Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 26 April 2003:

Teddy Edwards, tenor saxophonist (of prostate cancer), 78.

Irving Foy, vaudeville performer (Seven Little Foys), of complications from a fall, 94.

Bertram Ross, dancer, of pneumonia, 82.

Cole Weston, photographer, 84. He was a son of photographer Edward Weston.

Johnny Douglas, TV theme composer ("The Incredible Hulk"), of prostate cancer, 82.

Nina Simone, jazz singer ("To Be Young, Gifted, and Black"), of natural causes, 70.

Raymond Weill, philatelist, of congestive heart failure, 89.

Felice Bryant, songwriter ("Bye Bye Love"), of cancer, 77.

Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (D-MI, 1955-75), 91.

Andrea King, actress ("The Color of Evening"), 84.

Mike Larrabee, sprinter (1964 Olympics), of pancreatic cancer, 69.

Nick Perry, TV broadcaster/lottery fixer (Pennsylvania), of Parkinson's disease, 86.

Mauro Rasi, playwright (Brazilian), of lung cancer, 52.

Sherwood Brewer, pro baseball player (Negro Leagues), cause not reported, 79.

Chris Borgen, TV news correspondent (New York City), cause not reported, 76.

Albert Hakim, Iran-Contra scandal figure, of a heart attack, 66.

Clifton Keane, sportswriter (Boston Globe), of complications from a fall, 90.

Peter Stone, musical writer (Titanic), of pulmonary fibrosis, 73.