Deaths for the week ending 2 February 2013:
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Bill Close, TV news anchor (Phoenix), 91.
Barney Mussill, major leaguer (Philadelphia Phillies), 93.
Sally Starr, children's TV hostess (Philadelphia), 90.
Monday, 28 January 2013
Lonnie Goldstein, major leaguer (Cincinnati Reds), 94.
Chuck Hinton, major leaguer (Washington Senators), of Parkinson's disease, 78.
Earl Williams, major leaguer (Atlanta Braves), of leukemia, 64.
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Patty Andrews, pop singer (The Andrews Sisters), of natural causes, 94.
George "Red" Witt, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates), 81.
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Tony Pierce, major leaguer (Kansas City Athletics), cause not reported, 67.
Brian Sisley, NFL football player (New York Giants), cause not reported, 49.
Fred Whitfield, major leaguer (St. Louis Cardinals), of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 75.
Friday, 1 February 2013
Omar Henry, pro boxer (light middleweight), of gall bladder cancer, 25.
Ed Koch, mayor of New York City (1978-89), of heart failure, 88.
Robin Sachs, actor (Ethan Rayne on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), cause not reported, 61.
Cecil Womack, R&B singer (Womack & Womack), cause not reported, 65.
Saturday, 2 February 2013
John Kerr, actor (South Pacific), after a brief illness, 81.
Walt Sweeney, NFL football player (San Diego Chargers), of pancreatic cancer, 71.