Deaths for the week ending 31 January 2015:
Sunday, 25 January 2015
Bill Monbouquette, major leaguer (Boston Red Sox), of leukemia, 78.
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Rocky Bridges, major leaguer (Brooklyn Dodgers), of natural causes, 87.
John Myers, U.S. Congressman (R-IN, 1967-97), after a brief illness, 87.
Al Severinsen, major leaguer (Baltimore Orioles), cause not reported, 70.
Charlie Williams, major leaguer (San Francisco Giants), following heart surgery, 67. Not to be confused with the National League umpire who died in 2005.
Larry Winters, pro wrestler, of a heart attack, 58.
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Will McBride, photographer (postwar Berlin), 82.
Colleen McCullough, author (The Thorn Birds), apparently of kidney failure, 77.
Rod McKuen, poet and songwriter ("Seasons In the Sun"), after a long illness, 81.
Friday, 30 January 2015
Don Covay, R&B singer and songwriter ("Chain of Fools"), of complications from a stroke, 76.
Geraldine McEwan, actress (Miss Marple on "Agatha Christie's Marple"), of complications from a stroke, 82.
Saturday, 31 January 2015
Vic Howe, NHL hockey player (New York Rangers), of a heart attack, 85. He was the brother of hockey player Gordie Howe.
Lizabeth Scott, actress (Dead Reckoning), of congestive heart failure, 92.