Deaths for the week ending 5 December 2015:
Sunday, 29 November 2015
Ramon de los Santos, major leaguer (Houston Astros), of a brain hemorrhage, 66.
John Demarie, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns), cause not reported, 70.
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Shirley Gunter, singer (The Queens), 82.
Jim Loscutoff, NBA basketball player (Boston Celtics), of Parkinson's disease and pneumonia, 85.
Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Sandy Berger, U.S. national security advisor (Clinton administration), of cancer, 70.
Anthony Valentine, actor (British), with Parkinson's disease, 76.
Thursday, 3 December 2015
Scott Weiland, rock singer (Stone Temple Pilots), of an accidental drug overdose, 48.
Melvin Williams, drug trafficker and actor (The Deacon on "The Wire"), of cancer, 73.
Friday, 4 December 2015
Chris Carney, rock singer (The Prom Kings), in a single-vehicle automobile accident, 35. He was the husband of actress Tiffany Thornton.
Robert Loggia, actor (Scarface), with Alzheimer's disease, 85.
Saturday, 5 December 2015
Hack Meyers, pro wrestler, of complications from brain surgery, 41.
Chuck Williams, retailer (Williams-Sonoma), of natural causes, 100.