Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 22 December 2001:

Stuart Adamson, rock singer & guitarist (Big Country), of suicide by hanging, 43.

Roy Brocksmith, actor (Total Recall), of complications from diabetes, 56.

Stefan Heym, writer (The Crusaders), of heart failure, 88.

Lester Persky, TV and film producer (Poor Little Rich Girl), of complications from heart surgery, 76.

Eddie Baker, jazz trumpeter and pianist, of complications from heart surgery, 71.

Gilbert Becaud, singer (French), cause not reported, 74.

Dan DeCarlo, cartoonist (Archie Comics), of a heart attack, 82.

Foster Brooks, comedian (played a "loveable lush"), of heart failure, 89.

Kira Ivanova, figure skater (Russian), stabbed (homicide), 38. Her death "a few days ago" was reported on 20 December.

Dick Schaap, sportscaster (ESPN), of complications from surgery, 67.

Earl Dehart, journalist (Miami Herald), of complications from lung cancer, 76.

Lance Loud, journalist ("An American Family"), of hepatitis C, 50.

Jacques Mayol, diver (French), of suicide by hanging, 74.

Thomas Nord Riley, writer, of cancer, 87.