Deaths for the week ending 17 December 2022:
Sunday, 11 December 2022
Angelo Badalamenti, film & TV composer ("Twin Peaks Theme"), 85.
Paul Silas, NBA basketball player (St. Louis Hawks) and coach (San Diego Clippers), of cardiac arrest, 79.
Monday, 12 December 2022
Mike Leach, college football coach (Texas Tech University), of a heart attack, 61.
Stuart Margolin, actor (Evelyn "Angel" Martin on "The Rockford Files"), 82.
Tuesday, 13 December 2022
Ayub Bey, aka Grand Daddy I.U., rapper (Juice Crew), cause not reported, 54.
Stephen "tWitch" Boss, dancer and TV personality ("The Ellen DeGeneres Show"), of suicide by gunshot, 40.
"Cadillac Frank" Salemme, organized crime figure (New England), 89.
Curt Simmons, major leaguer (Philadelphia Phillies), 93.
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Billie Moore, college basketball coach (University of California-Los Angeles), of multiple myeloma, 79.
Thursday, 15 December 2022
Dino Danelli, rock drummer (The Young Rascals), of heart disease, 78.
Shirley Eikhard, country-pop songwriter ("Something to Talk About"), of cancer, 67.
Louis Orr, NBA basketball player (New York Knicks), of cancer, 64.
Friday, 16 December 2022
Rick Anderson, rock bassist (The Tubes), cause not reported, 75.
Saturday, 17 December 2022
Drew Griffin, TV journalist (CNN), of cancer, 60.
Mike Hodges, film director (Get Carter), 90.
Severino Poletto, Roman Catholic cardinal (Italy), 89.