Deaths for the week ending 7 April 2007:
Sunday, 1 April 2007
John Billings, contraception researcher (Billings method), 89.
Herb Carneal, sportscaster (Minnesota Twins), of congestive heart failure, 83.
Lou Limmer, major leaguer (Philadelphia Athletics), 82.
Louis Flores Ruiz, food producer (Ruiz Foods), after a long illness, 88.
George Sewell, actor (Get Carter), 82.
Monday, 2 April 2007
Eddie Robinson, college football coach (Grambling State University), 88.
Tuesday, 3 April 2007
Neal Shine, news publisher (Detroit Free Press), of respiratory failure, 76.
Wednesday, 4 April 2007
Robert Clark, film director (A Christmas Story), in an automobile accident (struck by a drunk driver), 67.
Edward Mallory, actor (Dr. Bill Horton on "Days of Our Lives"), after a long illness, 76.
Thursday, 5 April 2007
Darryl Stingley, NFL football player (New England Patriots), of multiple illnesses, 55.
Mark St. John, rock guitarist (Kiss), of a cerebral hemorrhage, 51.
Friday, 6 April 2007
Stan Daniels, TV writer & producer ("Taxi"), of heart failure, 72.
Saturday, 7 April 2007
Johnny Hart, cartoonist ("B. C."), of a stroke, 76.
Barry Nelson, actor (The Shining), 89.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup