Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 22 March 2014:

Gary Bettenhausen, auto racer (Indianapolis 500), cause not reported, 72. He was the son of auto racer Tony Bettenhausen Sr.

Mitch Leigh, Broadway composer (Man of La Mancha), of natural causes, 86.

Chuck Scherza, NHL hockey player (Boston Bruins), 91.

Joe Lala, drummer and actor (Monsters, Inc.), of complications from lung cancer, 66.

Lucius Shepard, science-fiction and fantasy writer ("R&R"), cause not reported, 70.

Fred Phelps, anti-homosexual pastor (Westboro Baptist Church), of natural causes, 84.

Bob Strauss, Democratic Party chairman (1972-77), of natural causes, 95.

Lawrence Walsh, independent counsel in the Iran-Contra investigation, 102.

Joseph F. Weis Jr., US federal judge (3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, 1973-88), 91.

James Rebhorn, actor (Scent of a Woman), of melanoma, 65.

Patrice Wymore, actress (Ocean's Eleven), of natural causes, 87. She was the wife of actor Errol Flynn.