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Deaths for the week ending 8 December 2001:
Sunday, 2 December 2001
John Collins, chess tutor (Bobby Fischer), 89.
Ted Gregory, restaurateur (Montgomery Inn), of complications from diabetes, 78.
Harold Schafer, inventor (Mr. Bubble), 89.
Wednesday, 5 December 2001
Pierre de Benouville, French military and political figure, 87.
Frederick Engel, film producer (Duel at Diablo), cause not reported, 71.
Sidney "Buster" Kelley, car dealer and publisher (Kelley Blue Book), of cancer, 92.
Grady Martin, session guitarist ("El Paso" by Marty Robbins), of a heart attack, 72.
Thursday, 6 December 2001
Peter Blake, yacht racer, shot (homicide), 53.
Friday, 7 December 2001
Faith Hubley, animation filmmaker (Moonbird), cause not reported, 77.
Charlie McClendon, college football coach (Louisiana State University), of cancer, 78.
Pauline Moore, actress (King of the Texas Rangers), of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 87.
Saturday, 8 December 2001
Maude Chasen, restaurateur (Chasen's in Los Angeles), of pneumonia, 97.
Don Tennant, advertising creator (Tony the Tiger), cause not reported, 79.
George Young, NFL football executive (New York Giants), after a brief illness, 71.