Weekly Obituaries Roundup

Deaths for the week ending 20 November 2004:

Sunday, 14 November 2004

Jesse Gonder, major leaguer (New York Mets), after a brief illness, 68.

Larry Williams, college basketball player (University of Louisville), cause not reported, 48. He was found dead on 14 November and may have died earlier.

Monday, 15 November 2004

Elmer L. Anderson, governor of Minnesota (R, 1961-63), 95.

Tuesday, 16 November 2004

Reed Irvine, media critic (Accuracy in Media), of complications from a stroke, 82.

P. V. Narasimha Rao, prime minister of India (1991-96), of cardiac arrest, 83.

Wednesday, 17 November 2004

Curtis Trahan, mayor of Texas City, Texas (1947 port explosion), 89.

Thursday, 18 November 2004

Juan Carlos Aramburu, Roman Catholic cardinal (Buenos Aires), 92.

Cy Coleman, composer ("Witchcraft"), of heart failure, 75.

Friday, 19 November 2004

Trina Schart Hyman, children's book illustrator (Saint George and the Dragon), of cancer, 65.

Ruth Manning, actress (Aunt Harriet in Kraft mayonnaise commercials), of heart failure, 84.

Terry Melcher, pop songwriter ("Kokomo"), of cancer, 62.

Tom "Trooper" Washington, pro basketball player (Pennsylvania Pit Bulls), of heart disease, 60.

Saturday, 20 November 2004

David Grierson, radio host (Canadian), apparently of a heart attack, 49.

Ancel Keys, nutritionist (Mediterranean diet), of natural causes, 100.