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Deaths for the week ending 11 August 2001:
Sunday, 5 August 2001
Roy D. Chapin Jr., automobile manufacturer (American Motors Corp.), of heart failure, 85.
Kenneth MacDonald, actor (British), of a heart attack, 50.
Chris Williams, rock singer (Backbone69), in an automobile accident, 31.
Monday, 6 August 2001
Larry Adler, harmonica player, 87.
Jorge Amado, novelist (Brazilian), 88.
Alan Rafkin, TV director ("The Andy Griffith Show"), of heart disease, 73.
Dick Rehbein, NFL football coach (New England Patriots), of cardiomyopathy, 45.
Dorothy Tutin, actress (British), of leukemia, 71.
Wednesday, 8 August 2001
Robbie Jacks, actor (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4), of an abdominal aneurysm, 41.
Peter Sinclair, TV and radio broadcaster (New Zealand), of leukemia, 63.
Thursday, 9 August 2001
Robert Rimmer, author (The Harrad Experiment), 84.
Art Seid, TV and film editor ("Perry Mason"), 87.
Friday, 10 August 2001
Lou Boudreau, major leaguer (Cleveland Indians), of cardiac arrest, 84.
Gordon Ritz, NHL hockey executive, of cancer, 74.
Stanislav Rostotsky, film director (Russian), of heart failure, 79.
Saturday, 11 August 2001
Lesteer Pine, comedian/TV writere ("The Life and Times of Dobie Gillis"), of prostate cancer, 84.