Deaths for the week ending 17 December 2016:
Sunday, 11 December 2016
Harry Jones, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles), of a heart attack, 71.
Joe Ligon, gospel singer (The Mighty Clouds of Joy), 80.
Monday, 12 December 2016
Jimbo Elrod, NFL football player (Kansas City Chiefs), 62.
Jim Lowe, pop singer ("Green Door"), of natural causes, 93.
Konrad Reuland, NFL football player (Baltimore Ravens), of a brain aneurysm, 29.
Bob Schnelker, NFL football player (New York Giants), 88.
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Alan Thicke, actor (Jason Seaver on "Growing Pains"), of a heart attack, 69. He was the father of singer Robin Thicke and an ex-husband of singer Gloria Loring.
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Paulo Evaristo Arns, Roman Catholic cardinal (Sao Paolo, Brazil), of complications from pneumonia, 95.
Bernard Fox, actor (Dr. Bombay on "Bewitched"), of heart failure, 89.
Thursday, 15 December 2016
Chuck Allen, NFL football player (San Diego Chargers), cause not reported, 77.
Howard Bingham, photographer (Muhammad Ali), after a long illness, 77.
Fran Jeffries, actress (Sex and the Single Girl), of multiple myeloma, 79.
Craig Sager, sports reporter ("The NBA on TNT"), of leukemia, 65.
Saturday, 17 December 2016
Benjamin Gilman, U.S. Congressman (R-NY, 1973-2003), of complications from hip surgery, 94.
Henry Heimlich, physician (devised the Heimlich maneuver), of a heart attack, 96.
William H. Hudnut II, U.S. Congressman (R-IN, 1973-75), 84.