Deaths for the week ending 23 January 2016:
Sunday, 17 January 2016
Jo de Winter, actress (Dr. Maggie Lawrence on "Gloria"), 94.
Mic Gillette, trumpeter (Tower of Power), of a heart attack, 64.
Dale Griffin, rock drummer (Mott the Hoople), with Alzheimer's disease, 67.
Clarence Reid, aka Blowfly, parody/novelty R&B performer, of liver cancer, 76.
Monday, 18 January 2016
Johnny Bach, NBA basketball player (Boston Celtics), 91.
Glenn Frey, pop musician (The Eagles), of rheumatoid arthritis, 67.
Michel Tournier, novelist (The Erl-King), 91.
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Lou Michaels, NFL football player (Baltimore Colts), of pancreatic cancer, 80.
Sheila Sim, actress (A Canterbury Tale), 93. She was the wife of the late director Richard Attenborough.
Frank Sullivan, major leaguer (Boston Red Sox), of complications from pneumonia, 85.
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
George Weidenfeld, publisher (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), after a brief illness, 96.
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Bill Johnson, downhill skier (1984 Olympics), after a long illness, 55.
Friday, 22 January 2016
Fred Bruney, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers), 84.
Rik Wilson, NHL hockey player (St. Louis Blues), cause not reported, 53.
Saturday, 23 January 2016
Bill Roberts, NBA basketball player (Boston Celtics), 90.
Bobby Wanzer, NBA basketball player (Rochester Royals), 94.
Walt "No-neck" Williams, major leaguer (Chicago White Sox), of a heart attack, 72.