Deaths for the week ending 7 May 2011:
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Agustin Garcia-Gasco Vicente, Roman Catholic cardinal (Spain), from a heart attack, 80.
Monday, 2 May 2011
Osama bin Laden, militant Islamic leader, shot in a U.S. military strike, 54.
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Jackie Cooper, actor (Jackie in "Our Gang), 88.
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Mary Murphy, actress (The Wild One), of heart disease, 80.
Sada Thompson, actress (Kate Lawrence on "Family"), of lung disease, 83.
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Arthur Laurents, playwright (West Side Story), from complications of pneumonia, 93.
Nigel Pickering, folk singer (Spanky and Our Gang), of liver cancer, 81.
Dana Wynter, actress (1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers), of congestive heart failure, 79.
Snooky Young, trumpeter (The Tonight Show band), 92.
Friday, 6 May 2011
Duane Pillette, major leaguer (New York Yankees), 88.
Dick Walsh, baseball executive (Dodgers and Angels), 85.
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Seve Ballesteros, pro golfer, from a brain tumor, 54.
James McCartney, news columnist (Knight Ridder Newspapers), of cancer, 85.
Robert Stempel, auto manufacturer (General Motors), cause not reported, 77.
John Walker, rock musician (The Walker Brothers), of liver cancer, 67.