Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 31 January 2004:
Sunday, 25 January 2004
Franny Blankers-Koen, track athlete (Dutch), 85.
Ronald Fredianelli, aka Ronnie Gaylord, pop singer (The Gaylords), of cancer, 73.
Monday, 26 January 2004
J. Frank Diggs, news editor (U.S. News & World Report), of pneumonia, 86.
Fred Haas, pro golfer, 88.
Tuesday, 27 January 2004
H. B. Haggerty, pro wrestler/actor (Paint Your Wagon), of natural causes, 78.
Jack Paar, TV talk show host ("The Tonight Show"), after a long illness, 85.
Wednesday, 28 January 2004
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, NFL football player (Los Angeles Rams), 80.
Timothy Ling, oil company executive (Unocal), cause not reported, 46.
Russell Walseth, college basketball coach (University of Colorado), of cancer, 77.
Thursday, 29 January 2004
Mary-Ellis Bunim, TV producer ("The Real World"), of breast cancer, 57.
Janet Frame, writer (Owls Do Cry), of leukemia, 30.
Dick Hawley, TV newscaster (Memphis, Tennessee), of heart disease, 79.
M. M. Kaye, author (The Far Pavillions), 95.
Louie B. Nunn, governor of Kentucky (R, 1967-71), of a heart attack, 79.
Ed Sciaky, radio broadcaster (Philadelphia), cause not reported, 55.
Friday, 30 January 2004
Ernest Burke, Negro League baseball player, of kidney cancer, 79.
Eleanor Holm, swimmer (1932 Olympics), of kidney failure, 90.
Frank Mantooth, jazz musician, cause not reported, 56.