Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 26 December 2009:

James Gurley, rock guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company), of a heart attack, 69.

Brittany Murphy, actress (Clueless), of pneumonia, 32.

Arnold Stang, actor (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), of pneumonia, 91.

Stan Benjamin, major leaguer (Philadelphia Phillies), of natural causes, 95.

George Michael, sports reporter ("The George Michael Sports Machine"), of leukemia, 70.

Vic Chesnutt, singer/songwriter, of suicide by prescription drug overdose, 45.

Knut Haugland, explorer (Kon-Tiki), of natural causes, 92.

Rick Kane, NFL football player (Detroit Lions), of complications from pneumonia, 55.

Percy Sutton, New York City political figure, 89.