Deaths for the week ending 4 January 2003:
Sunday, 29 December 2002
Al Babartsky, aka Al Bart, college football player (Fordham University), 87.
W. T. "Billy" Brown, track athlete (Louisiana State University), 84.
Meri Wilson, recording artist ("Telephone Man"), of injuries from an automobile accident, 53.
Monday, 30 December 2002
Mary Wesley, novelist (The Camomile Lawn), 90.
Tuesday, 31 December 2002
Kevin MacMichael, rock guitarist (Cutting Crew), of lung cancer, 51.
James Monroe McReynolds, bluegrass guitarist, of thyroid cancer, 75.
Wednesday, 1 January 2003
Royce Applegate, actor (The Rookie), in a house fire, 63.
Joe Foss, governor of South Dakota (R, 1955-59), of an aneurysm, 87.
Thursday, 2 January 2003
Bud Metheny, major leaguer (New York Yankees), 87.
Sydney Omarr, astrologer, of complications from a heart attack, 76.
Joe Ruetz, college football player (Notre Dame), 86.
Friday, 3 January 2003
Miklos "Miki" Dora, surfer, of pancreatic cancer, 67.
Sid Gillman, NFL football coach (San Diego Chargers), 91.
Joe Ostrowski, major leaguer (New York Yankees), 86.
Mike Renieri, radio broadcaster (Cleveland and Miami), following throat surgery, 60.
Saturday, 4 January 2003
Massimo Girotti, actor (Italian), of heart failure, 84.
Conrad L. Hall, cinematographer (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), of bladder cancer, 76.
Yfrah Neaman, violinist (of cancer), 79.
Richard Newell, aka King Biscuit Boy, blues harmonica player, cause not reported, 59.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup