Deaths for the week ending 18 December 2004:
Monday, 13 December 2004
Robert "Bert" Clark Jr., college football coach (Washington State), cause not reported, 74.
Andre Rogers, major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), after a long illness, 70.
Tuesday, 14 December 2004
Howard "Danny" Doyle, major leaguer (Boston Red Sox), 87.
Wednesday, 15 December 2004
Lorenzo "Larry" J. Ponza Jr., inventor (baseball pitching machine), 86.
Thursday, 16 December 2004
Ted Abernathy, major leaguer (Cincinnati Reds), of Alzheimer's disease, 71.
Agnes Martin, artist, 92.
Bobby Mattick, major-league baseball manager (Toronto Blue Jays), following a stroke, 89.
Freddie Perren, pop music producer ("I Will Survive"), after a stroke and long illness, 61.
Friday, 17 December 2004
Johnnie Carl, conductor/arranger (Crystal Cathedral Orchestra), of suicide by gunshot, 57.
Tom Wesselmann, pop artist (reclining nudes), 63.
Saturday, 18 December 2004
Glenn Vaughan, major leaguer (Houston Colt .45s), of natural causes, 59.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup