbyist (b. 1941)Mark Talisman, advocate for Jewish causes, dies at 77 William H. Walls, federal judge (b. 1932) July 12 Fernando J. Corbató, computer scientist (b. 1926) Joe Grzenda, baseball player (b. 1937) Arno Marsh, saxophonist (b. 1928) Sadie Roberts-Joseph, civil rights activist (b. 1944) Russell Smith, singer-songwriter (b. 1949) July 13 Bob Bastian, politician (b. 1938) Paul F. Markham, attorney (b. 1930) Ida Wyman, photographer (b. 1926) July 14 Mike Maser, football coach (b. 1947)Former Carolina Panthers offensive line coach dies after long NFL career Ernie Mims, television personality (b. 1932) Sterling Tucker, politician and civil rights activist (b. 1923) Pernell Whitaker, boxer (b. 1964) Paul Albert Zipfel, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1935) July 15 Mortimer Caplin, lawyer and educator (b. 1916)Mortimer Caplin, charismatic and hard-driving IRS commissioner, dies at 103 Edith Irby Jones, physician and civil rights activist (b. 1927) Bruce Laingen, diplomat (b. 1922) July 16 Adam Bob, football player (b. 1967) Ernie Broglio, baseball player (b. 1935) Daniel Callahan, philosopher and bioethics researcher (b. 1930) John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice (b. 1920) John Tanton, anti-immigration activist (b. 1934) July 17 Pumpsie Green, baseball player (b. 1933) Duane Mutch, politician (b. 1925) Wesley Pruden, journalist and editor (b. 1935) July 18 Bob Frank, singer-songwriter (b. 1944) David Hedison, actor (b. 1927) Kurt Julius Isselbacher, German-born physician (b. 1925) Ben Kinchlow, author, minister and televangelist (b. 1936) Macy Morse, peace activist and anti-nuclear activist (b. 1921) Mitch Petrus, football player (b. 1987) July 19 Don Mossi, baseball player (b. 1929) César Pelli, Argentine-American architect (b. 1926) Bert Rechichar, football player (b. 1930) Jerome B. Simandle, federal judge (b. 1949) Marylou Whitney, socialite, philanthropist, and racehorse owner-breeder (b. 1925) Patrick Winston, computer scientist (b. 1943) July 20 Nick Harrison, racecar driver (b. 1982) R. James Harvey, federal judge (b. 1922) Liane Russell, Austrian-born geneticist and conservationist (b. 1923) July 21 Ben Johnston, composer (b. 1926) Paul Krassner, author and political activist (b. 1932) Robert Morgenthau, lawyer (b. 1919) July 22 Dan Clemens, politician (b. 1945) Christopher C. Kraft Jr., aerospace engineer (b. 1924) Richard A. Macksey, academic (b. 1931)Richard Macksey, Johns Hopkins professor with capacious mind and library, dies at 87 Art Neville, singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1937) July 23 Chaser, Border Collie with the largest-tested non-human memory (b. 2004) Dorothy Olsen, aviator (b. 1916) Barney Smith, plumber, artist and museum curator (b. 1921) Lois Wille, journalist (b. 1931) July 24 Cathy Inglese, basketball coach (b. 1958) Trudy, western lowland gorilla (b. ca.1956) July 25 John Ferriter, television producer and talent agent (b. 1960) M. Owen Lee, Roman Catholic priest and music scholar (b. 1930) Scott Rubenstein, television writer July 26 Joan Martin, baseball player (b. 1933) Kevin Roster, poker player and assisted death advocate (b. 1983) Russi Taylor, voice actress (b. 1944) July 27 Andrew Golden, school shooter (b. 1986) Arthur Lazarus Jr., civil rights lawyer (b. 1926) Edward Lewis, film producer (b. 1919) Keith Lincoln, football player (b. 1939) Mike Roarke, baseball player and coach (b. 1930) John Robert Schrieffer, physicist (b. 1931) July 28 Howard Nathan, basketball player (b. 1972) Richard Rosenbaum, boxer, lawyer, and judge (b. 1931) Richard Stone, politician and diplomat (b. 1928)Richard Stone, senator from Florida and envoy to Central America, dies at 90 Harrison Wilson Jr., educator, basketball coach, and university president (b. 1925) July 29 Max Falkenstien, sportscaster (b. 1924)Max Falkenstien, voice of the KU Jayhawks for 60 years, dies at age 95 Ras G, hip-hop DJ and record producer (b. 1978) Edmond Gionet, politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (b. 1931). Grant Thompson, YouTuber (b. 1980) July 30 Nick Buoniconti, football player (b. 1940)Former teammates reflect on the life of Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, who dies at 78 Roger Carroll, radio/television announcer and DJ (b. 1930) "710/KMPC's Roger Carroll Dies", LA Radio, August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019 Rebecca Roeber, politician (b. 1958) July 31 – Harold Prince, theatrical producer and director (b. 1928)
August
August 1 Jack Dolbin, football player (b. 1948) Martin Mayer, economist and writer (b. 1928) D. A. Pennebaker, documentary filmmaker (b. 1925) Harley Race, professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer (b. 1943) August 2 Carl Bell, physician and author (b. 1947) David Bevington, literary scholar (b. 1931) Vahakn Dadrian, Armenian-American sociologist and historian (b. 1926) August 3 Cliff Branch, football player (b. 1948) L. Brooks Patterson, lawyer and politician (b. 1939) Mike Troy, swimmer and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1940) August 4 Ernie Bowman, professional baseball player (b. 1935) Thomas Gulotta, government official (b. 1944) Ann Nelson, particle physicist (b. 1958) Stu Rosen, voice actor, television writer, and director (b. 1939) Bob Wilber, jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and band leader (b. 1928) August 5 Sidney Goldstein, demographer (b. 1927) Lizzie Grey, rock musician (b. 1958) Toni Morrison, novelist, essayist, editor, teacher and professor (b. 1931) Jeffrey Tarrant, investor (b. 1956) August 6 – George F. Simmons, mathematician (b. 1925) August 7 David Berman, musician, poet, and cartoonist (b. 1967) Chris Birch, politician (b. 1950) Barbara Crane, photographer (b. 1928) Nancy Reddin Kienholz, installation artist (b. 1943) Donald F. Klein, psychiatrist (b. 1928) Kary Mullis, biochemist (b. 1944)Dreher High School grad who revolutionized DNA has died Francesca Sundsten, painter (b. 1960) August 8 Ernie Colón, comics artist (b. 1931) Theodore L. Eliot Jr., ambassador (b. 1928) Lee Bennett Hopkins, educator and poet (b. 1938) Dave Parks, football player (b. 1941) August 9 Paul Findley, politician (b. 1921) Bill Mills, baseball player (b. 1919) August 10 Joseph Begich, politician (b. 1930) Jeffrey Epstein, financier and convicted sex offender (b. 1953) J. Neil Schulman, author (b. 1953) August 11 Jim Cullum Jr., jazz cornetist (b. 1941) Darryl Drake, football player and coach (b. 1956) Michael E. Krauss, linguist (b. 1934) Charles Santore, illustrator (b. 1935) August 12 Danny Cohen, Israeli-American computer scientist (b. 1937) Jim Marsh, basketball player and broadcaster (b. 1946) Paule Marshall, writer (b. 1929) August 15 Claire Cloninger, Christian author and songwriter (b. 1942) Samuel Gelfman, film producer (b. 1931) Eddie Marlin, professional wrestler (b. 1930) Wrestling Pro, professional wrestler (b. 1938) August 16 Gustavo Barreiro, Cuban-American politician (b. 1959)Gus Barreiro, ex-lawmaker and advocate for vulnerable children, has died Peter Fonda, actor (b. 1940) Jim Hardy, football player (b. 1923) Mike McGee, football player, coach, and college athletic director (b. 1938)Former USC Athletics Director Mike McGee dies August 17 Cedric Benson, football player (b. 1982) Allen Church, alpine skiing official (b. 1928) Rosemary Kuhlmann, operatic mezzo-soprano and musical theatre actress (b. 1922) Donald A.B. Lindberg, physician (b. 1933) August 18 Kathleen Blanco, politician (b. 1942) Chad Holt, writer and actor (b. 1972) Jack Whitaker, sportscaster (b. 1924) August 19 James R. Alexander, sound engineer (b. 1930) Benjamin N. Bellis, air force lieutenant general (b. 1924) Barry Bennett, football player (b. 1955) Al Jackson, baseball pitcher (b. 1935) Harry B. Luthi, businessman and politician (b. 1934) Jack Perkins, journalist and television host (b. 1933)Jack Perkins, NBC newscaster who became host of A&E’s ‘Biography,’ dies at 85 Larry Taylor, bass guitarist (b. 1942) August 20 Russ Conway, sports journalist (b. 1949) Lico Reyes, Mexican-American actor and politician (b. 1946) Larry Siegel, comedy writer (b. 1925) Kelsey Weems, basketball player (b. 1967) August 22 Gary Ray Bowles, serial killer (b. 1962) Bobby Dillon, football player (b. 1930) Werner H. Kramarsky, Dutch-American public official and art collector (b. 1926) Tom Nissalke, basketball coach (b. 1932) Gerard O'Neill, journalist (b. 1942) Morton Tubor, film editor (b. 1917) August 23 Larissa Bonfante, Italian-American classicist and archaeologist (b. 1931) Clora Bryant, jazz trumpeter (b. 1927) Clint Conatser, baseball player (b. 1921) Mario Davidovsky, Argentine-American composer (b. 1934) David Koch, billionaire businessman and political activist (b. 1940)David Koch, billionaire industrialist who influenced conservative politics, dies at 79 Alexander M. Schenker, Polish-American Slavist (b. 1924) August 24 David Akiba, photographer (b. 1940) Tex Clevenger, baseball pitcher (b. 1932) Reb Foster, radio DJ and music manager (b. 1936) "Reb Foster, One of the 11-10 Men at KRLA, Dies", LA Radio, August 25, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019 Sidney Rittenberg, American-Chinese journalist and linguist (b. 1921) Dick Woodard, football player (b. 1926) August 25 Sally Floyd, computer scientist (b. 1950) Vince Naimoli, baseball team owner (b. 1937) Jerry Rook, basketball player (b. 1943) August 26 Neal Casal, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and photographer (b. 1968) Colin Clark, soccer player (b. 1984) Richard Conrad, opera singer (b. 1935)