Deaths for the week ending 13 April 2013:
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Les Blank, documentary filmmaker (Burden of Dreams), of cancer, 77.
Lilly Pulitzer, fashion designer, 81.
Carl "The Truth" Williams, pro boxer (USBA heavyweight champion, 1987-91), of cancer of the esophagus, 53.
Monday, 8 April 2013
Annette Funicello, actress ("The Mickey Mouse Club"), of multiple sclerosis, 70.
Margaret Thatcher, U.K. prime minister (Conservative, 1979-90), of a stroke, 87.
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Lorenzo Antonetti, Roman Catholic cardinal, 90.
Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins, blues guitarist, cause not reported, 76.
Robert Edwards, biologist (in-vitro fertilization), 87.
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Don Blackman, jazz pianist, of cancer, 59.
Grady Hatton, major-league manager (Houston Astros), of natural causes, 90.
Errol Mann, NFL football player (Detroit Lions), cause not reported, 71.
Maria Tallchief, ballerina, 88.
Jonathan Winters, comedian (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), of natural causes, 87.
Friday, 12 April 2013
Robert Byrne, chess player, of Parkinson's disease, 84.
Saturday, 13 April 2013
Frank Bank, actor (Lumpy Rutherford on "Leave It To Beaver"), cause not reported, 71.
Chi Cheng, rock bassist (The Deftones), after a long illness, 42.