Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 15 August 2015:
Sunday, 9 August 2015
Frank Gifford, NFL football player (New York Giants) and broadcaster ("Monday Night Football"), of natural causes, 84. He was the husband of TV host Kathie Lee Gifford.
Jack Gold, TV and film director (British), 85.
Monday, 10 August 2015
Buddy Baker, auto racer (NASCAR) and commentator, of lung cancer, 74.
Cleo Hill, NBA basketball player (St. Louis Hawks), cause not reported, 77.
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Randy Glasbergen, cartoonist (The Better Half), of cardiac arrest from an infection, 58.
Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Stephen Lewis, actor (Cyril "Blakey" Blake in "On the Buses"), 88.
Thursday, 13 August 2015
Bob Fillion, NHL hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), of natural causes, 95.
Friday, 14 August 2015
Bob Johnston, music producer (Bob Dylan), of heart failure, 83.
Saturday, 15 August 2015
Julian Bond, civil rights activist (Southern Poverty Law Center), after a brief illness, 75.
Doc Daugherty, major leaguer (Detroit Tigers), 87.
Gordy Holz, NFL football player (Denver Broncos), 82.
Danny Sembello, pop songwriter ("The Neutron Dance"), drowned while swimming in a river, 52.
Bud Thomas, major leaguer (St. Louis Browns), 86.