Deaths for the week ending 7 February 2009:
Sunday, 1 February 2009
Nancy Adams, football executive (Tennessee Titans), 84. She was the wife of Titans co-owner Bud Adams.
Eric Monti, pro golfer and instructor, of prostate cancer, 91.
Monday, 2 February 2009
Sunny Skylar, pop songwriter ("Besame Mucho"), 95.
Jim Wilson, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers), of cancer, 67.
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Tom Brumley, steel guitarist (Buck Owens and the Buckaroos), of a heart attack, 73.
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Ramon Hernandez, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates), cause not reported, 68.
Lux Interior, punk singer (The Cramps), of a heart problem, 60.
Thursday, 5 February 2009
George Hughes, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), 83.
Friday, 6 February 2009
Phil Carey, actor (Asa Buchanan on "One Life to Live"), of lung cancer, 83.
Shirley Jean Rickert, actress ("Our Gang"), after a long illness, 82.
James Whitmore, actor (Battleground), of lung cancer, 87.
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Molly Bee, country singer ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"), of complications from a stroke, 69.
Blossom Dearie, cabaret singer ("I'm Hip"), of natural causes, 84.
John Gabler, major leaguer (New York Yankees), cause not reported, 78.
Betty Jameson, pro golfer, 89.
Mel Kaufman, NFL football player (Washington Redskins), cause not reported, 50.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup