Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 30 April 2005:

Ezer Weizman, president of Israel (1993-2000), 80.

Tunney Hunsaker, heavyweight boxer, cause not reported, 75.

Mason Adams, actor (Charlie Hume on "Lou Grant"), of natural causes, 86.

Hasil Adkins, rockabilly musician ("Chicken Walk"), cause not reported, 67.

Duane Gay, TV news reporter (Milwaukee), of cancer, 49.

Johnny Sample, NFL football player (New York Jets), cause not reported, 67.

Stanley Shakespeare, college football player (Miami Hurricanes), drowned in a boating accident, 42.

Reginald "Red" Homer, NHL hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), 95.

Chuck Pratt, film director (Walking Tall), 81.

Chuck Bittrick, swimmer, of colon cancer, 65.

Chris Candido, pro wrestler, of a blood clot following ankle surgery, 33.

Percy Heath, jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet), of bone cancer, 81.

Frank "Pancho" Herrera, major leaguer (Philadelphia Phillies), cause not reported, 70.

Lane Nakano, actor (Go For Broke!), of emphysema, 80.

William J. Bell, soap opera writer and creator ("The Young and the Restless"), of complications from Alzheimer's disease, 78.

Louis Leithold, textbook writer (The Calculus), of natural causes, 80.

Sherman Loudermilk, Los Angeles TV host ("Cowboy Slim"), of complications from Alzheimer's disease, 92.