Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 27 January 2018:

Connie Sawyer, actress (Dumb and Dumber), 105.

Jimmy Armfield, soccer player (England), of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 82.

Ursula K. Le Guin, fantasy author (A Wizard of Earthsea), after a long illness, 88.

Robert Dowdell, actor (Lt. Cmdr. Chip Morton on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"), of natural causes, 85.

Hugh Masekela, jazz trumpeter ("Grazing in the Grass"), of prostate cancer, 78.

Joel Taylor, reality TV personality ("Storm Chasers"), of a drug overdose, 38.

Lari White, country singer ("Now I Know"), of peritoneal cancer, 52.

Marcos Carvajal, major leaguer (Colorado Rockies), of pneumonia, 33.

Jack Ketchum, r.n. Dallas Mayr, horror writer (Off Season), of cancer, 71.

Julio Navarro, major leaguer (Los Angeles Angels), with Alzheimer's disease, 82.

Mark E. Smith, rock musician (The Fall), after a long illness, 60.

Daniel M. Buechlein, Roman Catholic archbishop (Indianapolis, Indiana), after an illness, 79.

Floyd Miles, R&B singer, cause not reported, 74.

John Morris, film soundtrack composer (Young Frankenstein), 91.

Tommy Banks, jazz musician and Canadian political figure, of leukemia, 81.

Reese "Buzz" Clifford, novelty pop singer ("Baby Sittin' Boogie"), cause not reported, 76.

Jerry Butler, porn actor, cause not reported, 58.

Ingvar Kamprad, furniture retailer (IKEA), of pneumonia, 91.

Jerry Sneva, auto racer (Indianapolis 500), cause not reported, 68. He was the brother of auto racer Tom Sneva.

Mort Walker, cartoonist ("Beetle Bailey"), of natural causes, 94.