Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 13 April 2024:

Jerry Grote, major leaguer (New York Mets), of respiratory failure, 81.

Clarence "Frogman" Henry, blues singer ("I Don't Know Why But I Do"), complications from back surgery, 87.

Bill Gunter, U.S. Congressman (D-FL, 1973-75), 89.

Peter Higgs, theoretical physicist, after a brief illness, 94.

Victor Riley, NFL football player (Kansas City Chiefs), cause not reported, 49.

Eric Sievers, NFL football player (San Diego Chargers), of cancer, 66.

O. J. Simpson, NFL football player (Buffalo Bills) and acquitted murder defendant, of prostate cancer, 76.

Fritz Peterson, major leaguer (New York Yankees), with Alzheimer's disease, 82.

Roberto Cavalli, fashion designer, after a long illness, 83.

Robert MacNeil, TV news anchor ("The MacNeil/Lehrer Report"), 93.

Larry Brown, major leaguer (Cleveland Indians), 84.

Ron Thompson, pop singer and actor (Detective Nopke on "Baretta"), 83.