Deaths for the week ending 17 March 2018:
Sunday, 11 March 2018
Ken Dodd, comedian (British), 90.
Karl Lehmann, Roman Catholic cardinal (Germany), of complications from a stroke, 81.
Monday, 12 March 2018
Floyd "Nokie" Edwards, guitarist (The Ventures), of complications from hip surgery, 82.
Ken Flach, pro tennis player (1988 Olympics), of complications from pneumonia, 54.
Craig Mack, aka MC EZ, rapper ("Flava In Ya Ear"), of heart failure, 47.
Bud Olsen, NBA basketball player (Cincinnati Royals), cause not reported, 77.
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
T. Berry Brazelton, pediatrician, 99.
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Jim Bowen, TV host (British), 80.
Stephen Hawking, physicist (A Brief History of Time), of natural causes, 76.
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Tom Benson, football executive (New Orleans Saints), of complications from the flu, 90.
Ed Charles, major leaguer (New York Mets), 84.
Friday, 16 March 2018
Russell Freedman, children's author (Lincoln: A Photobiography), 88.
Louise Slaughter, U.S. Congresswoman (D-NY, 1987-2018), of complications from a fall, 88.
Saturday, 17 March 2018
Mike MacDonald, comedian (Canadian), of a heart ailment, 63.
Greg Polis, NHL hockey player (Pittsburgh Penguins), of cancer, 67.
Sammy Williams, stage actor (Paul San Marco in A Chorus Line), of cancer, 69.