Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 6 June 2009:

Danny La Rue, lounge entertainer, of prostate cancer, 81.

George Tiller, abortionist (Wichita, KS), shot (homicide), 67.

Bob Christie, auto racer (Indianapolis 500), 85.

David Eddings, fanatasy author (The Diamond Throne), of natural causes, 77.

Sam Butera, jazz saxophonist, of pneumonia, 81.

David Carradine, actor (Kwai Chang Caine on "Kung Fu"), hanged (accidental autoerotic asphyxiation), 72.

Thomas Gill, U.S. Congressman (D-HI, 1963-65), 87.

Koko Taylor, blues singer (Wang Dang Doodle), of complications from surgery, 80.

Randy Smith, NBA basketball player (Buffalo Braves), of a heart attack, 60.

Dorothy Taylor, actress (Laurel & Hardy pictures), 96.

Richard Jacobs, baseball executive (Cleveland Indians), 83.

Jim Owens, college football coach (University of Washington), 82.

Pio Sagapolutele, NFL football player (New England Patriots), of an aneurism, 39. Some sources report his DOD as 7 June.