Deaths in August 2017
The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2017. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.
- Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.
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1
- Ana-Maria Avram, 55, Romanian composer.
- Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, 89, Indian scientist, writer, and administrator, founder of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology.
- Jeffrey Brotman, 74, American businessman, co-founder of Costco.
- Mariann Mayberry, 52, American actress (War of the Worlds, August: Osage County, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), ovarian cancer.
2
- Wanda Chotomska, 87, Polish children's book author (Jacek i Agatka).
- Santosh Mohan Dev, 83, Indian politician, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (2005–2009), stomach cancer.
- Sir John Graham, 82, New Zealand rugby union player (Canterbury, national team), sports administrator, and educator (Auckland Grammar School), cancer.
- Judith Jones, 93, American cookbook (Mastering the Art of French Cooking) and literary editor (The Diary of a Young Girl).
- Daniel Licht, 60, American composer (Dexter, Silent Hill, Children of the Night) and musician, liposarcoma.
- Jim Marrs, 73, American journalist, author and conspiracy theorist (9/11 Truth movement), heart attack.
- Ara Parseghian, 94, American football player and coach (University of Notre Dame), infection complicated by hip surgery.
- Shen Daren, 89, Chinese politician, Communist Party Chief of Ningxia (1986–1989) and Jiangsu (1989–1993).
3
- Bonaventura Duda, 93, Croatian theologian.
- Richard Dudman, 99, American reporter and journalist (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Bangor Daily News).
- Ty Hardin, 87, American actor (Bronco, Berserk!, Fire!).
- Robert Hardy, 91, British actor (All Creatures Great and Small, Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years, Harry Potter).
- Dickie Hemric, 83, American basketball player (Boston Celtics).
- Eberhard von Koerber, 79, German manager, Member of the Board of Management of BMW (1984–1986), Chairman of World Organization of the Scout Movement (2003–2006) and co-president of Club of Rome (2007–2012).
- Dejan Miladinović, 68, Serbian opera director (National Opera of Novi Sad).
- Ángel Nieto, 70, Spanish multiple Grand Prix motorcycle roadracing world champion, winner of 13 World Championships, cerebral edema.
4
- Laurie Brokenshire, 64, English Royal Navy officer and magician, brain cancer.
- Erling Brøndum, 87, Danish journalist and politician, Minister of Defence (1973–1975).
- Heinz F. Dressel, 87, German theologian and writer.
- Luiz Melodia, 66, Brazilian actor and singer-songwriter, bone marrow cancer.
- Waldemar Schreckenberger, 87, German lawyer, jurist and politician, Minister of Justice (1981–1982) and Chancellery Chief of Staff (1982–1984).
5
- Irina Berezhna, 36, Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine (2007–2014), car crash.
- Bruno Canfora, 92, Italian movie composer (The Man Who Wagged His Tail, Fall of the Mohicans, Destruction Force), conductor (1991 Eurovision Song Contest) and jazz music arranger.
- Wojciech Krzemiński, 84, Polish astronomer.
- Hélène Martini, 92, French nightclub owner (Folies Bergères).
- Marcelino Perelló Valls, 73, Mexican activist (Mexico 68) and journalist (Excélsio).
- George Bundy Smith, 80, American lawyer, civil rights activist (Freedom Rider), and judge, member of the New York Supreme Court (1980–1992) and member of the Court of Appeals (1992–2006).
- Dionigi Tettamanzi, 83, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Milan (2002–2011), Genoa (1995–2002), and Ancona-Osimo (1989–1991).
- Mark White, 77, American politician, Governor of Texas (1983–1987), heart attack.
6
- Wolfgang H. Berger, 79, German-American oceanographer, geologist and micropaleontologist, emeritus professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
- Nicole Bricq, 70, French politician, Deputy (1997–2002), Senator (2004–2012, since 2014), Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (2012) and Ministry of Foreign Trade (2012–2014), complications from a fall.
- Betty Cuthbert, 79, Australian Hall of Fame athlete, fourfold Olympic champion (1956, 1964), complications from multiple sclerosis.
- Darren Daulton, 55, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins), World Series champion (1997), brain cancer.
- Hinrich Lehmann-Grube, 84, German politician, Mayor of Leipzig (1990–1998), cancer.
- Dick Locher, 88, American cartoonist (Dick Tracy), Pulitzer Prize winner, Parkinson's disease.
- Martin Roth, 62, German museologist, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum (2011–2016).
- Ernst Zündel, 78, German Holocaust denial publisher and pamphleteer (Samisdat Publishers), heart attack.
7
- Don Baylor, 68, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, New York Yankees) and manager (Colorado Rockies, Chicago Cubs), World Series champion (1987), multiple myeloma.
- Haruo Nakajima, 88, Japanese actor (Godzilla, Mothra, Seven Samurai), pneumonia.
- Sigmund Sobolewski, 94, Polish activist and Holocaust survivor, pneumonia complicated by Alzheimer's disease.
- Patsy Ticer, 82, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (1996–2011) and Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia (1991–1996), complications from a fall.
8
- Blanche Blackwell, 104, Jamaican socialite.
- Eugene Burger, 78, American magician and philosopher, liver cancer.
- Glen Campbell, 81, American country singer ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "Gentle on My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix") and actor (True Grit, Norwood, Rock-a-Doodle), Grammy winner (1967, 2015), Alzheimer's disease.
- Barbara Cook, 89, American singer ("Songs of Perfect Propriety", "All I Ask of You", "Rainbow Round My Shoulder") and actress (The Music Man, Sondheim on Sondheim, Plain and Fancy), respiratory failure.
- Dick MacPherson, 86, American football coach (UMass, Syracuse, New England Patriots).
- Cathleen Synge Morawetz, 94, Canadian mathematician.
- Rius, 83, Mexican intellectual, political cartoonist and writer (Cuba for Beginners, It's a Pity, Cuba).
- Ken Roberts, British rugby league player (Swinton, Halifax, Great Britain).
- Gonzague Saint Bris, 69, French novelist and biographer, Prix Interallié winner (2002), car crash.
- Janet Seidel, 62, Australian singer (Moon of Manakoora), pianist and music teacher (Sydney Girls High School), Bell Awards winner (2006), ovarian cancer.
9
- Thomas A. Bird, 98, British World War II army officer and architect.
- Patricio Echegaray, 70, Argentine politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Argentina (since 1986), pancreatic cancer.
- Al McCandless, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 37th and 44th congressional district (1983–1995).
- Marián Varga, 70, Slovak organist and composer, heart failure.
- Peter Weibel, 66, German racing cyclist, cancer.
10
- Patrick O'Connell, 83, Irish actor (The Brothers).
- Ruth Pfau, 87, German-Pakistani nun, physician and activist, founder of the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, complications from heart disease.
11
- Abdulhussain Abdulredha, 78, Kuwaiti actor (Darb Alzalaq, On the fly, Downgrade Souad Abdullah) and writer.
- Segun Bucknor, 71, Nigerian musician (Segun Bucknor and the Assembly) and journalist, complications from multiple strokes.
- Chris Hesketh, 72–73, English rugby league player (Wigan, Salford, national team). (death announced on this date)
- Yisrael Kristal, 113, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian, world's oldest living man.
- Kent Lee, 94, American Vice Admiral of the United States Navy.
- Terele Pávez, 78, Spanish actress (The Holy Innocents, La Celestina, El Bar), Goya winner (2013), stroke.
- Eugenio Polgovsky, 40, Mexican movie director (Tropic of Cancer, Los Herederos).
12
- Heather Heyer, 32, American counter-protestor, vehicular homicide.
- Bryan Murray, 74, Canadian ice hockey coach (Washington Capitals) and general manager (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Florida Panthers, Detroit Red Wings), colon cancer.
13
- Aung Shwe, 99, Burmese politician and army general, Chairman of the National League for Democracy (1991–2010).
- Joseph Bologna, 82, American actor (My Favorite Year, Blame It on Rio, The Big Bus) and television writer (The Carol Burnett Show), pancreatic cancer.
14
- Andrzej Blumenfeld, 66, Polish actor (The Pianist, Delivery Man, The Witcher), cancer.
- Frank Broyles, 92, American college football coach (Arkansas Razorbacks), Alzheimer's disease.
- Franklin Cleckley, 77, American state judge, member of the Supreme Court of West Virginia (1994–1996).
- Abdelkrim Ghallab, 97, Moroccan political journalist and novelist (Dafann al-m'd).
- Lateef Raji, 54, Nigerian politician, State Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy (1999–2006), throat cancer.
- Stephen Wooldridge, 39, Australian cyclist, Olympic (2004) and world champion (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006), suicide.
15
- Abdirahman Jama Barre, 79, Somali politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1987–1991), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1990) and Minister of Finance (1987–1991).
- Gunnar Birkerts, 92, Latvian-born American architect (Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Marquette Plaza, Corning Museum of Glass), congestive heart failure.
- Vern Ehlers, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 3rd congressional district (1993–2011), Alzheimer's disease.
- Eberhard Jäckel, 88, German historian.
16
- Vera Glagoleva, 61, Russian actress (Vyyti zamuzh za kapitana, Bednaya Sasha, Zhenshchin obizhat ne rekomenduyetsya), People's Artist of Russia (2011), cancer.
- Roger Pinto Molina, 57, Bolivian politician, member of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly (2005–2012), plane crash.
- Jon Shepodd, 92, American actor (Lassie).
- David Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, 89, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1984–1999).
- Vicente Sota, 93, Chilean politician, Deputy (1965–1969, 1990–1998) and President of the Chamber of Deputies (1994–1995).
17
- Sonny Landham, 76, American actor (Predator, 48 Hrs., Lock Up) and politician, congestive heart failure.
- M. T. Liggett, 86, American sculptor, kidney failure and brain cancer.
- Mohamed Refaat El-Saeed, 84, Egyptian politician and scholar.
- Sirkka Selja, 97, Finnish poet (Still I Live), pneumonia.
- Fadwa Soliman, 46, Syrian actress (Inazuma Eleven, Digimon Adventure, Battle B-Daman) and activist, cancer.
18
- Pertti Alaja, 65, Finnish footballer (Ikast, Malmö, national team), President of the Football Association of Finland (since 2012), cancer.
- Alfonso Azpiri, 69, Spanish comic artist (Lorna), heart attack.
- Sonny Burgess, 86, American rockabilly singer ("We Wanna Boogie", "The Razorback Rock & Roll Tapes", "Hittin' That Jug") and guitarist, complications from a fall.
- Dave Creighton, 87, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs).
- Sir Bruce Forsyth, 89, English television presenter (The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, Strictly Come Dancing) and entertainer, complications from bronchopneumonia.
- Vicente Iturat, 88, Spanish racing cyclist.
- Mirosława Litmanowicz, 89, Polish chess player.
- Venero Mangano, 95, American bookmaker, racketeer and extortionist (Genovese crime family).
- Duncan Russell, 59, English football manager (Mansfield Town), liver cancer.
- Don Shepherd, 90, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan), vascular dementia.
- Sergio Zaniboni, 80, Italian comics artist (Diabolik).
19
- Brian Aldiss, 92, British science fiction writer (Helliconia) and editor.
- Pyotr Deynekin, 79, Russian military personnel, commander of the Russian Air Force (1992–1998), Hero of the Russian Federation (1997).
- Gérard Férey, 76, French chemist, member of the French Academy of Sciences (since 2003).
- Janusz Głowacki, 78, Polish-American playwright (Antigone in New York, Fortinbras Gets Drunk, The Fourth Sister) and essayist.
- Karl Otto Götz, 103, German artist, filmmaker, and writer.
- Dick Gregory, 84, American comedian, writer (Nigger), and civil rights activist, heart failure.
- Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat, 72, Cuban-born American politician and lawyer, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1994–1998) and Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court (2011–2017), prostate cancer.
- Alan Sayers, 101, New Zealand athlete, journalist and writer, British Empire Games bronze medalist (1938).
- Bea Wain, 100, American singer ("Cry, Baby, Cry", "Deep Purple", "Heart and Soul"), congestive heart failure.
20
- Margot Hielscher, 97, German singer ("Telefon, Telefon", "Für Zwei Groschen Musik") and actress (Rivalen der Rennbahn).
- Wilhelm Killmayer, 89, German composer, conductor, and lecturer.
- Jerzy Leśniak, 60, Polish journalist and historian, heart attack.
- Jerry Lewis, 91, American actor (The Bellboy, The Nutty Professor, The King of Comedy), comedian (Martin and Lewis) and humanitarian (The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon), heart disease.
- Sir Colin Meads, 81, New Zealand rugby union player (King Country, national team, Cavaliers), coach (North Island) and manager, pancreatic cancer.
- Nati Mistral, 88, Spanish actress (Currito of the Cross, Cabaret, Mis tres amores) and singer, complications from a stroke.
- Gordon M. Williams, 83, Scottish writer (The Siege of Trencher's Farm).
21
- James Joseph Dresnok, 74–75, American Korean War military personnel and actor (Unsung Heroes, From 5 p.m. to 5 am), defected to North Korea and subject of Crossing the Line, stroke. (death announced on this date)
- Greg Evers, 62, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2001–2010) and Senate (2010–2016), car crash.
- Roberto Gottardi, 90, Italian architect (National Art Schools).
- Thomas Meehan, 88, American playwright (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray), Tony winner (1977), complications from surgery and cancer.
- Helmut Piirimäe, 86, Estonian historian.
- Abdur Razzak, 75, Bangladeshi actor (Behula, Ki Je Kori, Jogajog), Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor winner (1976, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1988).
- Bajram Rexhepi, 63, Kosovar politician, Prime Minister (2002–2004), stroke.
- Boris Spremo, 81, Yugoslavian-born Canadian photojournalist (Toronto Sun), complications from multiple myeloma.
- Perch Zeytuntsyan, 79, Egyptian-born Armenian playwright and politician, Minister of Culture (1990–1991).
22
- John Abercrombie, 72, American jazz guitarist, heart failure.
- Alain Berbérian, 63, French movie director (La Cité de la peur, Le Boulet, The Corsican File) and screenwriter (Paparazzi).
- Tony deBrum, 72, Marshallese politician, Foreign Minister (1979–1987, 2008–2009, 2014–2016).
- Michael J. C. Gordon, 69, British computer scientist (HOL theorem prover), pancreatic cancer.
- Rishang Keishing, 96, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Manipur (1980–1981, 1994–1997), multiple organ failure.
- Matthew Kia Yen-wen, 92, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Taipei (1978–1989), Bishop of Chiayi (1970–1974) and Hualien (1974–1978).
- Pedro Pedrossian, 89, Brazilian politician, Governor of Mato Grosso (1966–1971) and Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul (1980–1983, 1991–1995), heart failure.
- Tom Pritchard, 100, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington, Warwickshire, Kent), complications from pneumonia.
- Jim Whelan, 68, American politician, Mayor of Atlantic City (1990–2002), member of the New Jersey General Assembly (2006–2008) and Senate (since 2008), heart attack complicated by kidney surgery.
23
- Eduardo Angeloz, 85, Argentine politician, Governor of Córdoba (1983–1995), complications from a fall.
- Viola Harris, 91, American actress (Deconstructing Harry, The Other Guys, Sex and the City 2).
- Engelbert Jarek, 82, Polish footballer (Odra Opole).
- George A. Keyworth II, 77, American physicist, Director of Office of Science and Technology Policy (1981–1985), prostate cancer.
- Joe Klein, 75, American baseball executive (Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers), complications from heart surgery.
- Izak Parviz Nazarian, 88, Iranian-American businessman (Omninet).
- Jack Rosenthal, 82, Israeli-born American journalist (The New York Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1982), complications from pancreatic cancer.
- Jeannie Rousseau, 98, French Allied intelligence agent.
24
- Cecil D. Andrus, 85, American politician, Chair of the National Governors Association (1976–1977), U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1977–1981) and Governor of Idaho (1971–1977, 1987–1995), complications from lung cancer.
- Alan Boswell, 74, English footballer (Walsall, Shrewsbury Town, Bolton Wanderers).
- Kai Linnilä, 75, Finnish writer and editor.
- Charlie Robertson, 83, American politician, mayor of York, Pennsylvania (1994–2002), cancer.
- Jay Thomas, 69, American actor (Cheers, Murphy Brown, Love & War) and radio talk show host (The Jay Thomas Show), Emmy winner (1990, 1991), throat cancer.
- Amelyn Veloso, 43, Filipina journalist and broadcaster (CNN Philippines), complications from liver cancer.
25
- Margaret Moser, 63, American journalist (Austin Sun) and historian, colorectal cancer.
- Rich Piana, 45, American bodybuilder and internet personality, suspected accidental steroid overdose.
26
- Tobe Hooper, 74, American movie director (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Poltergeist, Salem's Lot) and novelist (Midnight Movie).
- Muzaffer İzgü, 83, Turkish children's writer (Gecekondu, Donumdaki Para, İlyas Efendi), liver cancer.
- Grzegorz Miecugow, 61, Polish television newscaster (Wiadomości, Fakty TVN) and columnist (Szkło Kontaktowe), cancer.
- Josef Musil, 85, Czech volleyball player (national team), Olympic silver medalist (1964) and bronze medalist (1968), heart attack.
- Wilson das Neves, 81, Brazilian percussionist and singer, colorectal cancer.
- Horacio White, 90, Argentine Olympic swimmer (1948).
- Adam Wójcik, 47, Polish basketball player (Gwardia Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław, Prokom Sopot), leukemia.
27
- Lenke Lorán, 90, Hungarian actress (Nyári játék, Entanglement, 7-es csatorna), heart failure.
- Yitzhak Pundak, 104, Polish-born Israeli military officer and diplomat.
- Ebrahim Yazdi, 85, Iranian politician and diplomat, Deputy Prime Minister (1979), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1979) and MP for Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr (1980–1984), pancreatic cancer.
28
- Senarath Attanayake, 51, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock, Land and Forestry (2000–2005) and member of the Uva Provincial Council (since 2005), complications from ALS.
- Melissa Bell, 53, singer, former member of Soul II Soul, kidney failure and diabetes.
- Mireille Darc, 79, French actress (Week End, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Pouic-Pouic, Icy Breasts), movie director (La Barbare), and model, complications from a stroke.
- Tsutomu Hata, 82, Japanese politician, Prime Minister (1994), Deputy Prime Minister (1993–1994), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1993–1994), Minister of Finance (1991–1992) and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (1985–1986; 1988–1989).
- David Torrence, 31, Peruvian-American Olympic middle-distance runner (2016).
29
- Janine Charrat, 93, French ballet dancer (Ballerina) and choreographer.
- Dmitri Kogan, 38, Russian violinist, lymphoma.
- Sir David Tang, 63, Hong Kong businessman (Shanghai Tang), liver cancer.
30
- Marjorie Boulton, 93, British author (Preliminaries: Poems, Zamenhof: Creator of Esperanto, The Anatomy of Poetry) and poet (Saying What We Mean, Words in Real Life, Reading in Real Life).
- Richard Sui On Chang, 75, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Hawaii (1997-2006), pneumonia.
- Hato Hasbún, 71, Salvadoran politician, Minister of Education (since 2012), heart attack.
- Louise Hay, 90, American motivational author (You Can Heal Your Life).
- Abdul Jabbar, 78, Bangladeshi singer ("Tumi Ki Dekhechho Kobhu Jiboner Porajoy", "Salam Salam Hazar Salam", "Joy Bangla, Banglar Joy"), cardiac arrest.
- Károly Makk, 91, Hungarian movie director (A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda, Love, Cat's Play) and screenwriter (Another War, The Last Manuscript), President of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts (since 2011), heart attack.
- Rollie Massimino, 82, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Villanova Wildcats, UNLV Runnin' Rebels, Cleveland State Vikings), lung cancer.
- Sam Pivnik, 90, Polish Holocaust survivor and author (Survivor – Auschwitz, The Death March, My Fight for Freedom), complications from pneumonia.
- Sumiteru Taniguchi, 88, Japanese anti-nuclear weapons activist, lung and skin cancer.
31
- Richard Anderson, 91, American actor (The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Forbidden Planet), congestive heart failure.
- Janne Carlsson, 80, Swedish actor (Exponerad, Repmånad, Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?) and jazz and rock drummer (Hansson & Karlsson), liver cancer.
- Mike Cockerill, 56, Australian soccer journalist (Fairfax Media, Fox Sports, C7 Sport), pancreatic cancer.
- Egon Günther, 90, German movie director (The Dress, Her Third, Lotte in Weimar) and screenwriter (Morenga).
- Tamara Tchinarova, 98, Romanian ballet dancer and writer (Dancing into the Unknown: My Life in the Ballets Russes and Beyond), pneumonia.
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