page_title: 2017 in the United States
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United States / Deaths / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Visit to Chuck Jones studio in 1978. Jones office was located on the 12th floor of the Sunset Tower, sometimes also called the Sunset Vine Tower, in Los Angeles.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2017 in the United States.
context_section_description: July 1
  Norman Dorsen, jurist and civil rights activist (b. 1930)
  Paul Hardin III, academic administrator (b. 1931)
  Stevie Ryan, actress (b. 1984)
  July 2
  Jack Collom, poet (b. 1931)
  David W. Vincent, baseball writer and statistician (b. 1949)
  July 3
  Spencer Johnson, self-help writer (b. 1938)
  Theodore Kanavas, politician (b. 1961)
  July 4
  John Blackwell, jazz and funk drummer (b. 1973)
  Gene Conley, baseball and basketball player (b. 1930)
  Ji-Tu Cumbuka, actor (b. 1940)
  John S. Palmore, judge (b. 1917)
  David Yewdall, sound editor (b. 1951)
  July 5 – Tinners Way, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1990)
  July 6
  Willie Stevenson Glanton, lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
  Joan Boocock Lee, British-born voice actress (b. 1922)
  William Morva, convicted murderer (b. 1982)
  July 7
  Claude Hall, journalist and magazine editor
  Diego E. Hernández, U.S. Navy officer (b. 1934)
  Kenneth Silverman, biographer (b. 1936)
  July 8
  Nelsan Ellis, actor (b. 1977)
  Bob Lubbers, comics artist (b. 1922)
  July 9
  Wally Burr, voice actor and television director (b. 1926)
  Ed Crawford, football player (b. 1934)
  Neal Patterson, business executive (b. 1949)
  Jack Shaheen, cultural critic (b. 1935)
  David Wilstein, real estate developer and philanthropist (b. 1928)
  July 10
  Peter Alfond, billionaire investor and philanthropist (b. 1952)
  Jim Bush, track and field coach (b. 1926)
  July 11 – Joseph Fire Crow, Cheyenne flutist (b. 1958/1959)
  July 12
  Chuck Blazer, soccer administrator (b. 1945)
  S. Allen Counter, neuroscientist, polar explorer, and university administrator (b. 1944)
  Sam Glanzman, comics artist and writer (b. 1924)
  July 13
  Charles Bachman, computer scientist (b. 1924)
  Keith Baird, Barbadian-born educator and linguist (b. 1923)
  Gertrude Poe, journalist and lawyer (b. 1915)
  Carl E. Reichardt, banking executive (b. 1931)
  July 14
  Mahi Beamer, singer, composer, and dancer (b. 1928)
  Wm. Theodore de Bary, sinologist (b. 1919)
  William "Hootie" Johnson, banker and golf administrator (b. 1931)
  July 15
  Warrick L. Carter, music educator and college administrator (b. 1942)
  Martin Landau, actor (b. 1928)
  Babe Parilli, football player (b. 1930)
  Bob Wolff, sportscaster (b. 1920)
  July 16
  Jerry Bird, basketball player (b. 1934)
  Tom Mitchell, football player (b. 1944)
  Clancy Sigal, writer (b. 1926)
  July 17
  Evan Helmuth, actor (b. 1977)
  Raymond Sackler, physician and philanthropist (b. 1920)
  July 18
  Ben's Cat, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2006)
  Jean Murrell Capers, judge and centenarian (b. 1913)
  Herbert Needleman, pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1927)
  Andrew Paulson, writer, photographer, and entrepreneur (b. 1958)
  John Rheinecker, baseball player (b. 1979)
  Red West, actor, stunt performer, and songwriter (b. 1936)
  July 19
  Jake Butcher, banker and politician (b. 1936)
  Charles Weston Houck, federal judge (b. 1933)
  Ralph Regula, U.S. Representative from Ohio (b. 1924)
  Fenwick Smith, classical flutist (b. 1949)
  July 20
  Chester Bennington, rock singer and songwriter (b. 1976)
  Jesse Kalisher, art photographer (b. 1962)
  Kenneth Jay Lane, jewelry designer and socialite (b. 1932)
  Joseph Rago, political writer and journalist (b. 1983)
  Jonathan Shurberg, lawyer and politician (b. 1963)
  July 21
  Howard Eichenbaum, psychologist and neuroscientist (b. 1947)
  John Heard, actor (b. 1945)
  Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, businessman (b. 1928)
  Stubbs, cat and honorary mayor (b. 1997)
  July 22
  Margo Chase, graphic designer (b. 1958)
  Haddon Robinson, evangelical author and seminary leader (b. 1931)
  Jim Vance, television news anchor (b. 1942)
  July 23
  Dave Cogdill, politician (b. 1950)
  Bob DeMoss, football player and coach (b. 1927)
  Thomas Fleming, historian and novelist (b. 1927)
  John Kundla, basketball coach (b. 1916)
  Snooty, manatee (b. 1948)
  Flo Steinberg, comics publisher (b. 1939)
  July 25
  Gretel Bergmann, German-born high jumper (b. 1914)
  Marian Diamond, neuroscientist (b. 1926)
  Buddy Fletcher, politician (b. 1932)
  Michael Johnson, singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
  Barbara Sinatra, model and showgirl (b. 1927)
  Lyle Smith, football and basketball player and coach (b. 1916)
  Billy Joe Walker Jr., country and New Age guitari
caption: June Foray
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