Deaths for the week ending 30 October 2010:
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Joseph Stein, playwright (Fiddler on the Roof), 98.
Monday, 25 October 2010
Rudy Rufer, major leaguer (New York Giants), 84.
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
James Phelps, gospel singer, apparently of complications from diabetes, 78.
Bill Shannon, baseball writer (The Ballparks), in a house fire, 69.
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Lisa Blount, actress (An Officer and a Gentleman), apparently of natural causes, possibly a blood disorder, 53. She was found dead in her home on the 27th but may have died as early as the 25th.
Denise Borino-Quinn, actress (Ginny Sacrimoni on "The Sopranos"), of liver cancer, 46.
Gene A. Fodge, major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), cause not reported, 79.
Nestor Kirchner, former Argentine president, of a heart attack, 60. He was also the husband of the current president, Cristina Kirchner.
Owen Pickett, U.S. Congressman (D-VA, 1987-2001), 80.
Jimmy Wall, actor (Mr. Baxter on "Captain Kangaroo"), after a brief illness, 92.
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Gerard Kelly, actor (British), of a brain aneurysm, 51.
James MacArthur, actor (Danno on "Hawaii Five-O"), of natural causes, 72.
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Edouard Carpentier, pro wrestler, after a long illness, 84.
Arthur Bernard Lewis, TV screenwriter ("Dallas"), of complications from pneumonia, 84.