Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 2 October 2021:

George Frayne, aka Commander Cody, country singer, of cancer, 77.

Frances "Sissy" Farenthold, Texas political figure, of complications from Parkinson's disease, 94.

Alan Lancaster, rock musician (Status Quo), of complications from multiple sclerosis, 72.

Andrea Martin, R&B songwriter ("I Love Me Some Him"), cause not reported, 49.

Tommy Kirk, child actor (Old Yeller), cause not reported, 79.

Lonnie Smith, jazz organist, of pulmonary fibrosis, 79.

Ray Snell, NFL football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), of cancer, 63.

Michael Tylo, actor (Blade on "The Young and the Restless"), drowned in a swimming pool following a seizure, 73.

Richard Evans, actor (Paul Hanley on "Peyton Place"), of cancer, 86.

John Wes Townley, auto racer (NASCAR), shot (homicide), 31.