Deaths for the week ending 12 December 2020:
Sunday, 6 December 2020
Dennis Ralston, pro tennis player, of cancer, 78.
Paul Sarbanes, U.S. senator (D-MD, 1977-2007), 87.
Jack Scarbath, NFL football player (Washington Redskins), of heart failure, 90.
Monday, 7 December 2020
Dick Allen, major leaguer (Philadelphia Phillies), cause not reported, 78.
Natalie Desselle-Reid, actress (B.A.P.S.), of colon cancer, 53.
Roger Moret, major leaguer (Boston Red Sox), of cancer, 71.
Chuck Yeager, U.S. Air Force test pilot (broke the sound barrier in 1947), 97.
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Harold Budd, avant-garde composer, of coronavirus disease, 84.
Tony Curcillo, NFL football player (Chicago Cardinals), 89.
Goo Kennedy, NBA basketball player (Houston Rockets), cause not reported, 71.
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Phil Linz, major leaguer (New York Yankees), 81.
Sean Malone, heavy metal bassist (Cynic), cause not reported, 50. His death was announced on 9 December with no cause or DOD given.
Alex Olmedo, pro tennis player, of cancer, 84.
Ray Perkins, NFL football player (Baltimore Colts), of natural causes, 79.
Jason Slater, rock bassist (Third Eye Blind), of liver failure, 49.
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Billy DeMars, major leaguer (St. Louis Browns), 95.
Tommy "Tiny" Lister, actor/pro wrestler, apparently of natural causes, 62.
Barbara Windsor, actress (Peggy Mitchell on "EastEnders"), of complications from Alzheimer's disease, 83.
Friday, 11 December 2020
Jim Burns, NBA basketball player (Chicago Burns), cause not reported, 75.
Carol Sutton, actress (Ray), of complications from coronavirus disease, 87.
Saturday, 12 December 2020
Bird Averitt, NBA basketball player (New Jersey Nets), cause not reported, 68.
Terry Kay, author (To Dance with the White Dog), of liver cancer, 82.
John le Carre, spy author (The Spy Who Came in From the Cold), of pneumonia, 89.
Charley Pride, country singer ("Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"), of coronavirus disease, 86.
Ann Reinking, Broadway dancer/actress (Chicago), apparently of natural causes, 71.