Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 23 February 2002:
Sunday, 17 February 2002
Allan D. Sachs, Las Vegas casino owner (Stardust), of pneumonia, 76.
Monday, 18 February 2002
Harvey Kirck, newscaster (Canadian), of a heart attack, 73.
Tuesday, 19 February 2002
Virginia Hamilton, children's author (M. C. Higgins, the Great), of breast cancer, 65.
Robert "Swede" Hanson, pro wrestler, after a long illness, 68.
Cornelius Patterson, college football player (Texas A&M University), of complications from kidney disease, 32.
William Davis Taylor, news publisher (The Boston Globe), of heart failure, 93.
Wednesday, 20 February 2002
Stephen Longstreet, screenwriter (The Jolson Story), of pneumonia and congestive heart failure, 94.
Edwin H. May Jr., U.S. Congressman (R-CT, 1957-59), of a heart attack, 77.
Willie Thrower, pro football player (Chicago Bears), of a heart attack, 71.
Thursday, 21 February 2002
Gene Sullivan, college basketball coach & broadcaster (DePaul), 70.
John Thaw, actor ("Inspector Morse"), of throat cancer, 60.
Bill Wazevich, college football player (Columbia), 54.
Harold Weisberg, Kennedy assassination theorist (Whitewash), of cardiovascular disease, 88.
Friday, 22 February 2002
Paul Carbone, cancer researcher, of a heart attack, 70.
Edwin F. Hunter Jr., U.S. federal judge (Louisiana, 1953-2002), 91.
Chuck Jones, animator (Warner Brothers), of congestive heart failure, 89.
Jonas Savimbi, Angolan rebel leader, 67.
Ronnie Verrell, drummer, 76.