Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 20 December 2014:

Bess Myerson, Miss America and game show panelist ("I've Got a Secret"), 90.

Fred Thurston, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), after a long illness, 80.

Eddie Kachur, NHL hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks), 80.

Ernie Terrell, pro boxer (heavyweight), with dementia, 75. He was the older brother of Motown singer Jean Terrell.

Richard C. Hottelet, broadcast journalist (CBS News), 97.

Donald J. Albosta, U.S. Congressman (D-MI, 1979-85), 89.

Larry Henley, pop songwriter ("Wind Beneath My Wings"), cause not reported, 77.

Virna Lisi, actress (How to Murder Your Wife), of cancer, 78.

Mandy Rice-Davies, British model and political scandal figure, of cancer, 70.

Larry Smith, hip hop producer (Run-D.M.C.), cause not reported, 63.

Derel Teteak, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), 85.

Arthur Gardner, TV producer ("The Big Valley"), of natural causes, 104.

Herb Plews, major leaguer (Washington Senators), 86.

Larry Auerbach, TV director ("Love of Life"), of a brain tumor, 91.

Bob Lanier, mayor of Houston (1992-97), 89.