Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 22 February 2003:
Monday, 17 February 2003
Steve Bechler, major leaguer (Baltimore Orioles), of heatstroke after a training workout (linked to diet pills), 23.
George Chaplin, newspaper editor (Honolulu Advertiser), of pneumonia, 88.
Jim Gordon, sports announcer (New York City), after a long illness, 76.
Paul "Pete" Schrum, actor (Uncle Ed on "Gimme a Break!"), of a heart attack, 68.
Tuesday, 18 February 2003
Jack Brodsky, film producer (Romancing the Stone), of a heart attack, 69.
Isser Harel, Istrali intelligence director (1952-63), 91.
Johnny Paycheck, country singer ("Take This Job and Shove It"), after a long illness, 64.
Nan Wyatt, radio broadcaster (St. Louis, Missouri), shot (homicide), 44.
Wednesday, 19 February 2003
James D. Hardy, heart surgeon, 84.
Thursday, 20 February 2003
Orville L. Freeman, governor of Minnesota (D, 1955-61) and U.S. secretary of agriculture (Kennedy and Johnson admins.), of complications from Alzheimer's disease, 84.
Harry Jacunski, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), 87.
Robert G. Stephens Jr., U. S. Congressman (D-GA, 1961-77), 89.
Friday, 21 February 2003
Marjorie Craig Crowley, aka "Miss Craig", fitness author, of congestive heart failure, 90.
Tom Glazer, folk singer ("On Top of Spaghetti"), 88.
Costa Kittles, college basketball coach (Florida A&M), of a heart attack, 75.
Saturday, 22 February 2003
Pavel Hlava, sculptor (Czech), cause not reported, 78.
Felice Marks Lippert, dieting promoter (Weight Watchers), of lung cancer, 73.
Daniel Taradash, screenwriter (From Here to Eternity), of pancreatic cancer, 90.