page_title: 2017 in the United States
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United States / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: English: SHUT IT DOWN FOR MIKE BROWN one year anniversary RALLY against police brutality at African American Civil War Memorial on U Street between 10th Street and Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington DC on Saturday evening, 8 August 2015 by Elvert Barnes Protest Photography DICK GREGORY dickgregory.com/ Follow Saturday, 8 August 2015 SHUT IT DOWN FOR MIKE BROWN event at www.facebook.com/events/735417696570646/ Elvert Barnes PROTEST PHOTOGRAPHY at elvertbarnes.com/protests2015
context_page_description: Events in the year 2017 in the United States.
context_section_description: 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, screenwrit
caption: Dick Gregory
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