Deaths for the week ending 4 March 2017:
Sunday, 26 February 2017
Ned Garver, major leaguer (St. Louis Browns), 91.
Joseph Wapner, TV judge ("The People's Court"), of respiratory failure, 97.
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Paul Kangas, financial news anchor ("Nightly Business Report"), after a long illness, 79.
Ric Marlow, pop songwriter ("A Taste of Honey"), 91.
James Walker, actor (British), cause not reported, 76.
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Paula Fox, novelist (The Slave Dancer), 93.
Michael Ryan, actor (John Randolph on "Another World"), 87.
Friday, 3 March 2017
Miriam Colon, actress (Scarface), of a pulmonary infection, 80.
Jim Fuller, surf rock guitarist ("Wipe Out"), cause not reported, 69.
Joe Rogers Sr., restaurateur (Waffle House), 97.
Saturday, 4 March 2017
Tommy Page, pop singer ("I'll Be Your Everything"), apparently by suicide (no details reported), 46.
Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1989-91), of colorectal cancer, 86.