Deaths for the week ending 19 May 2012:
Sunday, 13 May 2012
Donald "Duck" Dunn, soul bassist (The Blues Brothers), of natural causes, 70.
Bill Walsh, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), 84.
Monday, 14 May 2012
Mitchell Guist, reality TV performer ("Swamp People"), of a heart attack, 48.
Belita Woods, funk singer (Brainstorm), of heart failure, 63.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Jean Craighead George, children's author ("Julie of the Wolves"), of congestive heart failure, 92.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
James Abnor, U.S. senator (R-SD, 1981-87), 89.
Chuck Brown, go-go funk bandleader, of complications from sepsis, 75.
Doug Dillard, banjo player (The Darlings on "The Andy Griffith Show"), after a long illness, 75.
Kevin Hickey, major leaguer (Chicago White Sox), 56.
Jesse Thomas, NFL football player (Baltimore Colts), of complications from dementia, 83.
Thad Tillotson, major leaguer (New York Yankees), cause not reported, 71.
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Donna Summer, disco singer ("Last Dance"), of cancer, 63.