Deaths for the week ending 22 July 2017:
Sunday, 16 July 2017
Jerry Bird, NBA basketball player (New York Knicks), 83.
Tom Mitchell, NFL football player (Baltimore Colts), of cancer, 72.
George Romero, horror film director (Night of the Living Dead), of lung cancer, 77.
Monday, 17 July 2017
Harvey Atkin, actor (Ronald Coleman on "Cagney & Lacey"), of cancer, 74.
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
John Rheinecker, major leaguer (Texas Rangers), of suicide by hanging, 38.
Red West, stuntman and actor (Sgt. Andy Micklin on "Black Sheep Squadron"), of an aortic aneurysm, 81.
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Ralph Regula, U.S. Congressman (R-OH, 1973-2009), 92.
Thursday, 20 July 2017
Chester Bennington, rock singer (Linkin Park), of suicide by hanging, 41.
Friday, 21 July 2017
John Heard, actor (Home Alone), of a heart attack, 71.
Geoff Mack, country songwriter ("I've Been Everywhere"), 94.
Kenny Shields, rock singer (Streetheart), following heart surgery, 69.
Deborah Watling, actress (Victoria Waterfield on "Doctor Who"), of lung cancer, 69.
Saturday, 22 July 2017
Mark Smith, auto racing owner (TriStar Motorsports), of cancer, 63.
Bobby Taylor, R&B singer and producer, of leukemia, 83.
Jim Vance, TV news anchor (Washington, D.C.), of cancer, 75.