Deaths for the week ending 13 August 2005:
Sunday, 7 August 2005
Peter Jennings, TV news anchor (ABC News), of lung cancer, 67.
Clyde Henry Williams Sr., Negro League baseball player, 85.
Monday, 8 August 2005
Robert "Bob" Aldridge, Negro League baseball player, of complications from diabetes, 80.
Barbara Bel Geddes, actress (Miss Ellie on "Dallas"), of lung cancer, 82.
John H. Johnson, publisher (Ebony), of heart failure, 87.
Gene Mauch, major league manager (California Angels), of lung cancer, 79.
Tuesday, 9 August 2005
Abe Hirschfeld, real estate mogul, of cancer, 85.
Matthew McGrory, actor (Big Fish), apparently of natural causes, 32.
Judith Rossner, author (Looking for Mr. Goodbar), after a long illness, 70.
Wednesday, 10 August 2005
John Bryson, photojournalist (Life), 81.
Thursday, 11 August 2005
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe, Negro League baseball player, of cancer, 103.
Friday, 12 August 2005
Chris Tolos, pro wrestler, of cancer, 75.
Saturday, 13 August 2005
Armand Deutsch, film producer (Carbine Williams), of complications from pneumonia, 92.
William Jennings Bryan Dorn, U.S. Congressman (D-SC, 1947-49, 1951-75), 89.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup