Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 27 April 2002:
Sunday, 21 April 2002
Sam Dente, major leaguer (Cleveland Indians), cause not reported, 79.
Victor F. Weisskopf, physicist (atomic bomb), 93.
Monday, 22 April 2002
Linda Lovelace, r.n. Linda Boreman, porn actress (Deep Throat), of injuries from an automobile accident, 53.
Tuesday, 23 April 2002
Jay Chiat, advertising executive (TBWA-Chiat-Day), cause not reported, 70.
James Clarence Cohen Sr., Negro Leagues baseball player, of a heart ailment, 84.
Ted Kroll, pro golfer, of Parkinson's disease, 82.
Wednesday, 24 April 2002
Jack B. Chase, news reporter (Boston), 85.
Thursday, 25 April 2002
Indra Devi, yoga teacher, 102.
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, R&B performer (TLC), in an automobile accident, 30.
Friday, 26 April 2002
Bob Akin, auto racer, of injuries from a crash during practice, 66.
Del Sharbutt, radio & TV announcer ("Your Hit Parade"), 90.
Saturday, 27 April 2002
Guila Bustabo, violinist, of natural causes, 86.
John Francis "Jack" Cullen, radio broadcaster (Canadian), 80.
Ruth Handler, doll inventor (Barbie), of complications from colon surgery, 85.
Robert L. Joseph, film screenwriter (Tiger at the Gates), of injuries from a fall, 79.
Dale Solly, TV news anchor (Washington, D.C.), of atherosclerosis, 53.
Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemsza, art collector (Swiss), 81.
Joseph P. Zabilski, college football coach (Northeastern University), after a brief illness, 84.