Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 6 November 2010:

Joseph Gavin, aerospace executive (Grumman), 90.

Maurice Lucas, NBA basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers), of bladder cancer, 58.

Artie Wilson, major leaguer (New York Giants), 90.

Charlie O'Donnell, game show announcer ("Wheel of Fortune"), of heart failure, 78.

Jim Clench, rock bassist (Bachman Turner Overdrive), of lung cancer, 61.

Andy Irons, pro surfer, of heart disease and drug use, 32.

Clyde King, major-league player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and manager (New York Yankees), of congestive heart failure, 86.

Jerry Bock, Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof), of heart failure, 81.

George "Sparky" Anderson, baseball manager (Cincinnati Reds), of complications from dementia, 76.

Sandy Hadden, baseball executive, 86.

Jill Clayburgh, actress (An Unmarried Woman), of leukemia, 66.

Michelle Nicastro, voice actress (The Swan Princess), of lung cancer, 50.

Shirley Verrett, opera mezzo-soprano, of heart trouble, 79.

Jay Van Noy, major leaguer (St. Louis Cardinals), after a long illness, 82.