Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 19 January 2008:
Monday, 14 January 2008
Don Cardwell, major leaguer (New York Mets), cause not reported, 72.
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
Brad Renfro, actor (The Client), of an accidental heroin overdose, 25.
Thursday, 17 January 2008
Bobby Fischer, chess player, of kidney failure, 64.
Ernie Holmes, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), in an automobile accident, 59.
John McHale, major-league player and executive (Detroit Tigers), 86.
Allan Melvin, actor (Barney Hefner on "All in the Family"), of cancer, 84 or 85.
Friday, 18 January 2008
Georgia Frontiere, NFL football executive (St. Louis Rams), of breast cancer, 80.
Frances Lewine, White House news correspondent (Associated Press), 86.
Al Montreuil, major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), cause not reported, 64.
Lois Nettleton, actress (Joanne St. John on "In the Heat of the Night"), of lung cancer, 80.
Saturday, 19 January 2008
Suzanne Pleshette, actress (Emily Hartley on "The Bob Newhart Show"), of respiratory failure, 70. She was briefly married to actor Troy Donahue and was the widow of actor Tom Poston.
Eugene Sawyer, mayor of Chicago (1987-89), followiing a series of strokes, 73.
John Stewart, folk singer (The Kingston Trio), from a stroke, 68.