Deaths for the week ending 16 October 2010:
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Solly Sherman, NFL football player (Chicago Bears), 93.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Janet MacLachlan, actress (Sounder), of a cardiovascular problem, 77.
Joan Sutherland, opera soprano, of cardiac arrest, 83.
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Woody Peoples, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles), cause not reported, 67.
Belva Plain, novelist (Evergreen), 95.
Mark Stevens, radio personality (Houston), of complications from Alzheimer's disease, 76.
Faye Williams, actress (Uncivil War Birds), after a long illness, 84.
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
General Johnson, pop/R&B musician (Chairmen of the Board), of complications from lung cancer, 69.
Jerry Marshall, radio host (New York City), 91.
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Benoit Mandelbrot, mathematician (fractal geometry), of pancreatic cancer, 85.
Larry Siegfried, NBA basketball player (Boston Celtics), of complications from a heart attack, 71.
Friday, 15 October 2010
Johnny Sheffield, actor (Boy in Tarzan films), of a heart attack, 79.
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Barbara Billingsley, actress (June Cleaver on "Leave It To Beaver"), of a rheumatoid disease, 94.
Valmy Thomas, major leaguer (San Francisco Giants), 84.