Deaths for the week ending 6 February 2021:
Sunday, 31 January 2021
Mark Beard, auto racer and team owner (Beard Motorsports), cause not reported, 72.
Monday, 1 February 2021
Dustin Diamond, actor (Screech on "Saved by the Bell"), of lung cancer, 44.
Jamie Tarses, TV executive (ABC), of heart failure, 56.
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Rennie Davis, anti-war activist (Chicago 7), of lymphoma, 80.
Grant Jackson, major leaguer (Philadelphia Phillies), of coronavirus disease, 78.
Tom Moore, coronavirus fundraiser, of coronavirus disease, 100.
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
Haya Harareet, actress (Ben Hur), 89.
Wayne Terwilliger, major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), 95.
Tony Trabert, pro tennis player (1955 Wimbeldon champion), 90.
Jim Weatherly, pop songwriter ("Midnight Train to Georgia"), of natural causes, 77.
Thursday, 4 February 2021
Hy Cohen, major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), 90.
Dianne Durham, gymnast, after a brief illness, 52.
Friday, 5 February 2021
Patricia Healey, actress (British), of coronavirus disease, 85. She was the wife of singer Engelbert Humperdinck.
Charlie Krueger, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers), of heart and kidney failure, 84.
Douglas Miller, gospel singer, cause not reported, 71.
Christopher Plummer, actor (The Sound of Music), in a fall, 91.
Butch Reed, aka Hacksaw, pro wrestler, of complications from a heart attack, 66. His biography and obituaries state that he played for the NFL Kansas City Chiefs, but that claim does not check out.
Brayden Smith, game show winner ("Jeopardy"), of complications from surgery, 24.
Leon Spinks, pro boxer (1978 heavyweight champion), of cancer, 67.
Robb Webb, TV announcer ("60 Minutes"), of coronavirus disease, 82.
Saturday, 6 February 2021
George Shultz, U.S. secretary of State (1982-89), 100.