Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 3 November 2007:

Evelyn Knight, singer ("Buttons and Bows"), of lung cancer, 89.

Porter Wagoner, country-western singer ("Say Forever You'll Be Mine"), of lung cancer, 80.

Sam Dana, NFL football player (Buffalo Bills), 104.

Thomas J. Meskill, U.S. Congressman (R-CT, 1967-71), of a heart attack, 79.

Robert Goulet, singer, of pulmonary fibrosis, 73.

Peter Hoagland, U.S. Congressman (D-NE, 1989-95), of Parkinson's disease, 65.

John Woodruff, track athlete (1936 Olympics), 92.

John H. Baker, NFL football player (Los Angeles Rams), cause not reported, 72.

Paul Tibbets, U.S. army bomber commander (Enola Gay), 92.

John R. Walsh, figure skater (of complications from a stroke), 85.

Lillian Ellison, aka The Fabulous Moolah, pro wrestler, 84.

Don Freeland, auto racer (Indianapolis 500), after a long illness, 82.

Marilyn Martinez, stand-up comic ("The Latin Divas of Comedy"), of cancer, 52.

George Ratterman, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns), with Alzheimer's disease, 80.

Ryan Shay, marathon runner, of a heart attack during a race, 28.