Deaths for the week ending 29 July 2017:
Sunday, 23 July 2017
John Kundla, NBA basketball coach (Minneapolis Lakers), 101.
Abby Nicole, country singer, in an off-road vehicle accident, 25.
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Michael Johnson, pop singer ("Bluer Than Blue"), after a long illness, 72.
Billy Joe Walker Jr., country music songwriter (Eddie Rabbitt's "I Wanna Dance with You"), after an illness, 65.
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Patti Deutsch, game show panelist ("Match Game"), of cancer, 73.
June Foray, voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel), of natural causes, 99.
Leonard Landy, child actor (Leonard in "Our Gang"), 84.
D. L. Menard, cajun musician ("The Back Door"), after a long illness, 85.
Thursday, 27 July 2017
Sam Shepard, playwright and actor (The Right Stuff), of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 73.
Saturday, 29 July 2017
Dave Grayson, NFL football player (Oakland Raiders), cause not reported, 78.
Lee May, major leaguer (Cincinnati Reds), of pneumonia, 74.