Deaths for the week ending 11 June 2005:
Monday, 6 June 2005
Anne Bancroft, actress (The Graduate), of cancer of the uterus, 73.
Dana Elcar, actor (Peter Thornton on "MacGyver"), of complications from pneumonia, 77.
Tuesday, 7 June 2005
Terry Long, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Pirates), of suicide by poison, 45.
Edward A. McCarthy, Roman Catholic archbishop (Miami), of natural causes, 87.
Simon Waronker, recording executive (Liberty Records), of natural causes, 90.
Thursday, 9 June 2005
Richard Eberhart, poet, after a brief illness, 101.
Maryellen Locher, TV news anchor (Chattanooga, Tennessee), of cancer, 45.
Friday, 10 June 2005
James Exon, U.S. senator (D-NE, 1979-97), of natural causes, 83.
Cutis Pitts, airlplane designer (Pitts Special), of complications from heart surgery, 89.
Kenneth Taylor, publisher (Tyndale House Publisher), 88.
Saturday, 11 June 2005
Robert I. Clarke, actor (The Hideous Sun Demon), 85.
Lon McCallister, actor (Winged Victory), of heart failure, 82.
Ron Randell, actor (Kiss Me, Kate), of complications from a stroke, 86.
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