Deaths for the week ending 2 November 2019:
Sunday, 27 October 2019
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), by a suicide bomb during a raid by U.S. special forces, 48.
John Conyers, U.S. Congressman (D-MI, 1965-2017), of natural causes, 90.
Monday, 28 October 2019
Al Bianchi, NBA basketball player (Syracuse Nationals), coach, and executive, of congestive heart failure, 87.
Kay Hagan, U.S. senator (D-NC, 2009-15), of a tick-transmitted virus, 66.
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Gerald Baliles, governor of Virginia (R, 1986-90), after a long illness, 79.
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Ron Fairly, major leaguer (Montreal Expos) and baseball announcer (Seattle Mariners), 81.
Jim Gregory, NHL hockey executive, 83.
William J. Hughes, U.S. Congressman (D-NJ, 1975-95), 87.
J. Bob Traxler, U.S. Congressman (D-MI, 1974-93), 88.
Friday, 1 November 2019
Rudy Boesch, reality TV contestant ("Survivor"), 91.
Saturday, 2 November 2019
Christopher Dennis, street performer (Hollywood Superman), cause not reported, 52.
Phillip E. Johnson, evolution critic (Darwin on Trial), cause not reported, 79.
Dean Prentice, NHL hockey player (New York Rangers), 87.