Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 18 May 2002:

Samuel Thaw Walton Jr., NFL football player (New York Jets), of a heart attack, 59.

Ruth Cracknell, actress (Australian), of a respiratory ailment, 76.

Ray Stricklyn, actor/publicist (Ten North Frederick), of emphysema, 73.

Sharon Sheeley, songwriter ("Poor Little Fool"), of a cerebral hemorrhage, 62.

Darwood Smith, actor ("Waldo" of "Our Gang"), struck by a vehicle, 72.

Dave Berg, cartoonist (MAD Magazine), of cancer, 81.

Michael A. Hobbs, news reporter (Philadelphia Inquirer), of a stroke, 55.

Alex Rizzo, aka Big Dick Dudley, pro wrestler, of kidney failure, 37.

Joe Black, major leaguer (Brooklyn Dodgers), cause not reported, 78.

James Chichester-Clark, prime minister of Northern Ireland (1969-71), cause not reported, 79.

John de Lancie, oboist, of leukemia, 80. He was the father of the "Star Trek" actor.

Warren Jones, yacht racer (Australian), of complications from a stroke, 65.

Bobby Robinson, Negro Leagues baseball player, 98.

Kosan Yanagiya, storyteller (Japanese), 87.

John Gorton, Australian prime minister (1968-71), 90.

Davey Boy Smith, pro wrestler, of a heart attack, 39.