Deaths for the week ending 22 October 2011:
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Pete Rugolo, jazz composer-arranger ("Kiss Me Kate"), 95.
Dan Wheldon, auto racer, in a racing accident, 33.
Don Williams, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates), 80.
Monday, 17 October 2011
Carl Lindner, baseball executive (Cincinnati Reds), 92.
Ken Rush, auto racer (NASCAR), of a stroke, 80.
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Norman Corwin, radio writer (CBS Radio Network), 101.
Kent Hull, NFL football player (Buffalo Bills), of liver disease, 50.
Merritt Ranew, major leaguer (Houston Colt 45's), cause not reported, 73.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Barry Feinstein, rock photographer (George Harrison's All Things Must Pass cover), after a long illness, 80.
Muammar Gaddafi, Lybian dictator, shot by rebels, 69.
Gale Gillingham, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), apparently of a heart attack, 67.
Friday, 21 October 2011
Wayne Fariss, TV news anchor (Florida), 82.
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Robert Pierpoint, news correspondent (CBS), of complications from surgery, 86.
Roy Smalley Jr., major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), 85. He was the father of major leaguer Roy Smalley III.