Deaths for the week ending 29 April 2006:
Sunday, 23 April 2006
Willaim P. Gottlieb, jazz photographer (1947 portrait of Billie Holiday), of a stroke, 89.
Phil Walden, music producer (Allman Brothers), of cancer, 66.
Monday, 24 April 2006
Sibby Sisti, major leaguer (Boston Braves), 85.
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Bonnie Owens, country singer ("Just Between the Two of Us"), of Alzheimer's disease, 76. She was the ex-wife of country singers Buck Owens and Merle Haggard.
Wednesday, 26 April 2006
Russ Swan, major leaguer (Seattle Mariners), of injuries from a fall, 42.
Thursday, 27 April 2006
Steve Howe, major leaguer (Los Angeles Dodgers), in an automobile accident, 48.
Kay Noble-Bell, pro wrestler, of stomach cancer, 65.
Harvey Ratner, NBA basketball executive (Minnesota Timberwolves), of cancer, 79.
Louis Rukeyser, TV host ("Wall $treet Week"), of bone marrow cancer, 73.
Friday, 28 April 2006
John Kenneth Galbraith, economist (The Affluent Society), 97.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup