Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 11 December 2004:

Robert Gafflione, horse racing jockey, of complications from Parkinson's disease, 68.

Frederick Fennell, conductor, 90.

Jerry Scoggins, singer ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett"), 93.

Jay Van Andel, retailer (Amway Corp.), of heart failure, 80.

"Dimebag" Darrell Abbot, guitarist (Pantera), shot during a performance (homicide), 38.

Maxwell McCrohon, newspaper editor (Chicago Tribune), of lung cancer, 76.

Lester Tanzer, news editor (U.S. News & World Report), of Parkinson's disease, 75.

Henny Backus, actress (Cora Dithers on "Blondie"), after multiple strokes, 93. She was the widow of actor Jim Backus.

David Brudnoy, talk radio host (Boston), of kidney failure caused by skin cancer, 64.

Bob Kind, college basketball coach (New Mexico), 81.

Ed Sudol, major-league baseball umpire, 84.

Harvey "Bum" Bright, NFL football executive (Dallas Cowboys), after a long illness, 84.