Deaths for the week ending 11 February 2006:
Sunday, 5 February 2006
Franklin Cover, actor (Tom Willis on "The Jeffersons"), of pneumonia, 77.
Monday, 6 February 2006
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, actor (Rio Bravo), of natural causes, 80.
Tuesday, 7 February 2006
Earl Owens Jr., restaurateur (Seattle), of cancer, 69.
Wednesday, 8 February 2006
Gil Bouley, NFL football player (Seattle), of cancer, 69.
Thursday, 9 February 2006
Phil Brown, actor (Star Wars), of pneumonia, 89.
Freddie Laker, aviation executive (Skytrain), 83.
Friday, 10 February 2006
Dick Harmon, golf instructor, of complications from pneumonia, 58. He was the son of pro golfer Claude Harmon and brother of golf instructors Butch, Craig, and Bill Harmon.
Norman Shumway, heart surgeon, of lung cancer, 83.
Saturday, 11 February 2006
Peter Benchley, novelist (Jaws), of pulmonary fibrosis, 65.
Ken Fletcher, tennis player (Australian), of cancer, 65.
Stan Galle, major leaguer (Washington Senators), after a long illness, 88.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup