Deaths for the week ending 23 March 2002:
Sunday, 17 March 2002
Rosetta LeNoire, actress (Estelle Winslow on "Family Matters"), after a long illness, 90.
Luice Rinser, German writer and political figure, 90.
William Witney, TV & film director ("Wagon Train"), after a series of strokes, 86.
Monday, 18 March 2002
William H. Daniels, jockey, of throat cancer, 41.
Alonzo Decker Jr., power tool manufacturer (Black and Decker), 94.
James J. Dunn, publisher (Forbes), 81.
Rafael A. Lafferty, science-fiction writer ("Eurema's Dam"), 87.
Goesta Winbergh, operatic tenor (Swedish), apparently of heart failure, 58.
Tuesday, 19 March 2002
Denis Forest, actor, of a stroke, 41.
Carl McIntire, radio preacher ("Reformation Hour"), 95.
Thursday, 21 March 2002
John Gray, college football coach (Lamar University), 95.
Tommy Hill, country songwriter ("Slowly"), after a long illness, 72.
George Kick, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), 84.
Herman Talmadge, U.S. senator (D-GA, 1957-81), 88.
Friday, 22 March 2002
Frank Edwards, blues musician (of a heart attack), 93.
Ben Holioake, cricket player (English), in an automobile accident, 24.
Rand Holmes, cartoonist ("Harold Hedd"), of lymphoma, 60.
Saturday, 23 March 2002
Gwen Leys Davenport, writer (Belvedere), 92.
Eileen Farrell, operatic soprano, 82.
Thomas J. Kelly, aerospace engineer, of pulmonary fibrosis, 72.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup