Deaths for the week ending 10 December 2016:
Sunday, 4 December 2016
Margaret Whitton, actress (Major League), of cancer, 67.
Monday, 5 December 2016
Tyruss Himes, aka Big Syke, rapper, apparently of natural causes, 48.
Larry Roberts, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers), cause not reported, 53.
Rashaan Salaam, NFL football player (Chicago Bears), apparently from suicide (no details reported), 42.
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Dave Edwards, NFL football player (Dallas Cowboys), cause not reported, 76.
Peter Vaughan, actor (Master Aemon on "Game of Thrones"), 93.
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Greg Lake, rock singer and bassist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), of cancer, 69.
Benny Woit, NHL hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), 88.
Thursday, 8 December 2016
Ralph "Putsy" Caballero, major leaguer (Philadelphia Phillies), 89.
John Glenn, U.S. astronaut (Project Mercury) and senator (D-OH, 1975-99), after a long ilness, 95.
Joseph Mascolo, actor (Stefano DiMera on "Days of Our Lives"), with Alzheimer's disease, 87.
Saturday, 10 December 2016
Bill Dineen, NHL hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), 84.
Ken Hechler, U.S. Congressman (D-WV, 1959-77), of a stroke, 102.
Herm Johnson, auto racer (CART Indy Car), of liver and kidney failure, 63.
Bill Usery Jr., U.S. Secretary of Labor (under Ford, 1976-77), 96.