Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 5 January 2008:
Sunday, 30 December 2007
John Roedel, TV news anchor (St. Louis), 86.
Louis Wolfson, racehorse owner (Affirmed), of colon cancer, 95.
Monday, 31 December 2007
Tony Elliott, NFL football player (New Orleans Saints), after a long illness, 48.
Bill Idelson, TV writer ("The Andy Griffith Show") and actor (Herman Gilmscher on "The Dick Van Dyke Show"), of complications from a fall, 87.
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno, organized crime figure (Bonanno family), of a heart attack, 75.
Peter Caffrey, actor (Irish), after a long illness, 58.
Chuck Daniel, major leaguer (Detroit Tigers), cause not reported, 74.
Wednesday, 2 January 2008
Lee Sherman Dreyfus, governor of Wisconsin (R, 1979-83), of heart and breathing problems, 81.
George Macdonald Fraser, novelist (Flashman), of cancer, 82.
Belarmino "Blackie" Gonzales, televangelist (New Mexico), of a stroke, 74.
Gerry Staley, major leaguer (Chicago White Sox), 87.
Thursday, 3 January 2008
Jimmy Stewart, auto racer, cause not reported, 76.
Friday, 4 January 2008
Mort Garson, composer ("Our Day Will Come"), of kidney failure, 83.
Saturday, 5 January 2008
John Ashley, NHL hockey referee, of heart failure, 77.