Deaths for the week ending 9 July 2005:
Sunday, 3 July 2005
Gaylord Nelson, U.S. senator (D-WI, 1963-81), of cardiovascular failure, 89.
Harrison Young, actor (Saving Private Ryan), cause not reported, 75.
Monday, 4 July 2005
"Big" Al Downing, country musician, of leukemia, 65.
June Haver, actress (Oh, You Beautiful Doll), of lung failure, 79. She was the wife of actor Fred MacMurray.
Hank Stram, pro football coach (Kansas City Chiefs), of complications from diabetes, 82.
Tuesday, 5 July 2005
Ray Davis, musician (Parliament-Funkadelic), of a breating problem, 65.
Wednesday, 6 July 2005
L. Patrick Gray, U.S. director of the FBI (1972), of pancreatic cancer, 88.
Jim Haskins, author (The Cotton Club), of emphysema, 63.
Evan Hunter, novelist (87th Precinct), of throat cancer, 78.
Saturday, 9 July 2005
Kevin Hagen, actor (Dr. Hiram Baker on "Little House on the Prairie"), of cancer of the esophagus, 77.
Alex Shilbicky, NHL hockey player (New York Rangers), 91.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup