Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 20 August 2005:
Sunday, 14 August 2005
John Beckett, auto racer, in a racing-related accident, 58.
Hal Easterwood, college football player (Mississippi State), cause not reported, 72.
Clifton "Coo Coo" Marlin, auto racer, of lung cancer, 73.
Esther Wong, punk nightclub owner (Madame Wong's), of emphysema and cancer, 88.
Monday, 15 August 2005
James Dougherty, Marilyn Monroe's first hustand, of complications from leukemia, 84.
Herta Ware, actress, of natural causes, 88.
Tuesday, 16 August 2005
Vassar Clements, violinist, of lung cancer, 77.
Stanley DeSantis, actor (Tales of the City), of a heart attack, 52.
Jay Jackson, TV host ("The $99,000 Answer"), 86.
Joe Ranft, animated film writer and voice actor (A Bug's Life), in an automobile accident, 45.
Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Constance Bannister, photographer of babies, of natural causes, 92.
John McLaughlin, political columnist (Newark Star-Ledger), of cancer and Parkinson's disease, 70. NOTE: He was NOT the host of "The McLaughlin Group."
Lloyd Meeds, U.S. Congressman (D-WA, 1965-79), of cancer, 77.
Thursday, 18 August 2005
Hal Frank, actor (Somewhere in Time), cause not reported, 58.
Kenyon Jones, college basketball player (University of San Francisco), cause not reported, 27.
Friday, 19 August 2005
Dennis Lynds, aka Michael Collins, mystery writer (Fortune's World), of organ failure after collapsing, 81.
Mo Mowlam, British political figure, of injuries from a fall, 55.
Bertram Podell, U.S. Congressman (D-NY, 1969-75), of kidney failure, 75.
Mel Welles, actor (The Little Shop of Horrors), of heart failure, 81.
Saturday, 20 August 2005
Thomas Herrion, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers), of heart disease after collapsing during an exhibition game, 23.