Deaths for the week ending 20 January 2007:
Sunday, 14 January 2007
Darlene Conley, actress (Sally Spectra on "The Bold and the Beautiful"), of stomach cancer, 72.
Tuesday, 16 January 2007
Ron Carey, actor (Officer Levitt on "Barney Miller"), of a stroke, 71.
Gerald Heffernan, NHL hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), 90.
Thornton "Pookie" Hudson, doo-wop singer (The Spaniels), of complications from thymus cancer, 72.
Benny Parsons, auto racer (NASCAR), of complications from lung cancer, 65.
Wednesday, 17 January 2007
Art Buchwald, columnist, of kidney failure, 81.
Burton "Buddy" Kalick, carpet retailer (Buddy's Carpet), of cancer, 76.
Thursday, 18 January 2007
Brent Liles, punk rock bassist (Social Distortion), hit by a truck, 43.
Friday, 19 January 2007
Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, pro wrestler, of a drug overdose, 45.
Denny Doherty, pop singer (The Mamas and the Papas), of kidney failure following heart surgery, 66.
Saturday, 20 January 2007
Vern Ruhle, major leaguer (Houston Astros), of cancer, 55.
George A. Smathers, U.S. Senator (D-FL, 1951-69), following a stroke, 93.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup