Deaths for the week ending 10 October 2015:
Sunday, 4 October 2015
Neal Walk, NBA basketball player (Phoenix Suns), after a long illness, 67.
Monday, 5 October 2015
Chantal Akerman, avante-garde filmmaker, of suicide (no details reported), 65.
Frank Albanese, actor (Uncle Pat Blundetto on "The Sopranos"), of prostate cancer, 84.
Andrew Rubin, actor (Police Academy), of lung cancer, 69.
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Kevin Corcoran, actor (Old Yeller), of colorectal cancer, 66.
Billy Joe Royal, pop and country singer ("Down in the Boondocks"), of natural causes, 73.
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Gene Allen, Hollywood art director (My Fair Lady), of natural causes, 97.
Harry Gallatin, NBA basketball player (New York Knicks), 88.
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Jim Diamond, pop singer (Scottish), of natural causes, 64.
Tom Goode, NFL football player (Baltimore Colts), cause not reported, 76.
Lindy Infante, NFL foootball coach (Green Bay Packers), of pneumonia, 75.
Paul Prudhomme, chef, after a brief illness, 75.
Hugh Scully, TV host ("Antiques Roadshow"), cause not reported, 72.
Friday, 9 October 2015
David Meyers, NBA basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks), of cancer, 62.
Robert Phillips, aka Koopsta Knicca, rapper (Three 6 Mafia), of complications from a stroke, 40.
Saturday, 10 October 2015
Sam Adams, NFL football player (New England Patriots), of an illness, 67. He entered the hospital on 10 October. His death was announced on 14 October with no DOD given.
Garry Hancock, major leaguer (Boston Red Sox), cause not reported, 61.
Alan Weeks, actor (The French Connection), of a brain aneurysm, 67.