Deaths for the week ending 1 June 2019:
Sunday, 26 May 2019
Bart Starr, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), after a long illness, 85.
Daniel Wright, reality TV contestant ("The Biggest Loser"), of leukemia, 30.
Monday, 27 May 2019
Bill Buckner, major leaguer (Boston Red Sox), of Lew body dementia, 69.
Kelly Paris, major leaguer (Baltimore Orioles), of lung cancer, 61.
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Horace Belton, NFL football player (Kansas City Chiefs), cause not reported, 63.
Carmine Caridi, actor (The Godfather Part II), of pneumonia, 85.
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Tony Glover, harmonica player, of natural causes, 79.
Peggy Stewart, actress (Firebrands of Arizona), 95.
Thursday, 30 May 2019
Thad Cochran, U.S. Senator (R, 1978-2018), of kidney failure, 81.
Frank Lucas, drug trafficker (subject of American Gangster), 88.
Leon Redbone, folk singer (theme to "Mr. Belvedere"), cause not reported, 69.
Friday, 31 May 2019
Roky Erickson, rock musician (The 13th Floor Elevators), cause not reported, 71.
Saturday, 1 June 2019
Leah Chase, chef, 96.