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Deaths for the week ending 5 January 2002:

Monday, 31 December 2001

Eileen Heckart, actress (Butterflies Are Free), of cancer, 82.

Paul Hubschmid, aka Paul Christian, actor (Funeral in Berlin), of a pulmonary embolism, 84.

David Swift, TV & film director ("Mister Peepers"), of heart failure, 82.

Tuesday, 1 January 2002

Julia Phillips, film producer (The Sting), of cancer, 57.

Catya Sassoon, model/actress, of an accidental opiod painkiller overdose, 33. She was the daughter of hairstylist Vidal Sassoon.

Wednesday, 2 January 2002

Armando F. Martinez, jockey, 88.

Bob Stevens, sportswriter (San Francisco Chronicle), 85.

Thursday, 3 January 2002

Zac Foley, rock bassist (EMF), of a drug overdose, 31.

Al Smith, major leaguer (Chicago White Sox), after a brief illness, 73.

Friday, 4 January 2002

Freddy Heineken, brewer (Heineken), cause not reported, 78.

Gary LaFontaine, fishing author, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 56.

John Randolph Taylor, minister (Presbyterian Church U.S.A.), after multiple illnesses, 72.

Saturday, 5 January 2002

Igor Cassini, society columnist (Cholly Knickerbocker), of natural causes, 87.

Al LoBalbo, basketball coach (Buffalo Braves), after a brief illness, 82.