Deaths
- January 15 – Fran Ryan, actress (born 1916)
- January 26 – Don Ralke, music arranger (born 1920)
- February 4 – Phil Tonken, radio and television announcer (born 1919)
- February 7 – Big Pun, rapper (born 1971)
- February 8 – Derrick Thomas, football player (born 1967)
- February 9 – Beau Jack, boxer (born 1921)
- February 10 – Jim Varney, actor noted for his character, Ernest P. Worrell. (born 1949)
- February 12 – Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, musician (born 1929)
- February 12 – Tom Landry, football coach (born 1924)
- February 12 – Charles M. Schulz, comic strip artist (Peanuts) (born 1922)
- February 29 – Dennis Danell, musician (Social Distortion) (born 1961)
- April 5 – Lee Petty, race car driver (born 1914)
- April 10 – Larry Linville, actor (born 1939)
- April 25 – David Merrick, stage producer (born 1911)
- May 12 – Adam Petty, race car driver (born 1980)
- May 20 – Edward Bernds, director (born 1905)
- May 21 – Mark R. Hughes, entrepreneur and founder of Herbalife (born 1956)
- May 31 – John Coolidge, son of President Calvin Coolidge (born 1906)
- June 14 – Robert Trent Jones, British-born American-domiciled golf course designer (born 1906)
- June 18 – Nancy Marchand, actress who starred in The Sopranos (born 1928)
- June 21 – Alan Hovhaness, composer (born 1911)
- July 1 – Walter Matthau, actor (born 1920)
- July 7 – James C. Quayle, newspaper publisher (born 1921)
- July 14 – Meredith MacRae, actress (born 1944)
- July 27 – Gordon Solie, wrestling commentator (born 1929)
- August 9 – Bob Lido, musician (born 1914)
- August 12 – Loretta Young, actress (born 1913)
- August 12 – Dave Edwards, musician (born 1941)
- August 25 – Carl Barks, cartoonist (born 1901)
- September 2 – Elvera Sanchez, dancer (born 1905)
- September 6 – Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, notable stillborn baby girl (born 2000)
- September 17 – Nicole Reinhart, cyclist (born 1976)
- September 26 – Carl Sigman, songwriter (born 1909)
- October 22 – Rodney Anoa'i, wrestler known as Yokozuna (born 1966)
- October 30 – Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, and author (born 1921)
- November 6 – L. Sprague de Camp, writer (born 1907)
- December 23 – Victor Borge, comedian, conductor and pianist (born 1909)
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