Deaths for the week ending 2 June 2012:
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Dee Caruso, screenwriter ("Get Smart"), of pneumonia, 83.
Johnny Tapia, pro boxer, of heart disease, 45.
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Dick Beals, voice actor (Davey in "Davey and Goliath"), 85.
Jim Paratore, TV producer ("The Ellen DeGeneres Show"), from a heart attack, 58.
Harry Parker, major leaguer (St. Louis Cardinals), cause not reported, 64.
Jim Unger, cartoonist ("Herman"), from an illness, 75.
Doc Watson, folk guitarist, 89.
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Sky Hertwig, NFL football player (Detroit Lions), of heart failure, 60.
Jack Twyman, NBA basketball player (Rochester Royals), of blood cancer, 78.
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Orlando Woolridge, NBA basketball player (Chicago Bulls), after a long illness, 52.
Friday, 1 June 2012
Kathryn Joosten, actress (Karen McKluskey on "Desperate Housewives"), of lung cancer, 72.
Saturday, 2 June 2012
Richard Dawson, actor & TV host ("Family Feud"), of cancer of the esophagus, 79.
LeRoy Ellis, NBA basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers), of cancer, 72.