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Deaths for the week ending 6 April 2002:
Tuesday, 2 April 2002
B. J. Baker, singer, of complications from a stroke, 74.
Levi Celerio, musician (Filipino), of emphysema, 91.
William Diebold, economist, of congestive heart failure, 84.
Nellie Stone Johnson, political activist (Minnesota), 96.
John Robinson Pierce, electrical engineer (coined the word "transistor"), 92.
Wednesday, 3 April 2002
Roy Huggins, TV producer and writer ("Maverick"), 87.
Karl Swanson, major leaguer (Chicago White Sox), 101. He was the oldest living major leaguer.
Thursday, 4 April 2002
Don A. Rooney, Roman Catholic priest (Ohio), of suicide by gunshot, 48.
Friday, 5 April 2002
A. C. Greene, historian and columnist (Dallas Morning News), 78.
Dave Karcich, punk drummer (Avoid One Thing), of a brain aneurysm, age not reported.
Layne Staley, rock singer (Alice in Chains), of an accidental heroin and cocaine overdose, 34. His decomposed body was discovered on 19 April. His DOD was calculated by the medical examiner.
Saturday, 6 April 2002
Joseph Russell Elkinton, physician and editor (Annals of Internal Medicine), 91.