Deaths for the week ending 22 April 2017:
Sunday, 16 April 2017
Bud Wiser, TV producer ("One Day at a Time"), 87.
Monday, 17 April 2017
Dawson Mathis, U.S. Congressman (D-GA, 1971-81), of congestive heart failure, 76.
Tuesday, 18 April 2017
Bill Anderson, NFL football player (Washington Redskins), 80.
J. C. Spink, film producer (The Hangover), of an accidental cocaine overdose, 45.
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Tom Fleming, marathon runner, of a heart attack, 65.
Aaron Hernandez, NFL football player (New England Patriots) and murderer, of suicide by hanging, 27.
Eddie Macon, NFL football player (Chicago Bears), after a brief illness, 90.
Thursday, 20 April 2017
Jay Dickey, U.S. Congressman (R-AR, 1993-2001), of complications from Parkinson's Disease, 77.
Paul Giganti, reality TV contestant ("Hell's Kitchen"), cause not reported, 36.
Cuba Gooding Sr., soul singer ("Everybody Plays the Fool"), of atherosclerosis, 72. He was the father of actor Cuba Gooding Jr.
Lawrence Hogan, U.S. Congressman (R-MD, 1969-75), of complications from a stroke, 88.
Friday, 21 April 2017
Sandy Gallin, talent manager (Barbra Streisand), of multiple myeloma, 76.
Saturday, 22 April 2017
Erin Moran, actress (Joanie Cunningham on "Happy Days"), of cancer, 56.
Attilio Nicora, Roman Catholic cardinal (Milan, Italy), 80.