page_title: 2019 deaths in the United States
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 deaths in the United States / August
caption_attribution_description: From Enoch Pratt Library January 29, 1998© copyright John Mathew Smith 2001
context_page_description: Deaths in the year 2019 in the United States.
context_section_description: 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 Klein, psychiatrist (b. 1928)
  Kary Mullis, biochemist (b. 1944)
  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)
  Peter Fonda, actor (b. 1940)
  Jim Hardy, football player (b. 1923)
  Mike McGee, football player, coach, and college athletic director (b. 1938)
  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)
  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)
  Alexander M. Schenker, Polish-American Slavist (b. 1924)
  August 24
  David Akiba, photographer (b. 1940)
  Tex Clevenger, baseball pitc
caption: Toni Morrison
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