page_title: 2017 in the United States
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United States / Deaths / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Bill Paxton at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2017 in the United States.
context_section_description: February 1
  Anne Arrasmith, artist and curator (b. 1946)
  Mark Brownson, baseball player (b. 1975)
  William Melvin Kelley, novelist (b. 1937)
  Carter Manny, architect (b. 1918)
  Edward Tipper, World War II veteran (b. 1921)
  David Peter Battaglia, politician and educator (b. 1931)
  February 2
  Alvin Baldus, politician (b. 1926)
  Tom Drake, wrestler and politician (b. 1930)
  John Hilton, football player (b. 1942)
  George Maderos, football player (b. 1933)
  Perry McGriff, football player and politician (b. 1937)
  Jeff Sauer, ice hockey coach (b. 1943)
  Seymour Jonathan Singer, 92, cell biologist (b. 1924)
  February 3
  Marjorie Corcoran, particle physicist (b. 1950)
  Anthony French, English-born physicist (b. 1920)
  Joseph Green, academic and theatre producer (b. 1934)
  John M. Hayes, geochemist (b. 1940)
  Benny Perrin, football player (b. 1959)
  Don Trousdell, artist
  February 4
  John Howes, professor of Asian studies (b. 1924)
  Marc Spitz, writer and music journalist (b. 1969)
  February 5
  David Axelrod, arranger, composer and producer (b. 1933)
  Ray Christensen, sportscaster (b. 1924)
  Sonny Geraci, singer (b. 1946)
  Thomas Lux, poet (b. 1946)
  February 6
  Irwin Corey, comedian (b. 1914)
  Marc Drogin, writer and illustrator (b. 1936)
  Neil Gehrels, 64, astronomer (b. 1952)
  Stan Jones, politician (b. 1949)
  Raymond Smullyan, mathematician and philosopher (b. 1919)
  Christine Dolce, MySpace celebrity and cosmetologist (b. 1981)
  February 7
  Pat Beard, politician (b. 1947)
  Richard Hatch, actor (b. 1945)
  Sidney H. Liebson, scientist (b. 1920)
  February 8
  Richard DuFour, educational researcher (b. 1947)
  Arthur Hyman, academic (b. 1921)
  February 9
  Marcel Dandeneau, 85, politician (b. 1931)
  Barbara Gelb, biographer, playwright and journalist (b. 1926)
  Packy, Asian elephant (b. 1962)
  Warren Unna, journalist (b. 1923)
  February 10
  Roger Boas, politician (b. 1921)
  Albert Boscov, businessman (b. 1929)
  Edward Bryant, science fiction and horror writer (b. 1945)
  H. R. Crawford, real estate developer and politician (b. 1939)
  Maxine Grimm, religious figure (b. 1914)
  Mike Ilitch, businessman (b. 1929)
  Dahlov Ipcar, painter and author (b. 1917)
  Hal Moore, lieutenant general and author (b. 1922)
  Royal Delta, racehorse (b. 2008)
  February 11
  Bruno A. Boley, Italian-born engineer (b. 1924)
  Jeremy Geathers, arena football player (b. 1986)
  Chavo Guerrero Sr., professional wrestler (b. 1949)
  Harvey Lichtenstein, arts administrator (b. 1929)
  February 12
  Dave Adolph, football coach (b. 1937)
  Jay Bontatibus, actor (b. 1964)
  Armand Brinkhaus, politician (b. 1935)
  Barbara Carroll, jazz pianist (b. 1925)
  Al Jarreau, jazz and R&B singer (b. 1940)
  Quentin Moses, football player (b. 1983)
  Clint Roberts, politician (b. 1935)
  February 13
  Stacy Bromberg, darts player (b. 1956)
  Melvin Defleur, mass communications scholar (b. 1923)
  Bruce Lansbury, British-born television producer and screenwriter (b. 1930)
  Lucky Pulpit, racehorse (b. 2001)
  Darrell K. Smith, football player (b. 1961)
  February 14 – Joseph Neal, politician (b. 1950)
  February 15
  E-Dubble, rap artist (b. 1982)
  Rich Ingold, arena football player and coach (b. 1963)
  Loren Wiseman, game designer (b. 1951)
  February 16
  George Steele, professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937)
  Duke Washington, football player (b. 1933)
  February 17
  Charles L. Bartlett, journalist (b. 1921)
  Nicole Bass, bodybuilder, professional wrestler and actress (b. 1964)
  Warren Frost, actor (b. 1925)
  Theodore J. Lowi, political scientist (b. 1931)
  Robert H. Michel, politician (b. 1923)
  Leonard Myers, football player (b. 1978)
  Michael Novak, Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1933)
  Tom Regan, philosopher and animal rights advocate (b. 1938)
  Andrew Schneider, journalist (b. 1942)
  Jerome Tuccille, writer and activist (b. 1937)
  Magnus Wenninger, mathematician (b. 1919)
  February 18
  Nick Dupree, 34, disability rights activist (b. 1982)
  Tom Larson, politician (b. 1948)
  Norma McCorvey, political activist, plaintiff in U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade (b. 1947)
  Richard Schickel, film critic (b. 1933)
  Lawrence F. Snowden, military officer (b. 1921)
  Clyde Stubblefield, drummer (b. 1943
caption: Bill Paxton
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