Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 18 August 2012:

Jerry Grant, auto racer (Indianapolis 500), of liver failure and diabetes, 77.

Joe Kubert, comic book artist (Sgt. Rock), of multiple myeloma, 85.

Willa Ward, gospel singer (the Ward Singers), 91.

Helen Gurley Brown, magazine editor (Cosmopolitan), 90.

Jimmy Carr, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles), cause not reported, 79.

Dan Daniels, sportscaster (Washington Redskins), of complications from a fall, 90.

Nellie Gray, abortion opponent (March For Life), 88.

Johnny Pesky, major leaguer (Boston Red Sox), 92.

Joan Roberts, stage actress (Oklahoma!), 95.

Remy Charlip, dancer and children's author (Dress Up and Let's Have a Party), 83.

Ron Palillo, actor (Arnold Horshack in "Welcome Back, Kotter"), apparently of a heart attack, 63.

Phyllis Thaxter, actress (Superman), with Alzheimer's disease, 92.

Bob Birch, bassist (Elton John), from a gunshot (apparent suicide), 56.

William Windom, actor (Dr. Seth Hazlitt in "Murder, She Wrote"), of congestive heart failure, 88.

Joey Kovar, reality TV performer ("Real World: Hollywood"), of an accidental drug overdose, 29.

Scott McKenzie, pop singer ("San Francisco"), of an illness, 73.