Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 11 May 2002:

Hugo Banzer, president of Bolivia (1971-78, 1997-2001), of lung cancer, 75.

Paul W. Klipsch, acoustics engineer (Klipsch Audio Technologies), 98.

George Sidney, actor and director (Annie Get Your Gun), 85.

Michael Todd Jr., film producer (Scent of Mystery), of lung cancer, 72.

Otis Blackwell, songwriter ("Don't Be Cruel"), cause not reported, 70.

Pim Fortuyn, Dutch political figure, shot (assassinated), 54.

Alan P. Horowitz, television producer (CHiPS), of complications from a fall, 72.

Curtis Williams, college football player (University of Washington), of complications from a football injury, 24.

Kevyn Aucoin, makeup artist to the stars, of a brain tumor, 40.

Buster Brown, tap dancer, 88.

Saul Pick, Hollywood land developer, of pneumonia, 85.

Norman Wechsler, retailer (I. Magnin), 89.

John Cunniff, pro hockey coach (New Jersey Devils), of cancer, 57.

Dan Devine, cllege football coach (Notre Dame), of complications from heart bypass surgery, 77.

J. Royden Stork, U.S. army pilot (Col Doolittle's raid), of a heart attack, 85.

William Tutte, mathematician and code breaker, 84.

James P. McFarland, food producer (General Mills), 90.

David Riesman, sociologist (The Lonely Crowd), 92.

Yves Robert, film director (French), 81.

Joseph "Bananas" Bonanno, New York organized crime figure, of heart failure, 97.

Bill Peet, screenwriter (101 Dalmations), 87.

John Sharnik, television producer (CBS), of congestive heart failure, 78.

Joseph Lowenbach Steiner, toy producer (Kenner Products), of a heart attack, 95.