Glen Campbell (1936-2017)
Aug 8 American Grammy Award-winning country-pop singer ("By The Time I Get to Phoenix"; "Wichita Lineman"; "Rhinestone Cowboy"), session guitarist (The Beach Boys; Elvis Presley; The Monkees; Phil Specter), television personality (The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), and actor (True Grit), dies at 81
Jerry Lewis (1926-2017)
Aug 20 American comedian (Martin and Lewis, MDA Telethon), dies at 91
- Aug 21 Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director (Ki Je Kori, Chandranath), dies at 75
- Aug 24 Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], American actor and comedian (Cheers, Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 69
- Aug 31 Richard Anderson, American actor (Oscar Goldman- The 6 Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman television series), dies at 91