Deaths for the week ending 6 January 2007:
Sunday, 31 December 2006
Tom Wilson, NFL football player (Los Angeles Rams), of colon cancer, 74.
Monday, 1 January 2007
Jim Karvellas, sportscaster (Baltimore Bullets), of complications from prostate cancer, 71.
Ernie Koy, major leaguer (Los Angeles Dodgers), 97.
Del Reeves, country singer ("Girl on the Billboard"), after a long illness, 74.
Darrent Williams, NFL football player (Denver Broncos), shot (homicide), 24.
Tuesday, 2 January 2007
Don Massengale, pro golfer, of a heart attack, 69.
Dan Shaver, auto racer, of cancer, 56.
Wednesday, 3 January 2007
Bob Milliken, major leaguer (Brooklyn Dodgers), 80.
Earl "Dutch" Reibel, NHL hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), of complications from a stroke, 76.
C. William Verity Jr., U.S. secretary of commerce (1987-89), of complications from pneumonia, 89.
Thursday, 4 January 2007
Steve Krantz, film & TV producer ("Fritz the Cat"), of complications from pneumonia, 83.
Vincent Sardi Jr., restaurateur (Sardi's in Manhattan), of complications from a urinary tract infection, 91.
Saturday, 6 January 2007
Bill Clayton, Texas house speaker (D, 1975-83), after a long illness, 78.
Mario Danelo, college football player (Southern California), from falling or jumping from a cliff while drunk, 21.
Yvon Durelle, pro boxer, following a stroke, 77.
Frederic Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Roman Catholic cardinal (Congo), of pneumonia, 76.
Sneaky Pete Kleinow, steel guitary player, of complications from Alzheimer's disease, 72.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup