Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 8 March 2003:

Hank Ballard, songwriter ("The Twist"), of throat cancer, 75.

Joe Decker, major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), of injuries from a fall, 55.

Fred Freiberger, screenwriter and producer ("The Wild, Wild West"), 88.

Goffredo Petrassi, composer (Italian), 98.

Horst Buchholz, actor (The Magnificent Seven), cause not reported, 69.

George Edwards, aeronautical engineer (British), 94.

Malcolm Kilduff, U.S. White House spokesman (Kennedy administration), of respiratory failure, 75.

Luis Marden, photographer/underwater explorer, of complications from Parkinson's disease, 90.

Kenneth Auchincloss, news editor (Newsweek), of cancer, 65.

Fedora Barbieri, operatic mezzo-soprano (Italian), 82.

Hardy Amies, fashion designer (British), of a heart attack, 93.

George Miller, comedian ("Late Show with David Letterman"), of a blood clot, 61.

Raymond Sonnenberg, NFL football referee, after a stroke, 72.

Harold Ayer, actor, of a stroke, 86.

Ludek Pachman, chess player (Czech), cause not reported, 78.

John Sanford, writer (A More Goodly Country), of an aortic aneurysm, 98.

Adam Faith, singer (British), of a heart attack, 62.