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Deaths for the week ending 27 May 2006:
Sunday, 21 May 2006
Spencer Clark, auto racer (NASCAR), in a roadway automobile accident, 19.
Billy Walker, country singer ("Charlie's Shoes"), in an automobile accident, 77.
Monday, 22 May 2006
Tom Adams, Florida lieutenant governor (D, 1971-75), in an automobile accident, 89.
Tuesday, 23 May 2006
Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. senator (D-TX, 1971-93) and treasury secretary (1993-94), of complications from a stroke, 85.
Jim Trimble, NFL football coach (Philadelphia Eagles), 87.
"Cowboy" Bob Yuma, pro wrestler, of lung disease, 55.
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Robert N. Giamo, U.S. Congressman (D-CT, 1959-81), of lung ailments, 86.
Thursday, 25 May 2006
Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician ("Israelites"), of a heart attack, 64.
Friday, 26 May 2006
James Briggs McClatchy, newspaper publisher (of complications from surgery), 85.
Ted Schroeder, pro tennis player, of cancer, 84.
Saturday, 27 May 2006
Romeo Lucas Garcia, president of Guatemala (1978-82), of respiratory failure, 81.
Paul Gleason, actor (The Breakfast Club), of mesothelioma, 67.
Craig "Ironhead" Heyward, NFL football player (New Orleans Saints) / Zest soap spokesman, of a brain tumor, 39.
Alex Toth, comic artist (Space Ghost), of a heart attack, 77.