Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 4 June 2005:
Sunday, 29 May 2005
Oscar Brown Jr., jazz songwriter ("The Snake"), after a brief illness, 78.
John D'Amico, NHL hockey referee, cause not reported, 67.
George Rochberg, composer, of complications from surgery, 86.
Monday, 30 May 2005
Herbert Warren Wind, golf writer (Sports Illustrated), of pneumonia, 88.
Wednesday, 1 June 2005
George Mikan, NBA basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers), of diabetes and kidney disease, 80.
Thursday, 2 June 2005
Hy Peskin, sports photographer (Sports Illustrated), of kidney disease, 89.
Friday, 3 June 2005
Leon Askin, actor (Gen. Burkhalter on "Hogan's Heroes"), of natural causes, 97.
Saturday, 4 June 2005
Chloe Jones, porn actress, of liver failure resulting from drug and alcohol abuse, 29.
Banks McFadden, college football player and coach (Clemson, South Carolina), of cancer, 88.
Lorna Thayer, actress (Five Easy Pieces), 85.