Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 3 February 2007:

Robert Drinan, U.S. Congressman (D-MA, 1971-81), of pneumonia and congestive heart failure, 86.

Art Fowler, major leaguer (Los Angeles Dodgers), 84.

Tom Morrell, steel guitarist, of emphysema, 68.

Stu Inman, basketball executive (Portland Trail Blazers), of a heart attack, 80.

Max Lanier, major leaguer (St. Louis Cardinals), 91. He was the father of major leaguer Hal Lanier.

Gordon S. Macklin, business executive (NASDAQ), of a stroke, 79.

Herbert Mitchell, NFL football player (Oakland Raiders), cause not reported, 66.

Sidney Sheldon, writer (The Naked Face), of complications from pneumonia, 89.

Danny Abbott, college football player (University of Texas), of cancer, 60.

Lee Bergere, actor (Abraham Lincoln on "Star Trek"), 88.

Molly Ivins, political columnist, of breast cancer, 62.

Ray Berres, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates), of heart failure and pneumonia, 99.

Gian Carlo Menotti, opera composer (Amahl and the Night Visitors), 95.

Antonio Ortas, Roman Catholic cardinal (Spain), 85.

Billy Henderson, pop singer ("I'll Be Around" by The Spinners), of complications from diabetes, 67.

Joe Hunter, pianist/bandleader (Funk Brothers), of natural causes, 79.

Hans J. Wegner, furniture maker, 92.

Robert L. Wolfson, pro hockey executive (St. Louis Blues), 88.

Charles E. Scripps, media executive (E. W. Scripps Co.), of natural causes, 87.