Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 14 March 2015:

Sam Simon, TV producer ("The Simpsons"), of colon cancer, 59.

Lew Soloff, jazz trumpeter ("Spinning Wheel" by Blood, Sweat, and Tears), of a heart attack, 71.

Wayne Kemp, country music songwriter ("Love Bug"), of natural causes, 74.

Windell Middlebrooks, actor (Curtis Brumfield in "Body of Proof"), of a pulmonary embolism, 36.

Gene Patton, TV performer (Gene, Gene the Dancing Machine on "The Gong Show"), of diabetes, 82.

Lou Silverstone, comedy writer (MAD), 90.

Richard Glatzer, film director (Still Alice), of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 62.

Jimmy Greenspoon, rock keyboardist (Three Dog Night), of brain cancer, 67.

Ralph Taeger, actor (Hondo Lane in "Hondo"), after a long illness, 78.

Bob Anderson, major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), of liver cancer, 79.

Michael Graves, architect, of natural causes, 80.

Terry Pratchett, comic book author (Discworld), with Alzheimer's disease, 66.

Al Rosen, major-league player (Cleveland Indians) and executive (Houston Astros), 91.

Dick Brennan, restaurateur (Brennan's in New Orleans), of natural causes, 83.