Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 5 April 2003:
Sunday, 30 March 2003
Michael Jeter, actor (Herman Stiles on "Evening Shade"), of natural causes, 50.
Monday, 31 March 2003
George Connor, NFL football player (Chicago Bears), after a long illness, 78.
Anne Gwynne, actress (Teenage Monster), after a stroke, 80.
J. Donald MacWilliams, sportscaster (Portland, Maine), 86.
Barry Took, comedian/writer (British), of cancer, 73.
Fermin Velez, auto racer (Spanish), of cancer, 43.
Tuesday, 1 April 2003
Leslie Cheung, singer/actor (Farewell My Concubine), of suicide by jumping from a tall building, 46.
Wednesday, 2 April 2003
Sam Attlesey, news reporter (Dallas Morning News), of lung and liver cancer, 56.
Edwin Starr, singer ("War"), apparently of a heart attack, 61.
Michael Wayne, film producer (The Green Berets), of lupus, 68. He was the son of actor John Wayne.
Thursday, 3 April 2003
Bob Allen, college football player (University of Kansas), 83.
Chuck Anderson, college baseball coach (Florida Southern College), of cancer, 63.
Michael Kelly, reporter (Washington Post), in an automobile accident while under enemy fire in Iraq, 46.
Harold Sawyer, U.S. Congressman (R-MI, 1977-85), of cancer, 83.
Friday, 4 April 2003
Anthony Caruso, actor, after a long illness, 86.
Quigg Newton, mayor of Denver (1947-55), 91.
Saturday, 5 April 2003
Phil Burghard, auto racer, in a crash during competition, 33.
Zane Feldman, pro hockey executive (Edmonton Oilers), 80.