Weekly Obituaries Roundup

Deaths for the week ending 10 April 2021:

Sunday, 4 April 2021

Christian Debias, auto racer (Le Mans), cause not reported, 74.

Howard Weitzman, entertainment lawyer, of cancer, 81.

Monday, 5 April 2021

Philip Chapman, U.S. astronaut (Apollo program), 86.

Robert Fletcher, film costume designer (Star Trek films), 98.

Frank Jacobs, comic writer (MAD magazine), 91.

Paul Ritter, actor (British), of brain cancer, 54.

Tuesday, 6 April 2021

Midwin Charles, cable TV legal analyst (CNN), cause not reported, 47.

Alcee Hastings, U.S. Congressman (D-FL, 1993-2021), of pancreatic cancer, 84.

Walter Olkewicz, actor (Dougie Boudreau on "Grace Under Fire"), after a long illness, 72.

Bobby Schilling, U.S. Congressman (R-IL, 2011-13), of cancer, 57.

Jack Veneno, pro wrestler, of pancreatic cancer, 78.

Wednesday, 7 April 2021

Anne Beatts, comedy writer ("Saturday Night Live"), cause not reported, 74.

James Hampton, actor (Private Hannibal Dobbs on "F-Troop"), of complications from Parkinson's disease, 84.

Thursday, 8 April 2021

Phillip Adams, NFL football player (Oakland Raiders), of suicide by gunshot, 32. He was facing imminent capture and arrest for the murder of six people.

William "Red" Mack, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), 83.

Richard Rush, film director (The Stunt Man), after a long illness, 91.

Friday, 9 April 2021

Ramsey Clark, U.S. attorney general (Johnson administration), 93.

DMX (Earl Simmons), rapper, of a drug overdose, 50.

Nikki Grahame, reality TV personality (British), of complications from anorexia nervosa, 38.

Prince Philip of the United Kingdom, British royal consort, 99.

Saturday, 10 April 2021

Edward Cassidy, Roman Catholic cardinal, 96.

Bob Porter, jazz music producer, of complications from cancer of the esophagus, 80.