page_title: 2016 in the United States
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 in the United States / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Steven Hill as Dan Briggs from the television program Mission:Impossible.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2016 in the United States.
context_section_description: August 1
  Jonathan D. Krane, film producer (born 1952)
  Jim Northrup, Ojibwe writer (born 1943)
  August 2
  Gordon Danby, physicist
  David Huddleston, actor (born 1930)
  Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-born chemist (born 1946)
  August 3
  Abdul Jeelani, basketball player (born 1954)
  Steve LaTourette, politician; U.S. Representative from Ohio (2005–2013) (born 1954)
  Elliot Tiber, writer and artist (born 1935)
  August 4
  Jean Antone, wrestler (born 1943)
  David Dudley Dowd Jr., federal judge (born 1929)
  Patrice Munsel, operatic soprano (born 1925)
  Albert Nicholas, basketball player, businessman and philanthropist (born 1931)
  Gaspar Saladino, comic letterer and logo designer (born 1927)
  August 5
  Alan Bates, politician; Oregon state senator (2005–2016) (born 1945)
  Richard Fagan, country songwriter and musician (born 1947)
  George E. Mendenhall, Biblical scholar (born 1916)
  August 6
  Sid Applebaum, businessman (born 1924)
  Helen Delich Bentley, politician; U.S. Representative from Maryland (1985–1995) (born 1923)
  Joani Blank, feminist writer, sex educator, and entrepreneur (born 1937)
  Art Demmas, football official (born 1934)
  Pete Fountain, jazz clarinetist (born 1930)
  August 7 – Bryan Clauson, racing driver (born 1989)
  August 8 – George Yarno, football player (born 1957)
  August 9
  Bill Dooley, football player and coach (born 1934)
  Barry Jenner, actor (born 1941)
  Jimmy D. Long, politician; Louisiana state representative (1968–2000) (born 1931)
  W. Carter Merbreier, television personality, minister, and police chaplain (born 1926)
  August 10
  Neill Armstrong, football player and coach (born 1926)
  Steve Pivovar, sportswriter (born 1952)
  John Saunders, Canadian-born sports journalist and broadcaster (born 1955)
  Tom Wilson, football player and coach (born 1944)
  August 11
  Thomas Steinbeck, author, journalist, and photographer (born 1944)
  Glenn Yarbrough, folk singer (born 1930)
  August 12
  Alison Piepmeier, feminist writer, academic, and activist (born 1972)
  Ruby Wilson, blues and gospel singer (born 1948)
  August 13
  Allen Kelley, basketball player (born 1932)
  Michel Richard, French-born chef and restaurateur (born 1948)
  August 14
  Marion Christopher Barry, businessman (born 1980)
  DJ Official, hip hop musician and producer (born 1976)
  Fyvush Finkel, actor (born 1922)
  Ron Vander Kelen, football player (born 1939)
  August 15
  Choo-Choo Coleman, baseball player (born 1937)
  Bobby Hutcherson, jazz vibraphonist and composer (born 1941)
  Richard Wackar, football and basketball coach (born 1928)
  August 16
  John McLaughlin, political commentator and television personality (born 1927)
  Richard Seminack, Eastern Catholic bishop (born 1942)
  August 17
  Steve Arlin, baseball player (born 1945)
  James R. Bennett, politician; 49th and 52nd Secretary of State of Alabama (born 1940)
  Arthur Hiller, Canadian-born film and television director (born 1923)
  John Timoney, Irish-born police officer (born 1948)
  August 18
  Jay S. Fishman, businessman (born 1952)
  John William Vessey Jr., U.S. Army general; tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (born 1922)
  August 19
  Donald Henderson, physician, educator, and epidemiologist (born 1928)
  Edward T. Maloney, aviation historian (born 1928)
  Lou Pearlman, record producer, music manager, and fraudster (born 1954)
  Jack Riley, actor, voice artist, and comedian (born 1935)
  August 20
  George E. Curry, journalist (born 1947)
  Irving Fields, pianist and composer (born 1915)
  Jim Gibbons, football player (born 1936)
  Harry Gilmer, football player (born 1926)
  Joseph A. Palaia, politician; New Jersey state senator (1989–2008) (born 1927)
  Morton Schindel, film producer and educator (born 1918)
  Morris A. Wessel, pediatrician (born 1917)
  August 21 – Peter deCourcy Hero, college and foundation president (born 1942)
  August 22
  Michael Brooks, basketball player (born 1958)
  Edward Malefakis, history professor (born 1932)
  Jane Thompson, designer, architect, and urban planner (born 1927)
  August 23
  Steven Hill, actor (born 1922)
  Aaron W. Plyler, businessman and politician (born 1926)
  August 24
  Joel Bergman, architect (born 1936)
  Tom Ganley, businessman and politician (born 194
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