Deaths for the week ending 14 December 2002:
Sunday, 8 December 2002
Bobby Joe Hill, college basketball player (Texas Western College), of a heart attack, 59.
Monday, 9 December 2002
Mary Hansen, guitarist and singer (Stereolab), in a cycling accident, 36.
Theodore Shackley, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency agent, of cancer, 75.
Tuesday, 10 December 2002
Ian MacNaughton, TV director ("Monty Python's Flying Circus"), of injuries from an automobile accident, 76.
Murray Pergament, home supply retailer (Pergament), of cancer, 76.
Homer Spragins, major leaguer (Philadelphia Phillies), of a blood disorder, 82.
Paul Vathis, photographer (Associated Press), cause not reported, 77.
Wednesday, 11 December 2002
Charles Gunning, actor (Miller's Crossing), of complications from injuries from an automobile accident, 51.
Al Tinney, jazz pianist, of cancer, 73.
Thursday, 12 December 2002
Dee Brown, novelist (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee), 94.
Marvin O. Herzog, polka musician (Bavarian Polka Band), of pancreatic cancer, 70.
Friday, 13 December 2002
Charles Isaacs, comedy writer ("Colgate Comedy Hour"), of cancer, 88.
Tony Montanaro, mime, of stomach cancer, 75.
Zal Yanovsky, musician (Lovin' Spoonful), of a heart attack, 58.
Saturday, 14 December 2002
Sidney Glazier, film producer (The Producers), 86.
Frank Warren, NFL football player (New Orleans Saints), of a heart attack, 43.
Ray Wietecha, NFL football player (New York Giants), of an aneurysm, 74.
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