Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 2 February 2008:
Sunday, 27 January 2008
Gordon Hinckley, Mormon church president, of age-related natural causes, 97.
Mike Holovak, NFL football player (Chicago Bears) and coach/executive (Boston Patriots), of pneumonia, 88.
Ken Hunt, major leaguer (Cincinnati Reds), of natural causes, 69.
Suharto, ruler of Indonesia (1965-98), 86.
Louie Welch, mayor of Houston (1963-73), of lung cancer, 89.
Monday, 28 January 2008
Larry Smith, college football coach (University of Southern California), of chronic lymphatic leukemia, 68.
Tuesday, 29 January 2008
Margaret Truman Daniel, writer (Murder in the White House), 83. She was the daughter of U.S. President Harry Truman.
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Jeremy Beadle, British TV host ("You've Been Framed"), of pneumonia, 59.
Friday, 1 February 2008
Allan Grant, photographer (last photos taken of Marilyn Monroe), 88.
Shell Kepler, actress (Nurse Amy Vining on "General Hospital"), of kidney failure, 49.
Saturday, 2 February 2008
Gus Arriola, cartoonist ("Gordo"), of Parkinson's disease, 90.
Earl Butz, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (Nixon and Ford administrations), 98.
Barry Morse, actor (Lt. Philip Gerard on "The Fugitive"), 89.
Katoucha Niane, fashion model (Yves Saint Laurent), drowned (presumably while intoxicated), 47. She lived on a boat in a river. She was last seen on 1 February. Her body was found in the river on 28 February.
Ed Vargo, major league umpire (National League, 1960-83), of congestive heart failure, 79.