| Date | Name | Age | Notability | Source |
| January 1 | David Stern | 77 | Commissioner of the National Basketball Association from 1984 to 2014 who oversaw the launches of NBA TV and NBA League Pass. | |
| January 1 | Barry ZeVan | 82 | American television weathercaster at Minneapolis–St. Paul stations KARE and KSTP-TV and Washington, D.C. station WJLA-TV | |
| January 3 | Robert Blanche | 57 | American film and television actor best known as Patrick Bonanno on Leverage | |
| January 7 | Silvio Horta | 45 | American film and television writer | |
| January 8 | Buck Henry | 89 | American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and director | |
| January 8 | Edd Byrnes | 87 | American actor/singer, best known for playing Kookie on 77 Sunset Strip | |
| January 9 | Lan O'Kun | 87 | American screenwriter, playwright, lyricist and composer | |
| January 10 | Michael Greene | 86 | American actor | |
| January 11 | Stan Kirsch | 51 | American actor, screenwriter, director, and acting coach. | |
| January 11 | Norma Michaels | 95 | American character actress | |
| January 12 | William Bogert | 83 | American actor, best known for his semi-regular role as Brandon Brindle on Small Wonder, Kent Wallace from Chappelle's Shows Frontline spoofs, William Bellamy in Centennial, and the "Confessions of a Republican" ad for Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 U.S. presidential election | |
| January 15 | Rocky Johnson | 75 | WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler; father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. | |
| January 18 | Jack Van Impe | 88 | American televangelist, host of Jack Van Impe Presents | |
| January 19 | Gene London | 88 | American children's show host and puppeteer at WCAU/Philadelphia, New York City stations WABD and WABC-TV, and NBC | |
| January 20 | Len Goorian | 100 | Longtime producer and Hall of Fame broadcaster at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati | |
| January 22 | Sonny Grosso | 89 | American film producer, television producer, and NYPD detective | |
| January 23 | Jim Lehrer | 85 | American television journalist | |
| January 23 | Tyler Gwozdz | 29 | American entrepreneur and contestant on season 15 of The Bachelorette | |
| January 25 | Carleton Sheets | 80 | American real estate investor and infomercial pitchman | |
| January 26 | Leo Fernández III | 60 | Puerto Rican reporter and paparazzo, worked at WKAQ-TV, WAPA-TV, WLII and WJPX | |
| January 26 | Kobe Bryant | 41 | American Oscar-winning and Olympic Gold medalist basketball player, author, producer, and documentarian. | |
| January 27 | Jack Burns | 86 | American actor, comedian, writer, and voice actor ; founder of The Fred Silverman Company. Also producer on Scooby-Doo, The Waltons, Charlie's Angels, Rich Man, Poor Man, Roots, and Shōgun, and executive producer of Matlock. | |
| January 31 | Anne Cox Chambers | 100 | American media proprietor, daughter of James M. Cox | |
| Date | Name | Age | Notability | Source |
| February 3 | Bob Griffin | 85 | Longtime Ark-La-Tex television sports and news anchor | |
| February 4 | Gene Reynolds | 96 | Longtime television producer and director | |
| February 5 | Kevin Conway | 77 | American actor and film director | |
| February 5 | Kirk Douglas | 103 | American actor | |
| February 7 | Orson Bean | 91 | American actor, comedian, panelist, and activist | |
| February 8 | Robert Conrad | 84 | American actor best known as James T. West in The Wild Wild West and Tom Lopaka on Hawaiian Eye. Also starred on The D.A., Assignment Vienna, Centennial, and Baa Baa Black Sheep. | |
| February 8 | Paula Kelly | 77 | American actress, singer, dancer and choreographer | |
| February 10 | Marge Redmond | 95 | American actress, notable for her role/narration as Sister Jacqueline on The Flying Nun and Sarah Tucker in several Cool Whip commercials. | |
| February 14 | Lynn Cohen | 86 | American actress best known as Magda on Sex and the City and Judge Elizabeth Mizener on Law & Order | |
| February 16 | Jason Davis | 35 | American actor best known as the voice of Mikey Blumberg on Recess | |
| February 16 | Kellye Nakahara | 72–73 | American actress, best known for playing Nurse Kealani Kellye in M*A*S*H | |
| February 17 | Ja'Net DuBois | 87 | Actress best known as Willona Woods on Good Times, Florence Avery on The PJs, and Grandma Ellington on The Wayans Bros. Also sang The Jeffersons theme song. | |
| February 19 | Bob Cobert | 95 | American composer | |
| February 20 | Sy Sperling | 78 | American consumer products executive, founder and spokesman of Hair Club | |
| February 22 | B. Smith | 70 | American model, publisher, author, lifestyle designer, chef, and television personality | |
| February 25 | Lee Phillip Bell | 91 | American television producer | |