Deaths for the week ending 4 February 2017:
Monday, 30 January 2017
John Gordy, NFL football player (Detroit Lions), of complications from pancreatic cancer, 73.
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Frank Pellegrino, actor (Frank Cubitoso on "The Sopranos" ) and restaurateur (Rao's in New York City), of lung cancer, 72.
Rob Stewart, documentary filmmaker (Sharkwater), in a scuba diving accident, 37.
Bobby Watson, NBA basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks), 86.
John Wetton, rock singer and bassist (Asia), of colon cancer, 67.
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Mark Brownson, major leaguer (Colorado Rockies), cause not reported, 41.
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Alvin Baldus, U.S. Congressman (D-WI), 90.
Tom Drake, pro wrestler and Alabama political figure, 86, of brain cancer.
John Hilton, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), after a fall, 74.
George Maderos, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers), 83.
Friday, 3 February 2017
Benny Perrin, NFL football player (St. Louis Cardinals), of suicide (no details reported), 57.