Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 27 November 2004:

Francess Lantz, children's author (Stepsister from Planet Wierd), of cancer of the ovaries, 52.

Bill Ballance, talk radio host (Los Angeles), after a long illness, 85.

Pete "The King" Franklin, sports talk radio host (Cleveland, Ohio), of cancer, 77.

David Bailey, actor (Dr. Russ Matthews on "Another World"), accidental drowning in his swimming pool, 71.

Larry Brown, author (Big Bad Love), of a heart attack, 53.

Arthur Hailey, author (Airport), apparently of a stroke, 84.

Tom Haller, major-league baseball player and executive (San Francisco Giants), of a viral infection, 67.

Günder Hägg, track athlete (Swiss), after a long illness, 85.

Billy James Hargis, evangelist (Christian Crusade), cause not reported, 79.

Irving Lawrence Petite, author (Mister B), 84.