Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 16 December 2006:

Jay "Jaybird" Drennan, country music disc jockey (Akron, Ohio), of a blood clot following surgery for a broken ankle, 78.

Salvatore Pappalardo, Roman Catholic cardinal (Sicily), 88.

Augusto Pinochet, dictator of Chile (1973-90), of a heart attack, 91.

Walter Ward, pop/R&B singer (The Olympics), after a long illness, 66.

Paul Arizin, NBA basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors), apparently of natural causes, 78.

Peter Boyle, actor (Frank Barone in "Everybody Loves Raymond"), of multiple myeloma and heart disease, 71.

Irv Hall, major leaguer (Philadelphia Athletics), 88.

Raymond P. Shafer, governor of Pennsylvania (R, 1967-71), 89.

Richard Carlson, author (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff), after an illness, 45.

Lamar Hunt, pro football executive (Kansas City Chiefs), of prostate cancer, 74. He was the son of billionaire H. L. Hunt.

Ahmet Ertegun, pop music executive (Atlantic Records), of injuries from a fall, 83.

Mike Evans, actor (Lionel Jefferson on "All in the Family"), of throat cancer, 57.

Flint "Scotty" Schulhofer, racehorse trainer, of cancer, 60.

Clay Regazzoni, auto racer (Formula One), in a roadway automobile accident, 67.

Cecil Travis, major leaguer (Washington Senators), 93.