Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 22 March 2008:

Ola Brunkert, pop drummer (ABBA), from injuries in a home accident, 62.

Wayne Davis, NFL football player (San Diego Chargers), of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 44.

Ivan Dixon, actor (Sgt. Kinchloe on "Hogan's Heroes"), of complications from kidney disease, 76.

Bob Purkey, major leaguer (Cincinnati Reds), cause not reported, 78.

Gary Richard Williams, aka Playboy Gary Hart, pro wrestler (of heart disease), 66.

Anthony Minghella, film director (The English Patient), of complications from neck surgery, 54.

Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer (2001: A Space Odyssey), 90.

Paul Scofield, actor (A Man for All Seasons), of leukemia, 86.

Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Cuban musician, after a brief illness, 89.

W.D. "Red" Stroud, college basketball player (Mississippi State University), of leukemia, 66.