Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 6 December 2008:
Sunday, 30 November 2008
Hubert "Pit" Martin, NHL hockey player (Boston Bruins), drowned in a snowmobile accident, 64. The accident occurred on 30 November. He was legally pronounced dead on 1 December. His body was recovered on 2 December.
Monday, 1 December 2008
Paul Benedict, actor (Mr. Bentley on "The Jeffersons"), apparently of natural causes, 70.
Raymond F. Lederer, U.S. Congressman (D-PA, 1977-81), of lung cancer, 70.
Dorothy Sterling, childrens' author (Freedom Train), 95.
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Odetta Holmes, civil rights movement folk singer, of heart disease, 77.
Ted Rogers, baseball executive (Toronto Blue Jays), after a long illness, 75.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Forrest J. Ackerman, science fiction author/editor (Famous Monsters of Filmland), of heart failure, 92.
Richard Van Allan, operatic bass-baritone, presumably from lung cancer, 92.
Friday, 5 December 2008
Nina Foch, actress (Executive Suite), of complications from myelodysplasia (a blood disorder), 84.
Beverly Garland, actress (Barbara Douglas on "My Three Sons"), after a long illness, 82.
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Sunny von Bulow, coma victim, of cardiac arrest, 76. She was the wife of acquitted murder defendant Claus von Bulow.