Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 28 July 2001:
Sunday, 22 July 2001
Bob Ferguson, country music songwriter ("Wings of a Dove"), cause not reported, 73.
Monday, 23 July 2001
Eudora Welty, author (The Optimist's Daughter), of natural causes, 92.
Friday, 27 July 2001
Rhonda Singh, aka Bertha Faye, pro wrestler (World Wrestling Federation), of a heart attack, 40. There are rumors that her heart attack was from an intentional drug overdose, i.e. suicide.
Leon Wilkeson, rock bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), of liver and lung disease, 49.
Saturday, 28 July 2001
Joan Finney, governor of Kansas (1991-95), of liver cancer, 76.
Fernanda Vogel, fashion model (Brazilian), drowned after a helicopter crash, 20.