Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 31 July 2004:

Ruben Gomez, major leaguer (New York Giants), of complications from a kidney ailment, 77.

Jane Hoffman, stage actress (The American Dream), 93.

Kay Whitmore, camera executive (Eastman Kodak), of leukemia, 72.

Carmine G. De Sapio, New York political figure, 95.

Fred LaRue, political figure (Watergate burglary coverup), of natural causes, 75.

Jackson Beck, voice actor ("It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"), 92.

Francis Crick, biologist (DNA co-discoverer), of colon cancer, 88.

Sam Edwards, actor (Mr. Anderson on "Little House on the Prairie"), 89.

Steve Patterson, NBA basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers), of lung cancer, 56.

Eugene Roche, actor (the Ajax man), of a heart attack, 75.

Virginia Grey, actress (Uncle Tom's Cabin), of heart failure, 87.

Daniel Ottman, bowler, of a heart attack, 47.

Harry Wiggins, U.S. senator (D-MO, 1975-2003), of stomach cancer, 71.