Deaths for the week ending 8 January 2011:
Sunday, 2 January 2011
Anne Francis, actress (Forbidden Planet), of pancreatic cancer, 69.
Peter Hobbs, actor (Sleeper), after a brief illness, 92.
Pete Postlethwaite, actor (The Usual Suspects), of cancer, 64.
William R. Ratchford, U.S. Congressman (D-CT, 1979-85), of complications from Parkinson's disease, 76.
Patricia Smith, actress (Spirit of St. Louis), of heart failure, 80.
Margot Stevenson, actress (Margo Lane in "The Shadow"), 98.
Richard Winters, U.S. Army captain in WWII (Band of Brothers), 92.
Monday, 3 January 2011
Jill Haworth, actress (Exodus), of natural causes, 65.
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Mick Karn, pop bassist (Japan), of cancer, 52.
Gerry Rafferty, pop musician ("Baker Street"), of liver failure, 63.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
Francisco de la Rosa, major leaguer (Baltimore Orioles), after a long illness, 45.
Ryne Duren, major leaguer (New York Yankees), 81.
Don Tyson, chicken producer (Tyson), of cancer, 80.
Friday, 7 January 2011
Red Borom, major leaguer (Detroit Tigers), 95.
Jose Vidal, major leaguer (Cleveland Indians), of cancer, 70.
Saturday, 8 January 2011
Peter Donaldson, actor (The Sweet Hereafter), of lung cancer, 58.