Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 19 February 2011:

Paul Briggs, NFL football player (Detroit Lions), 90.

David F. Friedman, horror film producer (Blood Feast), of heart failure, 87.

George Shearing, jazz pianist ("Lullaby of Birdland"), of congestive heart failure, 91.

John Strauss, composer ("Car 54, Where Are You?" theme), 90.

Joe Frazier, major-league player and manager (New York Mets), 88.

Christopher Templeton, actress (Carol Robbins on "The Young and the Restless"), of polio and breast cancer, 58.

Wilson Holloway, college football player (University of Tulsa), of cancer, 22.

Len Lesser, actor (Uncle Leo on "Seinfeld"), of pneumonia and cancer, 88.

Dave Duerson, NFL football player (Chicago Bears), of suicide by gunshot, 50.

Bill Monroe, TV host ("Meet the Press"), of complications from hypertension, 90.

Perry Moore, film producer (The Chronicles of Narnia), apparently of a drug overdose, 39.

Cayle Chernin, actress (Goin' Down the Road), after a long illness, 63.

Len Gilmore, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates), 93.

Spook Jacobs, major leaguer (Philadelphia Athletics), 85.

Buddy Lewis, major leaguer (Washington Senators), 94.

Ollie Matson, Hall of Fame football player (Los Angeles Rams), after a long illness, 80.