Deaths for the week ending 11 April 2009:
Sunday, 5 April 2009
Nancy Overton, pop singer (The Chordettes), of cancer of the esophagus, 83.
Monday, 6 April 2009
Rochell "Roe" Broom, pro baseball player (Negro Leagues), of lung cancer, 71.
Brad Hastings, college football player (Texas Tech), apparently of a heart attack, 44.
Marvin Webster, NBA basketball player (New York Knicks), apparently of natural causes, 56.
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Dave Arneson, invented Dungeons & Dragons, of cancer, 61.
Jack Wrangler, porn actor, of emphysema, 62.
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
David "Pop" Winans, gospel singer, after a long illness, 74. He was the patriarch of the gospel-singing Winans family.
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Nick Adenhart, major leaguer (Anaheim Angels), in an automobile accident, 22.
Randy Cain, soul singer (The Delfonics), cause not reported, 63.
Mike Casey, college basketball player (University of Kentucky), of heart problems, 60.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup