Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 9 March 2002:

Theresa Castro, bed manufacturer (Castro Convertible), of complications from heart disease and diabetes, 85.

Marvin E. Frankel, U.S. district judge, of prostate cancer, 81.

Harlan Howard, country songwriter ("I Fall to Pieces"), 74.

Cleo "Big Bo" McGee, blues musician ("Moody Swamp Blues"), stabbed (homicide), 73.

Al Pollard, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles), of lymphoma, 73.

Roy Porter, historian (English), 55.

John LaBella, radio broadcaster (Dallas, Texas), in a traffic accident, age not reported.

Walter C. Wright, Negro Leagues baseball player, 89.

Alan Manson, actor (This is the Army), 83.

William Nagle, novelist/director (The Odd Angry Shot), of a heart attack, 54.

Alice Bauer, golfer, of complications from colon cancer, 74.

Howard Cannon, U.S. senator (D-NV, 1958-83), of congestive heart failure, 90.

Bryan Fogarty, NHL hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), of heart problems, 32.

Bill Radovich, NFL football player (Detroit Lions), 87.

Franziska Rochat-Moser, marathon runner (Swiss), of injuries from a mountain-climbing accident, 35.

Thomas Leahy, broadcasting executive (CBS), of cancer, 64.

Leonard Gershe, playwright (Butterflies Are Free), cause not reported, 79.