Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 18 August 2007:
Sunday, 12 August 2007
Merv Griffin, TV host & game show producer ("Jeopardy"), of prostate cancer, 82.
Elizabeth Murray, painter, of complications from lung cancer, 66.
Monday, 13 August 2007
Brian "Crush" Adams, pro wrestler, of an accidental drug overdose, 44.
Brooke Astor, New York philanthropist, of pneumonia, 105.
John "Ox" Miller, major leaguer (Washington Senators), 92.
Phil Rizzuto, major leaguer and broadcaster (New York Yankees), of pneumonia, 89.
Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Sam Pollock, NHL hockey executive (Montreal Canadiens), 81.
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Max Roach, jazz drummer, after a long illness, 83.
Friday, 17 August 2007
John Montgomery Belk, retailer (Belk Inc.) and Charlotte, NC mayor (1969-77), 87.
Bill Deedes, British journalist and member of Parliament, 94.
Eddie Griffin, NBA basketball player (Houston Rockets), in a DWI automobile-train accident , 25.
Saturday, 18 August 2007
Michael Deaver, U.S. White House official (President Reagan's deputy chief of staff), of pancreatic cancer, 69.
Jon Lucien, jazz singer ("Rashida"), of complications from kidney surgery, 65.