Deaths for the week ending 11 January 2014:
Sunday, 5 January 2014
Jerry Coleman, major-league baseball player (New York Yankees) and announcer (San Diego), 89.
Carmen Zapata, actress (Sister Act), 86.
Monday, 6 January 2014
Larry D. Mann, voice actor ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"), of natural causes, 91.
Todd Williams, NFL football player (Tennessee Titans), cause not reported, 35. He was found dead in his home on 6 January after having complained of stomach pains on 3 January.
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Run Run Shaw, kung fu film producer, 106.
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Cliff Carpenter, voice actor ("Terry and the Pirates"), 98.
Bill Conlin, sports writer (Philadelphia), of kidney failure, 79.
Franklin McCain, civil rights protestor (Greensboro Four), after a brief illness, 72.
Friday, 10 January 2014
Larry Speakes, acting press secretary for President Reagan (1981-87), with Alzheimer's disease, 74.
Saturday, 11 January 2014
Ariel Sharon, Israeli prime minister (2001-06), of kidney failure, 85. He had been in a coma since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006.