diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/AllRDDResource.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/AllRDDResource.scala
index 645ede26a0879..7750a096230cb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/AllRDDResource.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/AllRDDResource.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ private[v1] class AllRDDResource(ui: SparkUI) {
 
   @GET
   def rddList(): Seq[RDDStorageInfo] = {
-    val storageStatusList = ui.storageListener.storageStatusList
+    val storageStatusList = ui.storageListener.activeStorageStatusList
     val rddInfos = ui.storageListener.rddInfoList
     rddInfos.map{rddInfo =>
       AllRDDResource.getRDDStorageInfo(rddInfo.id, rddInfo, storageStatusList,
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ private[spark] object AllRDDResource {
       rddId: Int,
       listener: StorageListener,
       includeDetails: Boolean): Option[RDDStorageInfo] = {
-    val storageStatusList = listener.storageStatusList
+    val storageStatusList = listener.activeStorageStatusList
     listener.rddInfoList.find { _.id == rddId }.map { rddInfo =>
       getRDDStorageInfo(rddId, rddInfo, storageStatusList, includeDetails)
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/ExecutorListResource.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/ExecutorListResource.scala
index 3bdba922328c2..6ca59c2f3caeb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/ExecutorListResource.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/ExecutorListResource.scala
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ private[v1] class ExecutorListResource(ui: SparkUI) {
     listener.synchronized {
       // The follow codes should be protected by `listener` to make sure no executors will be
       // removed before we query their status. See SPARK-12784.
-      val storageStatusList = listener.storageStatusList
+      val storageStatusList = listener.activeStorageStatusList
       (0 until storageStatusList.size).map { statusId =>
-        ExecutorsPage.getExecInfo(listener, statusId)
+        ExecutorsPage.getExecInfo(listener, statusId, isActive = true)
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/api.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/api.scala
index d116e68c17f18..909dd0c07ea63 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/api.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/api/v1/api.scala
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class ExecutorStageSummary private[spark](
 class ExecutorSummary private[spark](
     val id: String,
     val hostPort: String,
+    val isActive: Boolean,
     val rddBlocks: Int,
     val memoryUsed: Long,
     val diskUsed: Long,
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/StorageStatusListener.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/StorageStatusListener.scala
index d98aae8ff0c68..f552b498a76de 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/StorageStatusListener.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/StorageStatusListener.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.storage
 
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
+import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
 import org.apache.spark.annotation.DeveloperApi
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler._
 
@@ -29,14 +30,20 @@ import org.apache.spark.scheduler._
  * This class is thread-safe (unlike JobProgressListener)
  */
 @DeveloperApi
-class StorageStatusListener extends SparkListener {
+class StorageStatusListener(conf: SparkConf) extends SparkListener {
   // This maintains only blocks that are cached (i.e. storage level is not StorageLevel.NONE)
   private[storage] val executorIdToStorageStatus = mutable.Map[String, StorageStatus]()
+  private[storage] val deadExecutorStorageStatus = new mutable.ListBuffer[StorageStatus]()
+  private[this] val retainedDeadExecutors = conf.getInt("spark.ui.retainedDeadExecutors", 100)
 
   def storageStatusList: Seq[StorageStatus] = synchronized {
     executorIdToStorageStatus.values.toSeq
   }
 
+  def deadStorageStatusList: Seq[StorageStatus] = synchronized {
+    deadExecutorStorageStatus.toSeq
+  }
+
   /** Update storage status list to reflect updated block statuses */
   private def updateStorageStatus(execId: String, updatedBlocks: Seq[(BlockId, BlockStatus)]) {
     executorIdToStorageStatus.get(execId).foreach { storageStatus =>
@@ -87,8 +94,12 @@ class StorageStatusListener extends SparkListener {
   override def onBlockManagerRemoved(blockManagerRemoved: SparkListenerBlockManagerRemoved) {
     synchronized {
       val executorId = blockManagerRemoved.blockManagerId.executorId
-      executorIdToStorageStatus.remove(executorId)
+      executorIdToStorageStatus.remove(executorId).foreach { status =>
+        deadExecutorStorageStatus += status
+      }
+      if (deadExecutorStorageStatus.size > retainedDeadExecutors) {
+        deadExecutorStorageStatus.trimStart(1)
+      }
     }
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/SparkUI.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/SparkUI.scala
index 6cc30eeaf5d82..5324a7682960b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/SparkUI.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/SparkUI.scala
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ private[spark] object SparkUI {
     }
 
     val environmentListener = new EnvironmentListener
-    val storageStatusListener = new StorageStatusListener
+    val storageStatusListener = new StorageStatusListener(conf)
     val executorsListener = new ExecutorsListener(storageStatusListener, conf)
     val storageListener = new StorageListener(storageStatusListener)
     val operationGraphListener = new RDDOperationGraphListener(conf)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/exec/ExecutorsPage.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/exec/ExecutorsPage.scala
index e1f754999912b..eba7a312ba81f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/exec/ExecutorsPage.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/exec/ExecutorsPage.scala
@@ -54,24 +54,30 @@ private[ui] class ExecutorsPage(
   private val GCTimePercent = 0.1
 
   def render(request: HttpServletRequest): Seq[Node] = {
-    val (storageStatusList, execInfo) = listener.synchronized {
+    val (activeExecutorInfo, deadExecutorInfo) = listener.synchronized {
       // The follow codes should be protected by `listener` to make sure no executors will be
       // removed before we query their status. See SPARK-12784.
-      val _storageStatusList = listener.storageStatusList
-      val _execInfo = {
-        for (statusId <- 0 until _storageStatusList.size)
-          yield ExecutorsPage.getExecInfo(listener, statusId)
+      val _activeExecutorInfo = {
+        for (statusId <- 0 until listener.activeStorageStatusList.size)
+          yield ExecutorsPage.getExecInfo(listener, statusId, isActive = true)
       }
-      (_storageStatusList, _execInfo)
+      val _deadExecutorInfo = {
+        for (statusId <- 0 until listener.deadStorageStatusList.size)
+          yield ExecutorsPage.getExecInfo(listener, statusId, isActive = false)
+      }
+      (_activeExecutorInfo, _deadExecutorInfo)
     }
+
+    val execInfo = activeExecutorInfo ++ deadExecutorInfo
     val execInfoSorted = execInfo.sortBy(_.id)
     val logsExist = execInfo.filter(_.executorLogs.nonEmpty).nonEmpty
 
-    val execTable =
+    val execTable = {
       <table class={UIUtils.TABLE_CLASS_STRIPED_SORTABLE}>
         <thead>
           <th>Executor ID</th>
           <th>Address</th>
+          <th>Status</th>
           <th>RDD Blocks</th>
           <th><span data-toggle="tooltip" title={ToolTips.STORAGE_MEMORY}>Storage Memory</span></th>
           <th>Disk Used</th>
@@ -98,22 +104,28 @@ private[ui] class ExecutorsPage(
           {execInfoSorted.map(execRow(_, logsExist))}
         </tbody>
       </table>
+    }
 
     val content =
       <div class="row">
         <div class="span12">
-          <h4>Totals for {execInfo.size} Executors</h4>
-          {execSummary(execInfo)}
+          <h4>Dead Executors({deadExecutorInfo.size})</h4>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="span12">
+          <h4>Active Executors({activeExecutorInfo.size})</h4>
+          {execSummary(activeExecutorInfo)}
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class = "row">
         <div class="span12">
-          <h4>Active Executors</h4>
+          <h4>Executors</h4>
           {execTable}
         </div>
       </div>;
 
-    UIUtils.headerSparkPage("Executors (" + execInfo.size + ")", content, parent)
+    UIUtils.headerSparkPage("Executors", content, parent)
   }
 
   /** Render an HTML row representing an executor */
@@ -121,9 +133,19 @@ private[ui] class ExecutorsPage(
     val maximumMemory = info.maxMemory
     val memoryUsed = info.memoryUsed
     val diskUsed = info.diskUsed
+    val executorStatus =
+      if (info.isActive) {
+        "Active"
+      } else {
+        "Dead"
+      }
+
     <tr>
       <td>{info.id}</td>
       <td>{info.hostPort}</td>
+      <td sorttable_customkey={executorStatus.toString}>
+        {executorStatus}
+      </td>
       <td>{info.rddBlocks}</td>
       <td sorttable_customkey={memoryUsed.toString}>
         {Utils.bytesToString(memoryUsed)} /
@@ -161,10 +183,14 @@ private[ui] class ExecutorsPage(
       }
       {
         if (threadDumpEnabled) {
-          val encodedId = URLEncoder.encode(info.id, "UTF-8")
-          <td>
-            <a href={s"threadDump/?executorId=${encodedId}"}>Thread Dump</a>
-          </td>
+          if (info.isActive) {
+            val encodedId = URLEncoder.encode(info.id, "UTF-8")
+            <td>
+              <a href={s"threadDump/?executorId=${encodedId}"}>Thread Dump</a>
+            </td>
+          } else {
+            <td> </td>
+          }
         } else {
           Seq.empty
         }
@@ -236,14 +262,13 @@ private[ui] class ExecutorsPage(
   }
 
   private def taskData(
-    maxTasks: Int,
-    activeTasks: Int,
-    failedTasks: Int,
-    completedTasks: Int,
-    totalTasks: Int,
-    totalDuration: Long,
-    totalGCTime: Long):
-  Seq[Node] = {
+      maxTasks: Int,
+      activeTasks: Int,
+      failedTasks: Int,
+      completedTasks: Int,
+      totalTasks: Int,
+      totalDuration: Long,
+      totalGCTime: Long): Seq[Node] = {
     // Determine Color Opacity from 0.5-1
     // activeTasks range from 0 to maxTasks
     val activeTasksAlpha =
@@ -302,8 +327,15 @@ private[ui] class ExecutorsPage(
 
 private[spark] object ExecutorsPage {
   /** Represent an executor's info as a map given a storage status index */
-  def getExecInfo(listener: ExecutorsListener, statusId: Int): ExecutorSummary = {
-    val status = listener.storageStatusList(statusId)
+  def getExecInfo(
+      listener: ExecutorsListener,
+      statusId: Int,
+      isActive: Boolean): ExecutorSummary = {
+    val status = if (isActive) {
+      listener.activeStorageStatusList(statusId)
+    } else {
+      listener.deadStorageStatusList(statusId)
+    }
     val execId = status.blockManagerId.executorId
     val hostPort = status.blockManagerId.hostPort
     val rddBlocks = status.numBlocks
@@ -326,6 +358,7 @@ private[spark] object ExecutorsPage {
     new ExecutorSummary(
       execId,
       hostPort,
+      isActive,
       rddBlocks,
       memUsed,
       diskUsed,
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/exec/ExecutorsTab.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/exec/ExecutorsTab.scala
index dcfebe92ed805..788f35ec77d9f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/exec/ExecutorsTab.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/exec/ExecutorsTab.scala
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ class ExecutorsListener(storageStatusListener: StorageStatusListener, conf: Spar
   val executorToLogUrls = HashMap[String, Map[String, String]]()
   val executorIdToData = HashMap[String, ExecutorUIData]()
 
-  def storageStatusList: Seq[StorageStatus] = storageStatusListener.storageStatusList
+  def activeStorageStatusList: Seq[StorageStatus] = storageStatusListener.storageStatusList
+
+  def deadStorageStatusList: Seq[StorageStatus] = storageStatusListener.deadStorageStatusList
 
   override def onExecutorAdded(executorAdded: SparkListenerExecutorAdded): Unit = synchronized {
     val eid = executorAdded.executorId
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ class ExecutorsListener(storageStatusListener: StorageStatusListener, conf: Spar
 
   override def onApplicationStart(applicationStart: SparkListenerApplicationStart): Unit = {
     applicationStart.driverLogs.foreach { logs =>
-      val storageStatus = storageStatusList.find { s =>
+      val storageStatus = activeStorageStatusList.find { s =>
         s.blockManagerId.executorId == SparkContext.LEGACY_DRIVER_IDENTIFIER ||
         s.blockManagerId.executorId == SparkContext.DRIVER_IDENTIFIER
       }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/storage/StorageTab.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/storage/StorageTab.scala
index f1e28b4e1e9c2..8f75b586e1399 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/storage/StorageTab.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/storage/StorageTab.scala
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class StorageListener(storageStatusListener: StorageStatusListener) extends Bloc
 
   private[ui] val _rddInfoMap = mutable.Map[Int, RDDInfo]() // exposed for testing
 
-  def storageStatusList: Seq[StorageStatus] = storageStatusListener.storageStatusList
+  def activeStorageStatusList: Seq[StorageStatus] = storageStatusListener.storageStatusList
 
   /** Filter RDD info to include only those with cached partitions */
   def rddInfoList: Seq[RDDInfo] = synchronized {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class StorageListener(storageStatusListener: StorageStatusListener) extends Bloc
   private def updateRDDInfo(updatedBlocks: Seq[(BlockId, BlockStatus)]): Unit = {
     val rddIdsToUpdate = updatedBlocks.flatMap { case (bid, _) => bid.asRDDId.map(_.rddId) }.toSet
     val rddInfosToUpdate = _rddInfoMap.values.toSeq.filter { s => rddIdsToUpdate.contains(s.id) }
-    StorageUtils.updateRddInfo(rddInfosToUpdate, storageStatusList)
+    StorageUtils.updateRddInfo(rddInfosToUpdate, activeStorageStatusList)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/HistoryServerExpectations/executor_list_json_expectation.json b/core/src/test/resources/HistoryServerExpectations/executor_list_json_expectation.json
index 9d5d224e55176..4a88eeee747dc 100644
--- a/core/src/test/resources/HistoryServerExpectations/executor_list_json_expectation.json
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/HistoryServerExpectations/executor_list_json_expectation.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [ {
   "id" : "<driver>",
   "hostPort" : "localhost:57971",
+  "isActive" : true,
   "rddBlocks" : 8,
   "memoryUsed" : 28000128,
   "diskUsed" : 0,
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/StorageStatusListenerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/StorageStatusListenerSuite.scala
index 9de434166bba3..14daa003bc5a6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/StorageStatusListenerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/StorageStatusListenerSuite.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.storage
 
-import org.apache.spark.{SparkFunSuite, Success}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkFunSuite, Success}
 import org.apache.spark.executor.TaskMetrics
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler._
 
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ class StorageStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
   private val bm2 = BlockManagerId("fat", "duck", 2)
   private val taskInfo1 = new TaskInfo(0, 0, 0, 0, "big", "dog", TaskLocality.ANY, false)
   private val taskInfo2 = new TaskInfo(0, 0, 0, 0, "fat", "duck", TaskLocality.ANY, false)
+  private val conf = new SparkConf()
 
   test("block manager added/removed") {
-    val listener = new StorageStatusListener
+    conf.set("spark.ui.retainedDeadExecutors", "1")
+    val listener = new StorageStatusListener(conf)
 
     // Block manager add
     assert(listener.executorIdToStorageStatus.size === 0)
@@ -53,14 +55,18 @@ class StorageStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(listener.executorIdToStorageStatus.size === 1)
     assert(!listener.executorIdToStorageStatus.get("big").isDefined)
     assert(listener.executorIdToStorageStatus.get("fat").isDefined)
+    assert(listener.deadExecutorStorageStatus.size === 1)
+    assert(listener.deadExecutorStorageStatus(0).blockManagerId.executorId.equals("big"))
     listener.onBlockManagerRemoved(SparkListenerBlockManagerRemoved(1L, bm2))
     assert(listener.executorIdToStorageStatus.size === 0)
     assert(!listener.executorIdToStorageStatus.get("big").isDefined)
     assert(!listener.executorIdToStorageStatus.get("fat").isDefined)
+    assert(listener.deadExecutorStorageStatus.size === 1)
+    assert(listener.deadExecutorStorageStatus(0).blockManagerId.executorId.equals("fat"))
   }
 
   test("task end without updated blocks") {
-    val listener = new StorageStatusListener
+    val listener = new StorageStatusListener(conf)
     listener.onBlockManagerAdded(SparkListenerBlockManagerAdded(1L, bm1, 1000L))
     listener.onBlockManagerAdded(SparkListenerBlockManagerAdded(1L, bm2, 2000L))
     val taskMetrics = new TaskMetrics
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ class StorageStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
   }
 
   test("task end with updated blocks") {
-    val listener = new StorageStatusListener
+    val listener = new StorageStatusListener(conf)
     listener.onBlockManagerAdded(SparkListenerBlockManagerAdded(1L, bm1, 1000L))
     listener.onBlockManagerAdded(SparkListenerBlockManagerAdded(1L, bm2, 2000L))
     val taskMetrics1 = new TaskMetrics
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ class StorageStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
   }
 
   test("unpersist RDD") {
-    val listener = new StorageStatusListener
+    val listener = new StorageStatusListener(conf)
     listener.onBlockManagerAdded(SparkListenerBlockManagerAdded(1L, bm1, 1000L))
     val taskMetrics1 = new TaskMetrics
     val taskMetrics2 = new TaskMetrics
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/storage/StorageTabSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/storage/StorageTabSuite.scala
index d1dbf7c1558b2..6b7c538ac8549 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/storage/StorageTabSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/storage/StorageTabSuite.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.ui.storage
 
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
 
-import org.apache.spark.{SparkFunSuite, Success}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkFunSuite, Success}
 import org.apache.spark.executor.TaskMetrics
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler._
 import org.apache.spark.storage._
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class StorageTabSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
 
   before {
     bus = new LiveListenerBus
-    storageStatusListener = new StorageStatusListener
+    storageStatusListener = new StorageStatusListener(new SparkConf())
     storageListener = new StorageListener(storageStatusListener)
     bus.addListener(storageStatusListener)
     bus.addListener(storageListener)
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 568eca9b5fa95..4b1b00720b006 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -584,6 +584,13 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
     How many finished batches the Spark UI and status APIs remember before garbage collecting.
   </td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+  <td><code>spark.ui.retainedDeadExecutors</code></td>
+  <td>100</td>
+  <td>
+    How many dead executors the Spark UI and status APIs remember before garbage collecting.
+  </td>
+</tr>
 </table>
 
 #### Compression and Serialization
diff --git a/project/MimaExcludes.scala b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
index 47693aa29db61..b12aefcf836ab 100644
--- a/project/MimaExcludes.scala
+++ b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ object MimaExcludes {
         // SPARK-13220 Deprecate yarn-client and yarn-cluster mode
         ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingMethodProblem](
           "org.apache.spark.SparkContext.org$apache$spark$SparkContext$$createTaskScheduler")
+      ) ++ Seq (
+        // SPARK-7729 Executor which has been killed should also be displayed on Executor Tab
+        ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.spark.status.api.v1.ExecutorSummary.this")
       )
     case v if v.startsWith("1.6") =>
       Seq(