2016 in the United States

2016 in the United States
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Events in the year 2016 in the United States

Federal government

• President: Barack Obama (D-Illinois)
• Vice President: Joe Biden (D-Delaware)
• Chief Justice: John Roberts (New York)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin)
• Senate Majority Leader: Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky)
• Congress: 114th

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

Events

January

• January 1 – The following laws go into effect on this day:
  • Hawaii becomes the first state to raise the legal smoking age to 21.
  • Texas's open carry gun law goes into effect.
  • Tennessee launches the nation's first statewide registry of animal abusers.
  • Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, MD ban the storage of food in Styrofoam.
• January 2–26 – The 3 Percenters and several other unspecified armed militia organizations take over the headquarters building of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon, as part of a series of incidents in connection with the 2014 Bundy standoff. The occupation ends with an FBI shootout, the death of one militiaman, and the arrests of five militiamen including leader Ammon Bundy.
• January 5 – President Obama introduces a series of executive orders to better enforce gun laws in America.
• January 8 – The Obama administration announces its alliance with tech companies including Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter in creating measures to block the recruitment of Americans to Islamic extremist groups, specifically the Islamic State, via social media.
• January 9 – For the first time in its history, the national Powerball lottery prize surpasses $1 billion.
• January 10 – 73rd Golden Globe Awards: The Revenant wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama with Leonardo DiCaprio winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. The Martian wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and actor Matt Damon wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Brie Larson wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Room and Jennifer Lawrence wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for Joy. Mr. Robot wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama, Mozart in the Jungle wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Wolf Hall wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film.
• January 12 – President Obama gives his final State of the Union Address to the 114th United States Congress.
• January 14 – The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards are announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight. The nominees are met with some controversy for their lack of diversity in acting nominations for the second year in a row, resulting in boycotts by celebrities like Will Smith and Spike Lee, an official motion by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to increase diversity in their membership, and calls for comedian Chris Rock to step down as host.
• January 15 – Myloh Jaqory Mason, a fugitive on the FBI's ten most wanted list is arrested in Thornton, Colorado after being added on December 17, 2015 for a string of two bank robberies and the attempted murder of two people.
• January 16
  • President Obama announces a federal state of emergency in the town of Flint, Michigan and allows additional support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security in response to the ongoing poisoning of tap water in the city.
  • The United States lifts several economic sanctions against Iran in accordance with the parameters of the multinational agreement made with Iran in July 2014 concerning Iran's nuclear program. U.S. sanctions against Iran concerning human rights abuses, missile activity, and support for terrorism remain in effect.
• January 21 – A crippling winter storm hits the central and eastern United States, producing several feet of snow and ice, as well as strong winds and tornadoes in some areas. 55 fatalities were confirmed.
• January 25 – A Texas grand jury finds no wrongdoing on the part of Planned Parenthood after a series of undercover videos made by the Center for Medical Progress purported to reveal the organization selling fetal tissue and organs, and indicts CMP founder David Daleiden and another videographer.
• January 30 – During a brawl between rival motorcycle clubs, gunfire and knives brake out killing 1 and injuring 7 at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado.

February

• February 1
  • The February 2016 North American storm complex causes many broken trees and over 70,000 power outages.
  • The Iowa caucus is held with Ted Cruz winning overall for the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton winning for the Democratic nomination. After low voting scores, Democratic nominee Martin O'Malley and Republican nominee Mike Huckabee both suspend their campaign for the 2016 presidential election.
• February 3 – U.S. Senators Rand Paul and Rick Santorum suspend their candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election shortly after disappointing scores in the Iowa caucus.
• February 4 – Six people are found dead, five from stab wounds and one from gunshot wounds, at a house in Chicago, Illinois.
• February 7
  • Two people are killed and ten others are injured in a shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
  • Super Bowl 50 is played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The Denver Broncos defeat the Carolina Panthers by a score of 24–10.
• February 9 – The New Hampshire primary is held with Donald Trump winning for the Republican nomination and Bernie Sanders winning for the Democratic nomination.
• February 10 – Republican candidates Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina both suspend their campaign for the 2016 presidential election with Christie endorsing Donald Trump on February 26 and Fiorina endorsing Ted Cruz on March 9.
• February 11 – A man injures 4 people with a machete at a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, he was later shot and killed by law enforcement.
• February 12 – Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election.
• February 13 – Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passes away at the age of 79.
• February 14 – The 2016 North American cold wave causes record low temperatures in New England.
• February 15 – 58th Annual Grammy Awards: "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars wins the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Taylor Swift wins the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for 1989, Meghan Trainor wins the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and the Grammy Award for Song of the Year is awarded to "Thinking Out Loud" written by Ed Sheeran and Amy Wadge.
• February 20 – A man kills six people and injures two in Kalamazoo, Michigan before being apprehended by police.
• February 21 – Denny Hamlin wins the Daytona 500 in the closest finish in the race's 58-year history, beating Martin Truex Jr. by 11 one-thousandths of a second.
• February 25 – A mass shooting occurs at an office building in Hesston, Kansas, when a disgruntled former employee kills three people and injures fourteen others.
• February 27 – Three people are stabbed and several people are arrested after a Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim, California turns violent.
• February 28 – 88th Academy Awards: Spotlight wins the Academy Award for Best Picture. Leonardo DiCaprio wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Revenant – his first acting Oscar award in five nominations. Brie Larson wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Room – her first acting Oscar award and nomination. Alejandro G. Iñárritu wins the Academy Award for Best Director for his work in The Revenant, becoming the first director to win back-to-back Oscars since Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1949 and 1950. Mad Max: Fury Road wins six awards, the most for the evening.

March

• March 1 – Super Tuesday, 2016: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both win seven states, the most on the Democratic and Republican sides respectively. Clinton takes Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia; fellow Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders takes Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Vermont. Trump takes Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia; fellow Republican nominee Ted Cruz wins Alaska, Oklahoma, and Texas, while Marco Rubio wins Minnesota.
• March 4 – Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. Carson later endorsed Donald Trump for president on March 10.
• March 9
  • Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, a Mexican illegal immigrant, is arrested on suspicion of killing five men in a shooting spree.
  • The largest outbreak of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has caused the deaths of 18 people in Wisconsin, with 44 more infected.
  • Six people are killed and three others injured during a mass shooting at a suburban house in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.
• March 11 – At least four people are injured and five are arrested in Chicago when protesters demonstrating against Donald Trump and his presidential campaign scuffled with Trump supporters at a scheduled but cancelled Trump rally.
• March 14 – Abu Omar al-Shishani, a skilled commander for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) dies from his wounds after a U.S. airstrike injured him near the town of Al-Shaddadah in Syria on March 4.
• March 15 – Florida Senator Marco Rubio suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election after losing the primary in his home state of Florida.
• March 16 – The White House announces that Merrick Garland will be nominated as the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
• March 21 – President Obama lands in Cuba for a visit, planning to meet with Cuban President Raúl Castro. Obama is the first U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928.
• March 28
  • The Department of Justice announces that it has unlocked the iPhone of a suspect in the 2015 San Bernardino attack without the requested help of Apple during a heated public debate over the department's handling of encryption software in counter-terrorism efforts.
  • The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. is placed under lockdown after an armed man fires shots near the Capitol Visitor Center. The suspect was shot by police and placed under custody.
• March 31 – April 1 – The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit is held in Washington, D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center with 58 participants in attendance. It is the fourth edition of the conference, succeeding the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit.

April

• April 2–ongoing – A coalition of progressive groups begins a ten-day march from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. with rallies and protests beginning at the United States Capitol on April 11. Protesters have a common goal of revealing the "corruption in campaign finance system and the rigged voting laws." The protests have been scheduled and have occurred throughout the week with the group demanding the passing of acts that would further increase the rights for voters in the United States. The group also demands a hearing for President Obama's Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination. Notable participants include political commentator Cenk Uygur, actress Rosario Dawson, professor Lawrence Lessig and Ben & Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. As of April 18, over 1,200 protesters have been peaceably arrested.
• April 2
  • The United States Air Force deploys 12 F-15 Eagles and 350 personnel to Iceland and the Netherlands to deter further Russian aggression in Europe.
  • A Lancair IV monoplane crashes into a parked car along a highway, injuring 5 and killing 1. The accident occurred 50 miles north of San Diego, California.
• April 3 – An Amtrak passenger train on the Palmetto route travelling from New York City to Savannah, Georgia with 341 passengers and 7 crew on board, strikes a backhoe on the tracks and derails in Chester, Pennsylvania injuring 35 and killing 2.
• April 4 – The Villanova Wildcats defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels 77–74 in the NCAA Men's Championship.
• April 5
  • Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Allergan terminate a planned $160 billion merger due to the Obama administration's new regulations on tax inversion. Pfizer will have to pay $400 million to Allergan for expenses in relation to the deal.
  • Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant approves a new law that will allow private businesses and religious groups the right to deny any services to the LGBT community. The law is scheduled to take effect on July 1.
  • The Connecticut Huskies defeat the Syracuse Orange 82–51 in the NCAA Women's Championship.
  • The Wisconsin primary is held with Ted Cruz beating Donald Trump and John Kasich to win the Republican nomination. Bernie Sanders defeats fellow nominee Hillary Clinton to win for the Democratic nomination.
• April 7 – Fox's American Idol officially concludes its 15 season run with Trent Harmon being declared the final winner.
• April 8
  • An airman shoots and kills a squadron commander and then himself at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
  • Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders accepts an invitation by Pope Francis to visit the Vatican, becoming the first American presidential candidate to receive such an invitation.
  • SpaceX successfully launches their Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a NASA cargo run to the International Space Station where it lands its reusable main-stage booster on an autonomous spaceport drone ship.
• April 9 – The United States Air Force deploys B-52 bombers to the Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar to join the fight against ISIL in Iraq and Syria. This is the first time in three decades that the strategic bombers have been stationed in the Middle East since the Gulf War.
• April 11 – John Kerry becomes the first Secretary of State to visit Japan's Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum where he and other Group of Seven (G7) members laid wreathes. Before the trip, then-Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi was the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the memorial.
• April 12 – Two unarmed Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jets fly simulated attacks against the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea, later a Russian Kamov Ka-27 naval helicopter is seen making seven passes around the warship while taking pictures.
• April 13
  • Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signs an anti-discrimination order protecting the rights of the LGBT community. The signature rescinds his predecessor, Bobby Jindal, who sought in signing laws reducing the rights of the LGBT community through the limit of same-sex marriage and the ability of transgender people to choose which public restrooms they may use.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that the Zika virus causes birth defects.
  • Basketball player Kobe Bryant plays his final game in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant, who played his entire 20-year career with the Lakers, set a new points record for a final match scoring 60 against the Utah Jazz.
• April 14
  • The top pick for the WNBA's draft is UConn's Breanna Stewart, followed by her teammates Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck. This is the first time any major North American sports draft that a single school produced the top three selections.
  • Microsoft files a lawsuit against the United States, stating that it has been prevented from disclosing information to their customers when the government obtains a warrant to read emails or access data through the cloud.
  • A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet intercepts and threatens a U.S. Air Force Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
• April 15
  • A zookeeper is attacked and killed by a Malayan tiger at the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach, Florida.
  • Two firefighters are shot, one in critical condition and the other fatally, during a welfare check in Temple Hills, Maryland.
• April 18
  • 2016 Pulitzer Prizes: The Associated Press wins the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, T. J. Stiles wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is won by the Los Angeles Times.
  • Severe flooding occurs in Houston, Texas which causes damage to 1,000 homes, leaves 147,000 residents without power and kills 8 people.
  • The 120th running of the Boston Marathon is held with 30,000 runners in participation. Ethiopian runners Lemi Berhanu Hayle and Atsede Baysa both win the marathon.
• April 19 – The New York primary is held with Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton winning the Democratic nomination.
• April 20
  • Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew announces that former slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill.
  • Four people are killed when a small plane crashes in Anchorage, Alaska.
• April 21 – Music legend and icon Prince suddenly dies at the age of 57. His death triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief and to celebrate his legacy, cities across the U.S. held tributes and vigils, and lit buildings, bridges and other venues in purple.
• April 22
  • Eight family members are shot to death at four different locations in Pike County, Ohio, three children survived the attacks.
  • Five people are killed in two separate shootings in Appling, Georgia.
• April 25
  • The Republican presidential campaigns of Ohio Governor John Kasich and Texas Senator Ted Cruz announce they will now co-ordinate strategies to stop fellow nominee Donald Trump from winning the party's nomination. Kasich's campaign will ensure Cruz a "clear path" in Indiana while Cruz's campaign will cut campaigning in New Mexico and Oregon to give Kasich the upper hand.
  • A settlement is reached in court which calls for the city of Cleveland, Ohio to pay $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was shot and killed by two police officers after his toy gun was mistaken for a real one in November 2014.
  • CRF Frozen Foods recalls over 300 frozen food products.
• April 26 – Super Tuesday III, 2016: Republican nominee Donald Trump takes all 5 states which include Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island defeating Ted Cruz and John Kasich who a day previously announced a pact to thwart the front-runner from becoming the party's nomination. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton takes Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania while fellow nominee Bernie Sanders takes Rhode Island.
• April 27
  • The bodies of American climber Alex Lowe and photographer David Bridges are discovered on the Himalayan mountain Shishapangma after being killed and buried during an avalanche in 1999.
  • Dennis Hastert, the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is sentenced to 15 months in prison for breaking banking laws through the payment of "hush money" to victims that he had sexually abused in prior years.
  • Texas Senator Ted Cruz announces his choice of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his running mate in the 2016 presidential election.
• April 28 – Comcast's NBCUniversal purchases DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion.
• April 29
  • The United States Air Force lands two of its F-22 Raptors in Lithuania for the first time in a show of support for the area and surrounding countries, who have been worried over Russia's involvement in the Ukraine.
  • China denies a Hong Kong port call from Carrier Strike Group 3 which includes the USS John C. Stennis and other escorting vessels.
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the first U.S. related death from the Zika virus, being an elderly man in Puerto Rico.
• April 30
  • President Obama attends his final White House Correspondents' Dinner with comedian Larry Wilmore being the featured performer.
  • Six people are killed in a car crash along Interstate 95 in Jupiter, Florida.

May

• May 1
  • After half a century, the first cruise ship leaves Miami, Florida and bounds for Havana, Cuba with more than 700 passengers on board. Carnival Cruise Line's Adonia was able to set sail to the Caribbean nation after their policy on the banning of Cuban-born citizens from returning by sea was loosened. The cruise ship docked in Havana on May 2, a day after its initial voyage.
  • May Day: Protesters in Seattle, Washington begin to riot and attack law enforcement, the incident leaves 9 people arrested and 5 police officers injured.
  • The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus official retire their elephants from any more performances after a final show in Providence, Rhode Island.
  • The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava in New York City is almost completely destroyed during a four-alarm fire, the blaze was put out in 7 hours.
  • 14 of 175 cars of a CSX freight train derail in Washington, D.C., three chemicals leaked during the accident and are deamed hazardous to the public.
• May 3
  • A city bus is hijacked in Washington, D.C., the suspect crashed the bus into a gas station minutes later where he hit and killed a pedestrian.
  • ISIL fighters ambush and kill Charles Keating IV, a Navy SEAL who was assisting Kurdish Peshmerga forces in repelling attacks upon the area. Keating was later identified as the grandson of late financier Charles Keating, Jr., who was noted for his involvement in a 1980s savings and loan scandal. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey ordered all state flags to be flown at half mast on May 4.
  • The Indiana primary is held with Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination and Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic nomination.
  • Texas Senator Ted Cruz suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election.
  • Three people are killed in a plane crash in Long Island, New York.
• May 4
  • Ohio Governor John Kasich suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election, leaving Donald Trump the presumptive nominee.
  • TheU.S. Department of Justice informs North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory that the new state law on the limitation of restroom access for transgender people violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A response is needed by May 9 on whether the state will correct these violations against Title VII.
  • California raises the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 and restricts the use of electronic cigarettes in public places.
• May 5 – After the spreading of a backyard fire in Houston, Texas, a warehouse burns down during a four-alarm fire.
• May 6 – Three people are killed and three others injured during a suspected two-day spree shooting in Potomac, Maryland, the suspect is believed to be a former police officer.
• May 7 – The Kentucky Derby is held with Nyquist, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, winning the race.
• May 10
  • Three women are arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois after being caught trying to smuggle 70 pounds or $3 million worth of opium into the U.S.
  • The West Virginia primary is held with Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination and Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic nomination. The Nebraska primary is held for the Republican party and sees Donald Trump winning the nomination.
  • NASA confirms the discovery of over 1,284 exoplanets by its Kepler space observatory.
  • Four people are stabbed, two killed, at a home and a shopping mall in Taunton, Massachusetts. The assailant was shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff.
• May 12
  • Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person and the very last American from the 1800s, dies in New York at age 116.
  • CBS officially cancels CSI: Cyber, the last active TV series in the CSI franchise.
• May 13
  • Both the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice advise public school districts across the country to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity, rather than their original gender at birth.
  • Michael Strahan makes his final appearance as co-host on Live! with Kelly and Michael.
• May 14
  • Eight people are killed and 44 others injured after a charter bus rolls over on Route 83 north of Laredo, Texas.
  • A pilot is killed when his stunt plane crashes during an air show at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in DeKalb County, Georgia.
• May 21 - A U.S. air strike kills Mullah Akhtar Mansour, leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
• May 22
  • A skydiving tour plane crashes in Hawaii, killing at least 5.
  • The U.S. lifts the embargo on arms trade in Vietnam.
• May 25 – An audit by the State Department Inspector General finds former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in violation of clear directives from the department in her use of a private email server for government business during her time as secretary, saying she did not request approval to use the private server, which would have been denied due to security risks.
• May 27 - President Obama becomes the first president to visit Hiroshima, were the United States dropped an atomic bomb on 71 years ago.
• May 27 - A P-47 Thunderbolt crashes in the Hudson River, killing the pilot.
• May 31 - On May 31, major flooding occurred in Texas and Oklahoma.

Predicted and scheduled events

August

• August 17–21 – 74th World Science Fiction Convention

November

• November 8 – United States presidential election, 2016

Deaths

January

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Dale Bumpers

Vilmos Zsigmond

Monte Irvin

Dan Haggerty

Glenn Frey

Marvin Minsky

Abe Vigoda

Paul Kantner

• January 1
  • Dale Bumpers, 38th Governor of Arkansas and U.S. Senator (1975–1999) (b. 1925)
  • Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-born cinematographer (b. 1930)
  • Mike Oxley, politician (b. 1944)
• January 2 – Frances Cress Welsing, psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)
• January 3
  • Raymond W. Lessard, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1930)
  • C. B. Forgotston, lawyer and political blogger (b. 1945)
• January 4
  • Leo Rucka, football player (b. 1931)
  • Stephen W. Bosworth, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea (1997–2001) (b. 1939)
• January 6
  • Pat Harrington, Jr., actor (b. 1929)
  • Florence King, writer (b. 1936)
• January 7
  • John Johnson, basketball player (b. 1947)
  • Troy Shondell, singer (b. 1939)
  • Richard Libertini, actor (b. 1933)
  • Kitty Kallen, singer (b. 1921)
  • Bill Foster, basketball coach (b. 1929)
• January 8
  • Red Simpson, singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
  • Royal Parker, television personality (b. 1929)
  • Otis Clay, R&B and soul singer (b. 1942)
• January 9
  • Angus Scrimm, actor and author (b. 1926)
  • Lawrence H. Cohn, surgeon (b. 1937)
• January 10
  • Michael Galeota, actor (b. 1984)
  • Jeanne Córdova, German-born LGBT activist and writer (b. 1948)
• January 11
  • Don Strauch, Mayor of Mesa, Arizona (b. 1926)
  • David Margulies, actor (b. 1937)
  • Monte Irvin, baseball player (b. 1919)
• January 12
  • Andrew Smith, basketball player (b. 1990)
  • Meg Mundy, actress and model (b. 1915)
• January 13
  • Tera Wray, pornographic actress (b. 1982)
  • Luis Arroyo, baseball player (b. 1927)
  • Jim Simpson, sportscaster (b. 1927)
  • Lawrence Phillips, football player (b. 1975)
• January 15
  • Dan Haggerty, actor (b. 1942)
  • Noreen Corcoran, actress and dancer (b. 1943)
• January 16
  • Leonidas B. Young, II, 74th Mayor of Richmond, Virginia (b. 1954)
  • Lloyd Rudolph, political scientist and author (b. 1927)
  • Ted Marchibroda, football player and coach (b. 1931)
  • Gary Loizzo, singer and musician (b. 1945)
  • Bob Harkey, race car driver (b. 1930)
• January 17
  • Ramblin' Lou Schriver, musician and broadcaster (b. 1929)
  • Mic Gillette, brass player (b. 1951)
  • Blowfly, musician and producer (b. 1939)
• January 18 – Glenn Frey, singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1948)
• January 19
  • Frank Sullivan, baseball player (b. 1930)
  • William Y. Smith, air force general (b. 1925)
  • Forrest McDonald, historian (b. 1927)
  • Richard Levins, mathematical ecologist (b. 1930)
• January 20
  • Edward Yourdon, computer scientist (b. 1944)
  • David G. Hartwell, editor and literary critic (b. 1941)
  • Ronald Greenwald, rabbi and businessman (b. 1934)
• January 21
  • Derrick Todd Lee, serial killer (b. 1968)
  • Bill Johnson, alpine skier (b. 1960)
• January 23 – Marie Mahoney, baseball player (b. 1924)
• January 24 – Marvin Minsky, computer scientist (b. 1927)
• January 25
  • Concepcion Picciotto, Spanish-born peace activist (b. 1936)
  • Thornton Dial, artist (b. 1928)
• January 26
  • Abe Vigoda, actor (b. 1921)
  • Tommy Kelly, actor (b. 1925)
• January 27 – Barbara Berger, baseball player (b. 1930)
• January 28
  • Paul Kantner, singer and musician (b. 1941)
  • Buddy Cianci, 32nd and 34th Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island (b. 1941)
  • Signe Toly Anderson, singer (b. 1941)
• January 30 – Georgia Davis Powers, civil rights activist and politician (b. 1923)
• January 31
  • Artie L. Metcalf, biologist (b. 1929)
  • Elizabeth Eisenstein, historian (b. 1923)

February

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Maurice White

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Edgar Mitchell

Dave Mirra

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Antonin Scalia

George Gaynes

Harper Lee

Donald E. Williams

George Kennedy

• February 1
  • Thomas Tigue, politician (b. 1945)
  • Jon Bunch, singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
• February 2 – Bob Elliott, comedian and actor (b. 1923)
• February 3
  • Maurice White, singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
  • John P. Riley Jr., ice hockey player (b. 1920)
  • Joe Alaskey, voice actor (b. 1952)
• February 4
  • Edgar Whitcomb, 43rd Governor of Indiana (b. 1917)
  • Axl Rotten, professional wrestler (b. 1971)
  • Edgar Mitchell, astronaut (b. 1930)
  • Dave Mirra, BMX rider (b. 1974)
  • Jimmie Haskell, composer and arranger (b. 1936)
  • Marlow Cook, U.S. Senator (1968–1974) (b. 1926)
• February 5
  • Ray Colcord, film and television composer (b. 1949)
  • Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, judge (b. 1929)
  • Bill Birchfield, politician and lawyer (b. 1935)
• February 6
  • Dan Gerson, screenwriter (b. 1966)
  • Dan Hicks, singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• February 7 – Andrew Glaze, poet, playwright and novelist (b. 1920)
• February 8
  • Johnny Duncan, actor (b. 1923)
  • Charles C. Campbell, army general (b. 1948)
• February 10
  • Richard Unis, judge (b. 1928)
  • Christopher Rush, illustrator (b. 1965)
  • Lennie Pond, race car driver (b. 1940)
  • Andrew L. Lewis Jr., 7th United States Secretary of Transportation (b. 1931)
• February 11
  • John Keith Wells, U.S. Marine platoon commander (b. 1922)
  • Kevin Randleman, mixed martial artist (b. 1971)
  • Philip A. Kuhn, British-born historian (b. 1933)
• February 12
  • Robert Frederick Froehlke, 10th United States Secretary of the Army (b. 1922)
  • Eddie Barry, ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• February 13
  • Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (b. 1936)
  • Johnny Lattner, football player (b. 1932)
  • Nathan Barksdale, drug dealer, dramatized in The Wire (b. 1961)
• February 14 – Steven Stucky, classical music composer (b. 1949)
• February 15
  • George Gaynes, Finnish-born actor (b. 1917)
  • Edward T. Foote II, 4th President of the University of Miami (b. 1937)
• February 16
  • Lex McAllister, reality show contestant (b. 1984)
  • Robert Walker, sailor (b. 1929)
  • Alisa Bellettini, television producer (b. 1954)
• February 17 – Tony Phillips, baseball player (b. 1959)
• February 18
  • John Reinhardt, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria (1971–1975) (b. 1920)
  • Angela Raiola, television personality (b. 1960)
  • Tom Mullica, magician and impressionist (b. 1948)
  • Rosario Ferré, First Lady of Puerto Rico (b. 1938)
• February 19
  • Charlie Tuna, radio personality (b. 1944)
  • Harper Lee, writer (b. 1926)
  • Humbert Allen Astredo, actor (b. 1929)
• February 20
  • Dave Needle, computer engineer (b. 1947)
  • Kevin Collins, baseball player (b. 1946)
• February 21 – Richard Horner Thompson, army general (b. 1926)
• February 22
  • Wesley A. Clark, computer engineer (b. 1927)
  • Cara McCollum, journalist and beauty queen (b. 1992)
  • Sonny James, singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• February 23 – Donald E. Williams, astronaut (b. 1942)
• February 25
  • Alfred E. Mann, entrepreneur and philanthropist (b. 1925)
  • Tony Burton, actor and comedian (b. 1937)
• February 28
  • Jack Lindquist, President of Disneyland (1990–1993) (b. 1927)
  • George Kennedy, actor (b. 1925)
• February 29
  • Lee Reherman, actor (b. 1966)
  • Gil Hill, police officer and actor (b. 1931)
  • Helias Doundoulakis, spy and inventor (b. 1923)
  • Stuart Beck, diplomat and law practitioner (b. 1946)

March

Aubrey McClendon

Bud Collins

Ray Tomlinson

Nancy Reagan

Lloyd Shapley

Hilary Putnam

Frank Sinatra, Jr.

Larry Drake

Tray Walker

Andrew Grove

Phife Dawg

Ken Howard

Joe Garagiola Sr.

Garry Shandling

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Winston Moseley

Patty Duke

• March 1
  • Martha Wright, actress and singer (b. 1923)
  • Gayle McCormick, singer (b. 1948)
  • Jim Kimsey, co-founder and CEO of AOL (b. 1939)
  • Adam Dziewonski, Polish-born geophysicist (b. 1936)
  • Coca Crystal, television personality (b. 1947)
• March 2
  • R. Tom Zuidema, Dutch-born anthropologist (b. 1927)
  • James Barrett McNulty, 26th Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania (b. 1945)
  • Aubrey McClendon, businessman and part-owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder (b. 1959)
  • Dick Hudson, football player (b. 1940)
  • Rosemary Hinkfuss, politician (b. 1931)
  • Robert Del Tufo, Attorney General of New Jersey (b. 1933)
• March 3
  • Retta Ward, health official and educator (b. 1953)
  • William O'Brien, police officer (b. 1944)
  • Laura Knaperek, politician (b. 1955)
  • Henry R. Horsey, judge (b. 1924)
  • Gavin Christopher, singer, songwriter, musician and producer (b. 1949)
  • Jack Buckalew, politician (b. 1932)
  • Rooney L. Bowen, politician (b. 1933)
  • Ralph Baruch, President of Viacom (b. 1923)
• March 4
  • William H. Plackett, naval non-commissioned officer (b. 1937)
  • Thomas G. Morris, politician (b. 1919)
  • Joey Martin Feek, country singer (b. 1975)
  • Pat Conroy, author (b. 1945)
  • Bud Collins, journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)
• March 5
  • Al Wistert, football player (b. 1920)
  • Ray Tomlinson, computer programmer (b. 1941)
  • Robert Redbird, artist (b. 1939)
  • Caesar Belser, football player (b. 1944)
• March 6
  • Gary Smalley, family counselor and author (b. 1940)
  • Harold H. Saunders, diplomat (b. 1930)
  • Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)
  • Elizabeth Garrett, 13th President of Cornell University (b. 1963)
  • Jerry Bridges, evangelist and author (b. 1929)
  • Barbara Almond, psychiatrist (b. 1938)
• March 7
  • Quentin Young, physician and activist (b. 1923)
  • Paul Ryan, comic artist (b. 1949)
  • Steve Kraly, baseball player (b. 1929)
  • Bobby Johns, race car driver (b. 1932)
  • Joe Cabot, jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1921)
  • Gary Braasch, photographer (b. 1945)
• March 8
  • Alfred E. Senn, historian and academic (b. 1932)
  • David S. Johnson, computer scientist (b. 1945)
  • Ron Jacobs, broadcaster (b. 1937)
  • Richard Davalos, actor (b. 1930)
• March 9
  • Coy Wayne Wesbrook, convicted mass murderer (b. 1958)
  • Bill Wade, football player (b. 1930)
  • Clyde Lovellette, basketball player (b. 1929)
  • Ralph S. Larsen, CEO of Johnson & Johnson (b. 1938)
  • John Gutfreund, investor and CEO of Salomon Brothers (b. 1929)
• March 10
  • Gogi Grant, pop singer (b. 1924)
  • William Dyke, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin (b. 1930)
  • Ernestine Anderson, jazz singer (b. 1928)
• March 11
  • Ruth Terry, singer and actress (b. 1920)
  • Gerard Reedy, 30th President of the College of the Holy Cross (b. 1939)
  • Louis Meyers, festival organizer, co-founder of SXSW (b. 1955)
  • Shawn Elliott, actor and singer (b. 1937)
  • Ben Bagdikian, educator and journalist (b. 1920)
  • Joe Ascione, jazz drummer (b. 1961)
• March 12
  • Bill Whitby, baseball player (b. 1943)
  • Lloyd Shapley, mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
  • Morton Hunt, psychologist and science writer (b. 1920)
  • Verena Huber-Dyson, mathematician (b. 1923)
  • Donnie Duncan, football coach (b. 1940)
  • Tommy Brown, singer (b. 1931)
• March 13
  • Martin Olav Sabo, politician (b. 1938)
  • Hilary Putnam, philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1926)
  • Sidney Mear, trumpeter (b. 1918)
  • Darryl Hunt, justice reform activist (b. 1965)
• March 14
  • Vic Schwenk, football player, coach and executive (b. 1924)
  • June Peppas, baseball player (b. 1929)
  • Lloyd R. Leavitt, Jr., lieutenant general (b. 1928)
  • Geoffrey Hartman, German-born literary theorist (b. 1929)
  • Tamara Grigsby, politician and social worker (b. 1974)
  • Virgilio Elizondo, Roman Catholic priest, theologian and civil rights activist (b. 1935)
  • Patrick Cain, football player (b. 1962)
  • John W. Cahn, German-born metallurgist (b. 1928)
• March 15
  • Alice Pollitt, baseball player (b. 1929)
  • Earline W. Parmon, politician (b. 1943)
  • Ralph C. Johnson, politician and businessman (b. 1953)
  • Daryl Coley, gospel singer (b. 1955)
• March 16
  • Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-born poet and mathematician (b. 1924)
  • Frank Sinatra, Jr., singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
  • Gene Short, basketball player (b. 1953)
  • William B. Bader, civil servant (b. 1931)
• March 17
  • Steve Young, singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
  • Charles Kaufman, music educator (b. 1928)
  • Larry Drake, actor (b. 1950)
  • Claudine K. Brown, museum director (b. 1949)
  • E.L. Boteler, farmer and politician (b. 1920)
  • Ralph David Abernathy III, politician and businessman (b. 1959)
• March 18
  • Harold Zisla, painter (b. 1925)
  • Tray Walker, football player (b. 1992)
  • Joe Santos, actor (b. 1931)
  • Fred Richards, baseball player (b. 1927)
  • Cherylene Lee, actress and playwright (b. 1956)
  • David Egan, singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1954)
• March 19
  • Jerry Taylor, politician and businessman (b. 1937)
  • Bob Adelman, photographer (b. 1930)
• March 20
  • Gayle Hopkins, long jumper (b. 1941)
  • Robert J. Healey, political activist and attorney (b. 1957)
• March 21
  • Carolyn Squires, nurse and politician (b. 1940)
  • Andrew Grove, Hungarian-born electronic executive (b. 1936)
  • Leon Charney, real estate investor, author, media personality and philanthropist (b. 1938)
  • Peter Brown, actor (b. 1935)
  • Leroy Blunt, politician (b. 1921)
• March 22
  • Harold J. Morowitz, biophysicist (b. 1927)
  • Rita Gam, actress (b. 1927)
  • Santiago J. Erevia, soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1946)
  • Glen Dawson, rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1912)
  • Phife Dawg, rapper (b. 1970)
  • Richard Bradford, actor (b. 1934)
• March 23
  • John McKibbin, politician and businessman (b. 1947)
  • Ken Howard, actor and President of SAG/SAG-AFTRA (2009–2016) (b. 1944)
  • Ruth Inge Hardison, sculptor, artist and photographer (b. 1914)
  • Joe Garagiola Sr., baseball player and broadcaster (b. 1926)
• March 24
  • Kevin Turner, football player (b. 1969)
  • Garry Shandling, actor, comedian and writer (b. 1949)
  • Nicholas Scoppetta, 31st Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department (b. 1932)
  • Leonard L. Northrup Jr., engineer (b. 1918)
  • Edgar G. "Sonny" Mouton Jr., politician (b. 1929)
  • Tibor R. Machan, Hungarian-born philosopher (b. 1939)
  • Earl Hamner, Jr., television writer and producer (b. 1923)
  • Maggie Blye, actress (b. 1939)
• March 25
  • Shannon Bolin, actress and singer (b. 1917)
  • David H. Porter, 5th President of Skidmore College (b. 1935)
  • Lester Thurow, political economist (b. 1938)
• March 26
  • Donald Stoltenberg, painter and author (b. 1927)
  • Jim Harrison, author (b. 1937)
  • David Baker, jazz composer (b. 1931)
• March 27
  • Gilbert Horn Sr., soldier, politician and judge (b. 1923)
  • Curtis Hertel, 64th Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives (b. 1953)
  • Toni Grant, psychologist and radio personality (b. 1942)
  • Eric Engberg, news correspondent (b. 1941)
  • Vince Boryla, basketball player, coach and executive (b. 1927)
  • Mother Angelica, Franciscan nun and founder of EWTN (b. 1923)
• March 28
  • W. Ward Reynoldson, lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
  • James Noble, actor (b. 1922)
  • Winston Moseley, convicted murderer (b. 1935)
  • Igor Khait, animator (b. 1963)
  • Bogdan Denitch, Bulgarian-born sociologist (b. 1929)
• March 29
  • John Wittenborn, football player (b. 1936)
  • Steven Sample, 10th President of the University of Southern California (b. 1940)
  • Patty Duke, actress and President of SAG (1985–1988) (b. 1946)
  • Frank De Felitta, author, producer and director (b. 1921)
• March 30
  • Bill Rosendahl, politician (b. 1945)
  • J. Thomas Rosch, lawyer (b. 1939)
  • Frankie Michaels, singer and actor (b. 1955)
  • Shirley Hufstedler, 1st United States Secretary of Education (b. 1925)
• March 31
  • Ward Wettlaufer, golfer (b. 1935)
  • Terry Plumeri, musician, conductor and composer (b. 1944)
  • Eugene E. Parker, sports agent (b. 1956)
  • Werner Baer, economist (b. 1931)

April

Amber Rayne

Joe Medicine Crow

Merle Haggard

Will Smith

Balls Mahoney

David Gest

Doris Roberts

Chyna

Prince

Lonnie Mack

Billy Paul

Tommy Kono

Harry Wu

Conrad Burns

• April 1
  • Patricia Thompson, philosopher and author (b. 1926)
  • Marjorie Peters, baseball player (b. 1918)
  • Herbert Theodore Milburn, judge (b. 1931)
  • Richard S. Kem, army general (b. 1934)
  • Tom Coughlin, business executive and fraudster (b. 1949)
• April 2
  • Amber Rayne, pornographic actress (b. 1984)
  • Moreese Bickham, wrongfully convicted murderer and anti-death penalty activist (b. 1917)
  • Rick Bartow, artist and sculptor (b. 1946)
• April 3
  • Clarence Clifton Young, politician (b. 1922)
  • Bill Henderson, jazz vocalist and actor (b. 1926)
  • Henry Harpending, anthropologist (b. 1944)
  • Robert Guinan, painter (b. 1934)
  • Joe Medicine Crow, Crow historian and author (b. 1913)
  • Ward Crutchfield, politician (b. 1928)
  • Alex de Jesús, boxer (b. 1983)
  • Erik Bauersfeld, radio dramatist and voice actor (b. 1922)
• April 4
  • Mike Sandlock, baseball player (b. 1915)
  • George Radosevich, football player (b. 1928)
  • John Miller, politician (b. 1947)
  • Carlo Mastrangelo, doo-wop singer (b. 1937)
  • Archie Dees, basketball player (b. 1936)
• April 5
  • Barbara Turner, screenwriter and actress (b. 1936)
  • E. M. Nathanson, author (b. 1928)
  • Leon Haywood, funk singer-songwriter and record producer (b. 1942)
  • Roman Gribbs, 65th Mayor of Detroit, Michigan (b. 1925)
• April 6
  • Murray Wier, basketball player (b. 1926)
  • Pablo Lucio Vasquez, convicted murderer (b. 1977)
  • Ogden Mills Phipps, financier, racehorse owner and breeder (b. 1940)
  • Robert MacCrate, lawyer (b. 1921)
  • Joel Kurtzman, economist (b. 1947)
  • Merle Haggard, singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1937)
  • Dennis Davis, drummer (b. 1951)
• April 7
  • Blackjack Mulligan, professional wrestler (b. 1942)
  • Vladimir Kagan, furniture designer (b. 1927)
  • Frank E. Denholm, politician (b. 1923)
  • Joe Freeman Britt, attorney and judge (b. 1935)
• April 8
  • Edward J. Steimel, lobbyist and fundraiser (b. 1922)
  • Daisy Lewellyn, reality television personality (b. 1980)
  • Charles Hirsch, forensic pathologist (b. 1937)
  • William Hamilton, cartoonist, playwright and novelist (b. 1939)
  • Dick Alban, football player (b. 1929)
• April 9
  • Will Smith, football player (b. 1981)
  • Tony Conrad, experimental filmmaker and musician (b. 1940)
  • Duane Clarridge, spy (b. 1932)
  • Arthur Anderson, actor (b. 1922)
• April 10
  • Wayne Southwick, surgeon and academic (b. 1923)
  • Nicholas Hood, minister, politician and civil rights activist (b. 1923)
  • Louis Gladstone, politician (b. 1927)
• April 11
  • Ed Snider, sports executive (b. 1933)
  • Anne Gould Hauberg, arts patron (b. 1917)
  • Hokie Gajan, football player and broadcaster (b. 1959)
  • Doug Banks, radio personality (b. 1958)
• April 12
  • Spec Richardson, baseball executive (b. 1923)
  • Balls Mahoney, professional wrestler (b. 1972)
  • Bryce Jordan, 14th President of the Pennsylvania State University (b. 1924)
  • Anne Jackson, actress, wife of Eli Wallach (b. 1925)
  • David Gest, entertainer, producer and television personality (b. 1953)
  • Paul Carey, broadcaster and sportscaster (b. 1928)
  • Hector A. Cafferata, Jr., soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
• April 13
  • Nera White, basketball player (b. 1935)
  • Ray Thornton, politician and attorney (b. 1928)
• April 14
  • Carl M. Vogel, politician (b. 1955)
  • Dan Ireland, Canadian-born film director and producer (b. 1958)
  • Fred Hayman, Swiss-born fashion retailer and entrepreneur (b. 1925)
  • Francesco Guarraci, Italian-born mobster (b. 1955)
• April 15
  • Frederick Mayer, German-born spy (b. 1921)
  • Laura Liu, judge (b. 1966)
• April 16
  • Maurice Kenny, Mohawk poet (b. 1929)
  • William M. Gray, meteorologist (b. 1929)
  • Rod Daniel, film and television director (b. 1942)
  • Ron Bonham, basketball player (b. 1942)
• April 17
  • Doris Roberts, actress (b. 1925)
  • Clifton C. Garvin, businessman (b. 1921)
• April 18
  • Scott Nimerfro, television writer and producer (b. 1961)
  • Ben-Zion Gold, Polish-born rabbi (b. 1923)
  • Bill Campbell, businessman and executive (b. 1940)
  • Paul Busiek, physician and legislator (b. 1923)
  • Brian Asawa, opera singer (b. 1966)
• April 19
  • Pete Zorn, musician (b. 1950)
  • Milt Pappas, baseball player (b. 1939)
  • John McConathy, basketball player (b. 1930)
  • Richard Lyons, musician (b. 1959)
  • Walter Kohn, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
• April 20
  • Dwayne Washington, basketball player (b. 1964)
  • Harry Perkowski, baseball player (b. 1922)
  • Velda González, actress and politician (b. 1933)
  • Chyna, professional wrestler, bodybuilder and actress (b. 1969)
  • Solomon Blatt, Jr., judge (b. 1921)
• April 21
  • Peter Ruckman, Independent Baptist pastor (b. 1921)
  • Prince, singer, songwriter, musician and actor (b. 1958)
  • Michelle McNamara, crime writer, wife of Patton Oswalt (b. 1970)
  • Lonnie Mack, singer and guitarist (b. 1941)
  • Jerry Byrd, sportswriter (b. 1935)
• April 22 – Jory Prum, audio engineer (b. 1975)
• April 23
  • Horace Ward, judge (b. 1927)
  • Tom Muecke, football player (b. 1963)
  • Ron Brace, football player (b. 1986)
• April 24
  • George Alexis Weymouth, artist and conservationist (b. 1936)
  • Terry Redlin, artist (b. 1937)
  • Billy Paul, R&B singer (b. 1934)
  • Lizette Parker, Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey (b. 1972)
  • Tommy Kono, weightlifter (b. 1930)
  • Steve Julian, radio host (b. 1958)
  • Perry O. Hooper, Sr., jurist (b. 1925)
  • Manuel de la Torre, Spanish-born golf instructor (b. 1921)
• April 25 – Joe Blahak, football player (b. 1950)
• April 26
  • Harry Wu, Chinese-born human rights activist (b. 1937)
  • James H. Ware, biostatician (b. 1941)
  • Ozzie Silna, basketball executive (b. 1932)
  • Winston Hill, football player (b. 1941)
• April 27
  • Willie L. Williams, police commissioner (b. 1943)
  • Harold Cohen, British-born digital artist (b. 1928)
• April 28
  • Blackie Sherrod, sportswriter (b. 1919)
  • Dick Yoder, 57th Mayor of West Chester, Pennsylvania (b. 1937)
  • Charles Gatewood, photographer (b. 1942)
  • Joe Durham, baseball player (b. 1931)
  • Conrad Burns, U.S. Senator (1989–2007) (b. 1935)
• April 29 – Don White, race car driver (b. 1926)
• April 30
  • Peter Thomas, television announcer and narrator (b. 1924)
  • Tracy Scott, script supervisor (b. 1969)
  • Marisol Escobar, French-born artist and sculptor (b. 1930)
  • Wayne Crawford, actor, producer, director and screenwriter (b. 1942)
  • Daniel Berrigan, Jesuit priest and peace activist (b. 1921)
  • Daniel Aaron, writer and academic, co-founder of the Library of America (b. 1912)

May

Bob Bennett

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William Schallert

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Mark Lane

• May 1
  • Doug Raney, jazz guitarist, son of Jimmy Raney (b. 1956)
  • Solomon W. Golomb, mathematician and engineer (b. 1932)
• May 2
  • Gordie Sundin, baseball player (b. 1937)
  • Afeni Shakur, political activist and businesswoman, mother of Tupac Shakur (b. 1947)
  • Jacky Lee, football player (b. 1938)
  • Al Ferrari, basketball player (b. 1933)
  • Mel Bartholomew, inventor and businessman (b. 1932)
• May 3
  • Ret Turner, costume designer (b. 1929)
  • Ian Sander, film and television producer (b. 1947)
  • Nicolas Noxon, documentary filmmaker (b. 1936)
  • Thomas W. Libous, politician (b. 1953)
  • Frank Levingston, supercentenarian (b. 1905)
  • Abel Fernandez, actor (b. 1930)
  • Paul Boutelle, politician (b. 1934)
• May 4
  • Jordan Parsons, mixed martial artist (b. 1990)
  • Ursula Mamlok, German-born composer (b. 1923)
  • Howard King, public address announcer (b. 1933)
  • Karl Butzer, German-born geographer (b. 1934)
  • Bob Bennett, U.S. Senator (1993–2011) (b. 1933)
  • Blas Avena, mixed martial artist (b. 1983)
• May 5
  • Rollin Dart, CEO of Dart National Bank (b. 1925)
  • Dick Estell, radio host (b. 1920)
• May 6
  • Rickey Smith, singer and reality show contestant (b. 1979)
  • Pierre, African penguin (b. 1983)
  • Candye Kane, blues singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1961)
  • Johnny Joannou, politician (b. 1940)
  • David Hall, 20th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1930)
  • Christopher T. Carley, real estate developer (b. 1943)
• May 7
  • John Stabb, punk vocalist (b. 1961)
  • Michael S. Harper, poet (b. 1938)
  • Ann Day, politician (b. 1938)
• May 8
  • John Young, baseball player, scout and executive (b. 1949)
  • Nick Lashaway, actor (b. 1988)
  • William Schallert, actor and President of SAG (1979–1981) (b. 1922)
  • Louisa Chase, Panamanian-born painter and printmaker (b. 1951)
  • John Bradshaw, motivational writer and speaker (b. 1933)
  • Tom M. Apostol, mathematician (b. 1923)
• May 9
  • Ronald W. Walker, historian (b. 1939)
  • Karl Maramorosch, Austrian-born virologist (b. 1915)
  • Chuck Curtis, football coach (b. 1935)
• May 10 – Mark Lane, lawyer, politician, civil rights activist and author (b. 1927)
• May 11
  • Michael Ratner, attorney (b. 1943)
  • Katherine Dunn, novelist (b. 1945)
• May 12
  • Peter J. Liacouras, President of Temple University (b. 1931)
  • Del Latta, politician (b. 1920)
  • Julius La Rosa, singer (b. 1930)
  • Susannah Mushatt Jones, supercentenarian, last known American born in the 19th century (b. 1899)
• May 13
  • James M. Shuart, President of Hofstra University (b. 1931)
  • Dick McAuliffe, baseball player (b. 1939)
  • Rabbit Kekai, surfer (b. 1920)
  • Buster Cooper, jazz trombonist (b. 1929)
  • Bill Backer, advertising executive (b. 1926)
• May 14 – Monteagle Stearns, U.S. Ambassador to Greece (1981–1985) and Ivory Coast (1976–1979) (b. 1924)
• May 16
  • Jim McMillian, basketball player (b. 1948)
  • Robert "Bobby" Freeman, politician (b. 1934)