Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 10 January 2009:

Griffin Bell, U.S. attorney general (1977-79), of pancreatic cancer, 90.

Willa Dorsey, gospel singer ("Stand Tall"), of a series of strokes, 75.

Carl Pohlad, major-league executive (Minnesota Twins), 93.

Ron Asheton, punk guitarist (The Stooges), of a heart attack, 60.

Cheryl Holdridge, TV performer ("The Mickey Mouse Club"), of lung cancer, 64.

Ray Dennis Steckler, aka Cash Flagg, film director (Rat Pfink a Boo Boo), of cardiac arrest, 70.

Bob Wilkins, TV host (Sacramento, California), of complications from Alzheimer's disease, 76.

Don Galloway, actor (Ed Brown on "Ironside"), of a stroke, 71.

Jon Hager, country musician (The Hager Twins), cause not reported, 67. He was the twin brother of the late Jim Hager.

Dave Dee, r.n. David Harman, pop singer (British), of prostate cancer, 65.

Harry Endo, actor (Che Fong on "Hawaii Five-O"), of a stroke, 87.

Dave Roberts, major leaguer (Houston Astros), of lung cancer, 64.

Alan Stiles, publisher (Esquire), struck by a train, 54.

Frank Williams, major leaguer (San Francisco Giants), of a heart attack, 50.

Pio Laghi, Roman Catholic cardinal (The Vatican), of a blood disorder, 86.

Eric Scoggins, college football player (University of Southern California), of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 49.

Sidney Wood, pro tennis player, 97.