Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 24 November 2007:

John Hughey, steel guitar player, of heart problems, 73.

Paul Wasserman, publicist (The Rolling Stones), of respiratory failure, 73.

Chickie Williams, country singer ("Beyond the Sunset"), 88.

Jim Ringo, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), after a brief illness, 75.

Dick Wilson, actor (Mr. Whipple in Charmin commercials), of natural causes, 91.

Ian Smith, prime minister of Rhodesia (1967-79), of a stroke, 88.

Tom Johnson, NHL hockey player (Boston Bruins), of heart failure, 79.

Richard Leigh, author (Holy Blood and the Holy Grail), of a heart attack, 64.

Verity Lambert, British TV producer ("Doctor Who"), cancer, 71.

Reg Park, bodybuilder (Mr. Universe), of melanoma, 79.

Frank Guarrera, operatic baritone (New York), of complications from diabetes, 83.

Joe Kennedy, major leaguer (Tampa Bay Devil Rays), of heart disease, 28.

Joseph G. Minish, U.S. Congressman (D-NJ, 1963-85), 91.

William O'Neill, governor of Connecticut (D, 1980-91), after a long illness, 77.