Deaths for the week ending 2 October 2004:
Sunday, 26 September 2004
Jim Hurt, country-western songwriter ("Love in the First Degree"), of liver cancer, 65.
Dean Kutz, racehorse jockey, after a long illness, 48.
Monday, 27 September 2004
John E. Mack, author (Abduction and Passport to the Cosmos), in an automobile accident, 74.
Tuesday, 28 September 2004
Geoffrey Beene, fashion designer, of complications from pneumonia, 77.
E. R. Haggar Sr., clotheir (Haggar Clothing Co.), of pancreatic cancer, 88.
Scott Muni, disc jockey (New York City), cause not reported, 74.
Lew Roney, college basketball player (University of Wyoming), 82.
John K. Turner, restaurateur (Taco John's), cause not reported, 73.
Wednesday, 29 September 2004
Richard L. Berger, entertainment executive (Walt Disney Co.), of complications from lung cancer, 64.
Shimon Wincelberg, aka S. Bar-David, playwright & TV writer ("Star Trek"), after a long illness, 80.
Thursday, 30 September 2004
Jacques Levy, Broadway director (Oh! Calcutta), of cancer, 69.
Justin Strelczyk, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), in an automobile accident, 36.
Ignatius "Iggie" Wolfington, stage actor (The Music Man), of natural causes, 84.
Friday, 1 October 2004
Richard Avedon, photographer, of complications from a brain hemorrhage, 81.
Joyce Jillson, astrologist, of kidney failure, 58.
Saturday, 2 October 2004
Norm Schachter, NFL football referee, 90.
Nick Skorich, NFL football coach (Philadelphia Eagles), of an infection following heart surgery, 83.
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