Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 21 June 2025:

Ron Taylor, major leaguer (St. Louis Cardinals), 87.

Anne Burrell, chef and TV host ("Secrets of a Restaurant Chef"), possibly of a drug overdose, 55.

Lou Christie, pop singer ("Lightin' Strikes"), of cancer, 82.

Jack Betts, actor (Spider-Man), 96.

Lynn Hamilton, actress (Donna Harris on "Sanford and Son"), 95.

Gailard Sartain, actor ("Hee Haw"), of natural causes, 81. Some sources report that he was 81 years old.

Cavin Yarbrough, R&B musician (Yarbrough and Peoples), of heart disease, 71.

Blake Farenthold, U.S. Congressman (R-TX, 2011-18), of a heart attack, 63.

Lalo Schifrin, film and TV composer ("Mission: Impossible" theme), of pneumonia, 93.

Fred Smith, transportation executive (FedEx), 80.