Deaths for the week ending 9 January 2021:
Sunday, 3 January 2021
Eric Jerome Dickey, author (Friends and Lovers), of cancer, 59.
Gerry Marsden, rock and roll musician (Gerry and the Pacemakers), of a heart infection, 78.
Monday, 4 January 2021
Ronnie Burgess, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), of cardiac arrest, 57.
John Muckler, NHL hockey coach (Buffalo Sabres) and executive (Ottowa Senators), of complications from open heart surgery, 86.
Tanya Roberts, actress (Midge Pinciotti on "That 70's Show"), of complications from a urinary tract infection, 65.
Barbara Shelley, horror actress (Blood of the Vampire), 88.
Gregory Sierra, actor (Chano on "Barney Miller"), of cancer, 83.
Tuesday, 5 January 2021
John Richardson, actor (One Million Years B.C.), of coronavirus disease, 86.
Thursday, 7 January 2021
Michael Apted, film director (The World Is Not Enough), cause not reported, 79.
Tommy Lasorda, major-league baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers), of cardiopulmonary arrest, 93.
Jamie O'Hara, country singer (The O'Kanes), of cancer, 70.
Marion Ramsey, actress (Laverne Hooks in 6 Police Academy films), of natural causes, 73.
Neil Sheehan, journalist (A Bright Shining Lie), 84.
Dearon Thompson, rapper and actor (Nurse Malik McGrath on "ER"), apparently of natural causes, 55.
Friday, 8 January 2021
Ed Bruce, country songwriter ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys") and actor (Tom Guthrie on "Bret Maverick"), of natural causes, 81.
Steve Carver, film director (Big Bad Mama), of a heart attack, 75.
Michael Fonfara, rock keyboardist (The Electric Flag), of cancer, 74.
Steve Hendrickson, NFL football player (San Diego Chargers), 54.
Mike Henry, NFL football player Pittsburgh Steelers and actor (Tarzan and the Jungle Boy), of brain disease, 84.
Steve Lightle, comic book artist (Legion of Super-Heroes), of coronavirus disease, 61.
Saturday, 9 January 2021
John Reilly, actor (Sean Donely on "General Hospital"), 84. Not to be confused with comedy actor John C. Reilly.