Deaths for the week ending 2 June 2018:
Sunday, 27 May 2018
Gardner Dozois, science fiction author and editor, of an infection, 70.
Donald H. Peterson, U.S. astronaut (Shuttle), of bone cancer, 84.
Monday, 28 May 2018
Chuck Stevens, major leaguer (St. Louis Browns), 99.
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Ray Barker, major leaguer (New York Yankees), 82.
Ray Podloski, NHL hockey player (Boston Bruins), of complications from a heart attack, 52.
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Larry Larsen, actor ("The Mickey Mouse Club"), of natural causes, 78.
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Ella Brennan, restaurateur (Brennan's in New Orleans), 92.
Friday, 1 June 2018
Eddy Clearwater, blues musician, of heart failure, 83.
William Phipps, actor (The War of the Worlds), of lung cancer, 96.
Chuck Williams, aka Rockin' Rebel, pro wrestler, apparently of suicide by gunshot, 52. He apparently committed suicide after murdering his wife.
Saturday, 2 June 2018
Bruce Kison, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates), of cancer, 68.
Nick Meglin, humor writer and editor (MAD), of a heart attack, 82.