Weekly Obituaries Roundup

Deaths for the week ending 24 December 2016:

Sunday, 18 December 2016

Ken Baird, NHL hockey player (Edmonton Oilers), cause not reported, 65.

Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress (Moulin Rouge), of a heart attack, 99. She was the older sister of actress Eva Gabor. Her husbands included Conrad Hilton and George Sanders.

Gordie Tapp, TV performer ("Hee Haw"), 94.

Monday, 19 December 2016

Phil Gagliano, major leaguer (St. Louis Cardinals), after a long illness, 74.

Dick Latessa, stage actor (Hairspray), 87.

Tuesday, 20 December 2016

Andrew Dorff, country music songwriter ("My Eyes"), cause not reported, 40.

Michele Morgan, actress (The Fallen Idol), 96.

Paul Peter Porges, comic artist/writer (MAD magazine), 89.

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Valerie Fairman, reality TV personality ("16 and Pregnant"), apparently of a drug overdose, 23.

Friday, 23 December 2016

Joey Boots, radio personality ("The Howard Stern Show"), of an accidental heroin overdose, 49.

Jim Lehew, major leaguer (Baltimore Orioles), cause not reported, 79.

Saturday, 24 December 2016

Richard Adams, novelist (Watership Down), of a blood disorder, 96.

John Barfield, major leaguer (Texas Rangers), shot (homicide), 52.

Rick Parfitt, rock musician (Status Quo), of an infection, 68.

Edwin Reinecke, U.S. Congressman (R-CA, 1965-69), 92.

Liz Smith, actress (British), 95.