Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 29 April 2023:

Keith Gattis, country songwriter ("When I See This Bar"), in a tractor accident, 52.

Dennis Ribant, major leaguer (New York Mets), 81.

Harry Belafonte, calypso singer ("Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)"), of congestive heart failure, 96.

Jerry Apodaca, governor of New Mexico (D, 1975-79), 88.

Dick Groat, major-league baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) and NBA basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons), of complications from a stroke, 92.

Jerry Springer, TV talk show host ("Jerry Springer"), of pancreatic cancer, 79.

Barbara Young, actress (British), 92.

Tim Bachman, rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive), cause not reported, 71.

Harold Kushner, author (When Bad Things Happen to Good People), 88.

Mike Shannon, major-league baseball player and announcer (St. Louis Cardinals), after a long illness, 83.