Deaths for the week ending 20 February 2016:
Monday, 15 February 2016
George Gaynes, actor (Police Academy), 98.
Virgil Jester, major leaguer (Boston Braves), of pneumonia, 88.
Steve Thompson, NFL football player (Washington Redskins), cause not reported, 50.
Vanity, r.n. Denise Matthews, pop singer ("Nasty Girl"), of kidney failure, 57.
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, U.N. Secretary-General (1992-96), 93.
Alexa McAllister, reality TV contestant ("The Bachelor"), of suicide by prescription drug overdose, 31.
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Tony Phillips, major leaguer (Oakland Athletics), apparently of a heart attack, 56.
Thursday, 18 February 2016
Jim Davenport, major leaguer (San Francisco Giants), 82.
Tom Mullica, smoking magician (Late Night With David Letterman), of complications from a hernia operation, 67.
Friday, 19 February 2016
Humbert Allen Astredo Jr., actor (Nicholas Blair on "Dark Shadows"), 86.
John Binotto, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), 96.
Umberto Eco, novelist (Foucault's Pendulum), of pancreatic cancer, 84.
Harper Lee, novelist (To Kill a Mockingbird), of natural causes, 89.
Saturday, 20 February 2016
Mike McCoy, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), with dementia, 62.