Weekly Obituaries Roundup

Deaths for the week ending 4 December 2004:

Sunday, 28 November 2004

Mark Haymore, college basketball player (Indiana University), cause not reported, 48. He was found dead on 28 November. His exact DOD is unknown.

Molly Weir, actress (Hazel McWitch on "Rentaghost"), 94.

Monday, 29 November 2004

John Drew Barrymore, actor (Never Love a Stranger), cause not reported, 72. He was the son of John Barrymore, nephew of Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, husband of Jaid Barrymore, and father of Drew Barrymore.

Harry Danning, major leaguer (New York Giants), 93.

Irwin Donenfeld, comic book publisher (DC Comics), cause not reported, 78.

Tuesday, 30 November 2004

Pierre Berton, author (Canadian), of heart failure, 84.

Wednesday, 1 December 2004

Ethel Elliott, gospel singer (The Branchettes), following a stroke, 76.

Jody Jacobs, society columnist (Los Angeles Times), of congestive heart failure, 82.

William Sackheim, TV producer ("The Flying Nun"), of a brain disease, 84.

Thursday, 2 December 2004

Larry Buchanan, film director (Mars Needs Women), of a lung problem, 81.

Mona Van Duyn, poet ("Near Changes"), of bone cancer, 83.

Alicia Markova, ballerina (British), 94.

Nadine Shamir, aka Nadine Renee, singer ("Set U Free"), of complications from childbirth, 32.

Friday, 3 December 2004

Ralph Blizard, fiddle player, 85.

Fred Silva, NFL football referee (of congestive heart failure), 77.

Saturday, 4 December 2004

Carl Esmond, actor, 97.

Connie Johnson, major leaguer (Baltimore Orioles), 81.

Thomas Reddin, Los Angeles police chief, 88.