Deaths for the week ending 29 June 2002:
Tuesday, 25 June 2002
Derrek Dickey, NBA basketball player (Golden State Warriors), cause not reported, 51.
Forrest England, college football coach (Arkansas State), 89.
Wednesday, 26 June 2002
Jay Berwanger, college football player (1st Heisman Trophy), of lung cancer, 88.
Dolores Gray, actress/singer (It's Always Fair Weather), of a heart attack, 78.
Phil Interlandi, cartoonist (Playboy), of liver disease, 78.
Dermot Walsh, actor (Irish), 77.
Philip Whalen, poet, after a long illness, 78.
Thursday, 27 June 2002
John Entwistle, rock bassist (The Who), of a cocaine overdose, 57.
Ralph Erickson, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates), 100. He was the oldest living major leaguer.
Muharram Fouad, singer/actor (Egyptian), of kidney and heart trouble, 66.
Timothy White, music editor (Billboard), apparently of a heart attack, 50.
Friday, 28 June 2002
Doug Elmore, college football player (University of Mississippi), cause not reported, 63.
Arthur "Spud" Melin, toy producer (Wham-O), cause not reported, 77.
Saturday, 29 June 2002
Rosemary Clooney, jazz singer ("Come On-A My House"), of lung cancer, 74.
Irv Kaze, sportscaster, of a heart attack, 75.
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