Deaths for the week ending 31 May 2008:
Sunday, 25 May 2008
Geremi Gonzalez, major leaguer (five teams), struck by lightning, 33.
James D. Griffin, mayor of Buffalo, New York (1978-93), cause not reported, 78.
Thomas McHale, NFL football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), apparently of natural causes, 45.
Mitch Mullany, comedian (White Mike on "The Wayans Brothers"), from a stroke and diabetes, 39.
Joseph Pevney, TV director ("Star Trek"), 96.
Monday, 26 May 2008
Earle H. Hagen, TV composer ("The Andy Griffith Show" theme), 88.
Sydney Pollack, film director (The Way We Were), of cancer, 73.
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Robert H. Justman, TV producer ("Star Trek"), of complications from Parkinson's Disease, 81.
Thursday, 29 May 2008
Harvey Korman, actor ("The Carole Burnett Show"), of complications from an aortic aneurysm, 81.
Saturday, 31 May 2008
Joe Axelson, NBA basketball executive (Cincinnati Royals), 80.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup