Deaths in the first half of the year 2019 in the United States. For the last half of the year, see 2019 deaths in the United States, July–December.
January
January 1
Ludwig W. Adamec, Austrian-born historian (b. 1924) Shane Bisnett, bassist (Ice Nine Kills) (b. 1987) Ed Corney, bodybuilder (b. 1933) Walt McKeel, baseball player (b. 1972) Richard Rifkind, cancer researcher (b. 1930) Steven P. Schinke, social work scholar (b. 1945) Larry Weinberg, real estate developer and sports team owner (Portland Trail Blazers) (b. 1926) Gilbert R. Winham, political scientist (b. 1938) Pegi Young, educator, philanthropist, and singer-songwriter (b. 1952) Perry Deane Young, journalist and playwright (b. 1941) January 2 Malcolm E. Beard, politician (b. 1919) Darwin Bromley, game designer, founder of Mayfair Games (b. 1950) Jerry Buchek, baseball player (b. 1943) Daryl Dragon, musician (b. 1942) Bob Einstein, comedian, actor (b. 1942) Theodore E. Gildred, diplomat (b. 1935) Bob Hanner, politician (b. 1945) Waun Ki Hong, oncologist (b. 1942) Jerry Magee, sportswriter (b. 1928) Jim Margraff, football coach (b. 1960) Kevin J. McIntyre, government official, Chairman of the FERC (2017–2018) (b. 1961) Blake Nordstrom, businessman, co-president of Nordstrom (b. 1960) Gene Okerlund, wrestling announcer (b. 1942) George Welsh, football coach (b. 1933) January 3 Richard C. Bradt, materials engineer (b. 1938) Bob Burrow, basketball player (b. 1934) William Cochran, politician (b. 1934) Sylvia Chase, news anchor and journalist (b. 1938) John Falsey, writer and producer (b. 1951) Herb Kelleher, businessman, co-founder of Southwest Airlines (b. 1931) William Miller, football player (b. 1956) Steve Ripley, musician (The Tractors) (b. 1950) Thais St Julien, opera singer (b. 1945) Harold A. Hopkins Jr., priest (b. 1930) January 4 Norman Birnbaum, sociologist (b. 1926) Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1927) Moffatt Burriss, politician (b. 1919) Charles Currie, Jesuit academic administrator (b. 1929) Diana Decker, American-born British actress and singer (b. 1925) Harold Demsetz, economist (b. 1930) Leo J. Dulacki, general (b. 1918) Louisa Moritz, Cuban-born actress (b. 1946) January 5 Rick Down, baseball coach (b. 1950) Scott Dozier, convicted murderer (b. 1970) Alvin Fielder, jazz drummer (b. 1935) Kenneth Hedberg, chemist (b. 1920) Stanley Insler, philologist (b. 1937) Pete Manning, football player (b. 1937) Rudolf Raff, biologist (b. 1941) John L. Said, Episcopal bishop (b. 1932) Bernice Sandler, women's rights activist (b. 1928) Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1947) January 6 Jo Andres, filmmaker, choreographer and artist (b. 1954) Joe Belmont, basketball player and coach (b. 1934) Ben Coleman, basketball player (b. 1961) George Crowe, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1936) Lenny Green, baseball player (b. 1932) Roy Hilton, football player (b. 1943) Robert L. Kahn, social psychologist (b. 1918) Kwamie Lassiter, football player (b. 1969) Alan R. Pearlman, sound engineer, founder of ARP Instruments (b. 1925) Gregg Rudloff, sound mixer (b. 1955) Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born professor (b. 1942) W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor (b. 1932) Myron Thompson, American-born Canadian politician (b. 1936) January 7 Edwin Erickson, politician (b. 1938) Clydie King, singer (b. 1943) John Mendelsohn, pharmacologist (b. 1936) Theodore K. Rabb, historian (b. 1937) Tom Rukavina, politician (b. 1950) Babs Simpson, fashion editor (b. 1913) Barbara Elaine Ruth Brown, biologist and philanthropist (b. 1929) January 8 Wendy Ashmore, archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1948) Larry Langford, politician (b. 1946) January 9 Verna Bloom, actress (b. 1939) Earnest F. Gloyna, environmental engineer (b. 1921) Joseph Lawson Howze, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1923) Joseph Jarman, jazz musician and priest (b. 1937) Matthew Locricchio, author of cookbooks and actor (b. 1947) Melvin L. Moeschberger, biostatistician (b. 1940) Alan Trask, politician (b. 1933) Lester Wunderman, advertising executive, creator of direct marketing (b. 1920) Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (b. 1944) Don Reynolds, actor and animal trainer (b. 1937) January 10 Larry Cunningham, singer (The Floaters) (b. 1951) Andy de Groat, choreographer (b. 1947) Rick Forzano, football coach (b. 1928) Johnny Hetki, baseball player (b. 1922) John Michels, football player and coach (b. 1931) José Andreu García, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (1992–2003) (b. 1937) January 11 Shirley Boone, philanthropist (b. 1934) Walter Chandoha, photographer (b. 1920) Gus Ganakas, college basketball coach (b. 1926) J. D. Gibbs, race car driver, co-owner of Joe Gibbs Racing (b. 1969) John G. Gunderson, psychiatrist (b. 1942) Walter V.