Deaths for the week ending 27 January 2018:
Sunday, 21 January 2018
Connie Sawyer, actress (Dumb and Dumber), 105.
Monday, 22 January 2018
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.
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
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.
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
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.
Thursday, 25 January 2018
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.
Friday, 26 January 2018
Tommy Banks, jazz musician and Canadian political figure, of leukemia, 81.
Reese "Buzz" Clifford, novelty pop singer ("Baby Sittin' Boogie"), cause not reported, 76.
Saturday, 27 January 2018
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.