Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 14 July 2007:

Robert Finger, furniture retailer and TV pitchman (Finger's), of cancer, 62.

John Hill, Texas political figure, of a heart condition, 83.

Charles Lane, actor (Homer Bedloe on "Petticoat Junction"), 102.

Richard Ross, TV news anchor (Portland, Oregon), of congestive heart failure, 86.

Francis "Bucko" Kilroy, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles) and executive (New England Patriots), 86.

Doug Marlette, cartoonist ("Kudzu"), in an automobile accident, 57.

Shag Crawford, major-league baseball umpire, 90. He was the father of umpire Jerry Crawford.

Lady Bird Johnson, U.S. first lady (1963-69), of natural causes, 94.

Alfonso Lopez Michelsen, Colombian president (1974-78), 94.

Jimmy Skinner, NHL hockey coach (Detroit Red Wings), 90.

Larry Staverman, NBA basketball player (Detroit Pistons), after a long illness, 70.

Nigel Dempster, British newspaper columnist, after a long illness, 65.

Jim Mitchell, X-rated film producer (Behind the Green Door), apparently of a heart attack, 63.

John Ferguson, NHL hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), of prostate cancer, 68.