Deaths for the week ending 5 December 2020:
Sunday, 29 November 2020
Claude Bolling, jazz pianist, 90.
Ben Bova, science-fiction author and editor, of pneumonia and a stroke, 88.
Jack Foley, NBA basketball player (Boston Celtics), 81.
Peg Murray, stage actress (Cabaret), 96.
Monday, 30 November 2020
Tim O'Brien, TV news correspondent (ABC News), hit by a motor vehicle while bicycling, 77.
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Hugh Keays-Byrne, actor (Mad Max), cause not reported, 73.
Denis Menke, major leaguer (Houston Astros), 80.
Tommy Sandt, major leaguer (Oakland Athletics), cause not reported, 69.
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Warren Berlinger, actor (The Cannonball Run), 83.
Richard Corben, comic book artist (Heavy Metal), of complications from heart surgery, 80.
Frank Carney, restaurateur (Pizza Hut), of pneumonia, 82.
Valery Giscard d'Estaing, president of France (1974-81), of coronavirus disease, 94.
Rafer Johnson, track athlete (1960 Olympics) and actor, of complications from a stroke, 86.
Pat Patterson, pro wrestler (World Wrestling Entertainment), of cancer, 79.
Pamela Tiffin, actress (One, Two, Three), of natural causes, 78.
Walter E. Williams, economist, 84.
Thursday, 3 December 2020
Alison Lurie, novelist (Foreign Affairs), in hospice, 94.
Friday, 4 December 2020
David L. Lander, actor (Squiggy on "Laverne & Shirley"), of complications from multiple sclerosis, 73.
Saturday, 5 December 2020
Peter Alliss, pro golfer and golf announcer, 89.