Deaths for the week ending 1 December 2001:
Tuesday, 27 November 2001
John Mitchum, actor (Trooper Hoffenmueller on "F Troop"), after a series of strokes, 82.
Wednesday, 28 November 2001
Harold E. Anderson, trucking company founder (Anderson Trucking Service), 85.
Gunnar Hellstroem, actor (Return to Peyton Place), cause not reported, 72.
Kal Mann, dance song composer ("Let's Twist Again"), 84.
William Reid, British bomber pilot (WWII, Victoria Cross), cause not reported, 79.
Thursday, 29 November 2001
Budd Boetticher, western film director (Bullfighter and the Lady), of complications from surgery, 85.
George Harrison, rock guitarist and singer (The Beatles), of cancer, 58.
Saturday, 1 December 2001
Danilo Donati, costume designer (Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet), cause not reported, 75.
Max Roby, TV news anchor (St. Louis, Missouri), of congestive heart failure, 79.
Johnny Stearns, actor (Mary Kay and Johnny), of complications from a fall, 86.
Thomas D. Tannenbaum, TV executive (Viacom), of heart and liver failure, 69.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup