Deaths for the week ending 1 January 2011:
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Teena Marie, R&B singer ("Lovergirl"), of natural causes, 54.
Bernard Wilson, pop singer (Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes), of a stroke and heart attack, 64.
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
"Mean" Gene Kelton, guitarist, in an automobile accident, 68.
Bill Lajoie, baseball executive (Detroit Tigers), cause not reported, 76.
Billy Taylor, jazz musician ("I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free"), of a heart attack, 89.
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Steve Boros, major leaguer (Detroit Tigers), of complications from multiple myeloma, 74.
Susan Edwards, TV reporter (New Orleans, Louisiana), of cancer, 34.
Bill Erwin, actor (Sid Fields on "Seinfeld"), of natural causes, 96.
Thursday, 30 December 2010
Bobby Farrell, pop performer (Boney M), of congestive heart failure, 61.
Nick Santo, singer (The Capris), of cancer, 69.
Tom Vandergriff, U.S. Congressman (D-TX, 1983-85), of natural causes, 84.