Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 28 February 2009:
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Pham Dinh Tung, Roman Catholic cardinal (Viet Nam), 89.
Howard Zieff, film director (Private Benjamin), of Parkinson's disease, 81.
Monday, 23 February 2009
Joe Tepsic, major leaguer (Brooklyn Dodgers), 85.
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Bill Holm, poet ("The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere On Earth"), of complications from pneumonia, 65.
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Philip Jose Farmer, writer (Riverworld), 91.
Norm Van Lier, NBA basketball player (Chicago Bulls), cause not reported, 61. He missed an appointment on 2/25 and was found dead in his home the next day. The DOD was not established.
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Johnny "Red" Kerr, NBA basketball player, coach, and announcer (Chicago Bulls), of prostate cancer, 76.
Wendy Richard, actress (Miss Brahms on "Are You Being Served?"), of breast cancer, 65.
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Ode Burrell , AFL football player (Houston Oilers), of complications from diabetes, 69.
Paul Harvey, radio news commentator, 90.
"Uncle Al" Lewis, children's TV host (Cincinnati, Ohio), 84. Not to be confused with the actor who played Grandpa Munster.
Paul Sturdivant, major leaguer (New York Yankees), cause not reported, 78.