Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 24 December 2011:

Vaclav Havel, Czech president (1989-2003), after a long illness, 75.

Ralph MacDonald, pop percussionist and songwriter ("Just the Two of Us"), cause not reported, 67.

Ron Smith, radio talk host (Baltimore), of pancreatic cancer, 70.

Sean Bonniwell, rock singer (The Music Machine), of lung cancer, 71.

Bud Bloomfield, major leaguer (Minnesota Twins), cause not reported, 75.

Hyman "Hy" Roth, illustrator (Playboy), of cardiac arrest, 74.

Bettye Danoff, pro golfer, 88.

William Duell, actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), of respiratory failure, 88.

Bennie Ellender Jr., college football coach (Arkansas State), 86.

Lynn Samuels, radio talk host (New York City), of a heart attack, 69.