Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 21 January 2017:

Eddie Long, Christian pastor (New Birth Missionary Baptist Church), of cancer, 63.

Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, pro wrestler, of stomach cancer, 73.

Gene Cernan, U.S. astronaut (Apollo 17), after a brief illness, 82.

Dan O'Brien Sr., baseball executive (Seattle Mariners), 87. He was the father of baseball executive Dan O'Brien Jr.

Steve Wright, rock bassist and songwriter (the Greg Kihn Band), of a heart attack, 56 or 57.

Red Adams, major-league player (Chicago Cubs) and coach (Los Angeles Dodgers), 95.

David P. Buckson, governor of Delaware (R, 1960-61), 96.

Roberta Peters, opera singer (Metropolitan Opera), of Parkinson's disease, 86.

Miguel Ferrer, actor (Owen Granger on "NCIS: Los Angeles"), of throat cancer, 61.

Edwin Pope, sportswriter (The Miami Herald), of cancer, 88.

Ronald "Bingo" Mundy, doo-wop singer (The Marcels), of pneumonia, 76.

Maggie Roche, folk singer (The Roches), of breast cancer, 65.

Ken Wright, major leaguer (Kansas City Royals), cause not reported, 70.