Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 1 August 2015:

Peggy Evans, actress (British), 94.

Leo Reise Jr., NHL hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), 93.

Ann Rule, true crime author (The Stranger Beside Me), of congestive heart failure, 83.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, president of India (2002-07), of a heart attack, 83.

Rip Hawkins, NFL football player (Minnesota Vikings), of Lewy body dementia, 76.

Buddy Emmons, steel guitarist, cause not reported, 78.

Sean Malone, actor (The Fighter), in a coma after nearly drowning in the ocean, 54.

Mike Pyle, NFL football player (Chicago Bears), of a brain hemorrhage, 76.

Lynn Anderson, country singer ("Rose Garden"), of a heart attack, 67.

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper, pro wrestler, of cardiac arrest, 61.

Curtis Brown, NFL football player (Buffalo Bills), of a heart attack, 60.

Gerald S. O'Loughlin, actor (Lt. Ryker on "The Rookies"), of natural causes, 93.

Billy Pierce, major leaguer (Chicago White Sox), of gall bladder cancer, 88.

Richard Schweiker, U.S. Senator (R-PA) and Cabinet member (1981-83), of an infection, 89.

Cilla Black, pop singer (British), of a stroke after a fall, 72.