Deaths for the week ending 3 January 2009:
Sunday, 28 December 2008
Vincent Ford, reggae songwriter ("No Woman, No Cry"), of complications from diabetes, 68.
Monday, 29 December 2008
Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter, of complications from a heart attack, 70.
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Bernie Hamilton, actor (Capt. Harold Dobey on "Starsky and Hutch"), of cardiac arrest, 80.
Roy Saari, swimmer (1964 Olympics), of congestive heart failure, 63.
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Brad Sullivan, actor (Patsy Ferrara on "NYPD Blue"), cause not reported, 77.
Donald Westlake, mystery writer (The Grifters), apparently of a heart attack, 75.
Thursday, 1 January 2009
Claiborne Pell, U.S. Senator (D-RI, 1967-97), of Parkinson's disease, 90.
Friday, 2 January 2009
Steven Gilborn, actor (Harold Morgan on "Ellen"), of cancer, 72.
"Prince" Joe Henry, pro baseball player (Negro Leagues), cause not reported, 78.
Saturday, 3 January 2009
Pat Hingle, actor (Batman), of myelodysplastic syndrome, 84.
Sam McQuagg Sr., auto racer (NASCAR), of cancer, 73.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup