Deaths for the week ending 21 August 2021:
Sunday, 15 August 2021
Hiro, r.n. Yasuhiro Wakabayashi, fashion photographer (Harper's Bazaar), 90.
Paul Mitchell, U.S. Congressman (R-MI, 2017-21), of kidney cancer, 64.
Gerd Muller, soccer player (German), of complications from Alzheimer's disease, 75.
Dick Schafrath, NFL football player (Cleveland Browns), 84.
Joe Walton, NFL football player (Washington Redskins), 85.
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Solly Drake, major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), 90.
Thursday, 19 August 2021
Sonny Chiba, actor/martial artist (Japanese), of coronavirus disease, 82.
Chuck Close, artist and photographer, of congestive heart failure, 81.
Bill Freehan, major leaguer (Detroit Tiger), of complications from Alzheimer's disease, 79.
Rod Gilbert, NHL hockey player (New York Rangers), 80.
Friday, 20 August 2021
Tom T. Hall, country singer ("I Love"), of suicide by gunshot, 85.
Saturday, 21 August 2021
Don Everly, pop singer (The Everly Brothers), 84. He was the older brother of duo member Phil Everly.
Phil Valentine, talk radio host (Nashville, Tennessee), of coronavirus disease, 61.