Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 12 January 2002:
Sunday, 6 January 2002
Fred Taylor, college basketball coach (Ohio State), after a long illness, 77.
Monday, 7 January 2002
Dick Garza, aka Mighty Igor, pro wrestler, of a heart attack, 70.
Jon Lee, rock drummer (Feeder), of suicide by hanging, 33.
Avery Schreiber, comedian (Burns & Schreiber), of a heart attack, 66.
Lev Zaikov, Soviet Politburo member, 78.
Tuesday, 8 January 2002
Jack Cole, TV journalist (WGBH in Boston), of brain cancer, 63.
Evangelos Papadopoulos, baker (Papadopoulos Biscuits), 85.
Alexander Prokhorov, physicist (1964 Nobel Price), 85.
Nauman Scott, music producer (Black Top Records), of heart disease, 56.
Dave Thomas, restaurateur/spokesman (Wendy's), of liver cancer, 69.
Wednesday, 9 January 2002
Bill McCutcheon, actor (Uncle Wally on "Sesame Street"), 77.
Thursday, 10 January 2002
John Buscema, artist (Marvel Comics), 74.
W. A. Criswell, pastor (First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas), 92.
Saturday, 12 January 2002
Eddie Hiram "Buster" Crouch, auto racing figure, cause not reported, age not reported.
Mike Marmer, TV comedy writer ("The Carol Burnett Show"), of cancer, 76.
Violet Powell, biographer, 89.
Henry S. Reuss, U.S. Congressman (D-WI, 1955-83), 89.
Frank Shuster, comedian (Wayne and Shuster), of pneumonia, 85.
Stanley Unwin, comedian ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"), 90.
Cyrus R. Vance, U.S. secretary of state (Carter administration), with Alzheimer's disease, 84.