Deaths in the last half of the year 2021 in the United States. For the first half of the year, see 2021 deaths in the United States (January–June).
July
July 1 – The Patriot, 59, professional wrestler (AWA, AJPW, WWF) (b. 1961) July 3 Robert Correia, 82, politician, mayor of Fall River (2008–2010) and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1977–2008) (b. 1939) Haunani-Kay Trask, 71 American-born Hawaiian nationalist and author (b. 1949) July 4 Sanford Clark, 85, rockabilly singer ("The Fool", "Houston") (b. 1935) Terry Donahue, 77, Hall of Fame college football coach (UCLA Bruins) and executive (San Francisco 49ers) (b.1944) Dennis Gorski, 76, politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1975–1987), Erie County, New York executive (1988–1999) (b. 1944) Anne H. Hopkins, 79, academic administrator and president of University of North Florida (b. 1941) Richard Lewontin, 92, evolutionary biologist (b. 1929) July 5 Didi Contractor, 91, German-American architect (b. 1929) Richard Donner, 91, film and television director and producer (The Goonies, Tales from the Crypt, Lethal Weapon films) (b. 1930) James Kallstrom, 78, FBI agent and television host (The FBI Files) (b. 1943) William Smith, actor (Laredo, Rich Man, Poor Man) (b. 1933) July 6 Tom Buford, 72, politician, member of the Kentucky Senate (since 1991) (b. 1949) Suzzanne Douglas, 64, actress (The Parent 'Hood, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Jason's Lyric) (b. 1957) William H. Pauley III, 68, judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (1998–2018), senior judge (since 2018). July 7 Greg Clark, 49, football player (San Francisco 49ers) (b. 1972) Robert Downey Sr., 85, actor (To Live and Die in L.A.), film director (Up the Academy, Putney Swope), and producer (b. 1936) Bob F. Griffin, 85, politician, member (1971–1996) and speaker (1981–1996) of the Missouri House of Representatives (b. 1935) Priscilla Johnson McMillan, 92, historian and journalist (b. 1928) Eddie Payne, 69, college basketball coach (USC Upstate Spartans, Oregon State Beavers, East Carolina Pirates) (b. 1951) Chick Vennera, 74, actor (Yanks, The Milagro Beanfield War, Animaniacs) (b. 1947) Chris Youngblood, 55, professional wrestler (WWC, FMW) (b. 1966) July 8 – Walter Thomas McGovern, 99, jurist and senior judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (since 1987) (b. 1922) July 10 Byron Berline, 77, fiddle player (b.1944) David Carter, 67, football player (Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints) (b. 1953) Gwendolyn Faison, 96, politician, mayor of Camden, New Jersey (2000–2010) (b. 1925) Travis Fulton, 44, mixed martial artist (b. 1977) Sonny Jackson, 82, college football coach (Nicholls Colonels, McNeese State Cowboys) (b. 1938) July 11 Charlie Robinson, 75, actor (Night Court, Love & War) (b. 1945) Jerry Steele, 82, basketball coach (Guilford Quakers, Carolina Cougars, High Point Panthers) (b. 1939) July 12 Edwin Edwards, 93, politician, U.S. Representative and four-time Governor of Louisiana (b. 1927) Bertram Firestone, 89, industrial real estate developer, thoroughbred breeder and horse owner (Genuine Risk) (b. 1931) Alex Gibbs, 80, football coach (Denver Broncos, Atlanta Falcons) (b. 1941) Paul Orndorff, 71, professional wrestler (WWF, WCW) (b. 1949) Joshua Perper, 88, Romanian-born pathologist and toxicologist, chief medical examiner of Broward County, Florida (1994–2011) (b. 1932) John L. Rotz, 86, Hall of Fame jockey (b. 1934) July 13 Shirley Fry, 94, Hall of Fame tennis player (b. 1927) Margaret Richardson, 78, lawyer and public official, commissioner of internal revenue (1993–1997) (b. 1943) July 14 Sam Belnavis, 81, automobile racing executive (b. 1939) Dan Forestal, 38, politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (2012–2020) (b. 1983) Jeff LaBar, 58, rock guitarist (Cinderella, Naked Beggars) (b. 1963) Julian L. Lapides, 89, politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1963–1967) and senate (1967–1994) (b. 1931) July 15 Yoel Kahn, 91, Russian-born Chabad rabbi (b. 1930) Jean Kraft, 94, mezzo-soprano (b. 1927) Jerry Lewis, 86, politician, member of the California State Assembly (1969–1978) and U.S. House of Representatives (1979–2013), chair of the House Appropriations Committee (2005–2007) (b. 1934) Dennis Murphy, 94, sports entrepreneur, co-founder of the American Basketball Association and World Hockey Association (b. 1926) Gloria Richardson, 99, civil rights activist (Cambridge movement) (b. 1922) Hugo F. Sonnenschein, 80, economist (Sonnenschein–Mantel–Debreu theorem) (b. 1940) July 16 Doug Bennett, 75, politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (2005–2010) (b. 1946) Stephen Hickman, 72, illustrator (b.