Deaths for the week ending 24 August 2019:
Sunday, 18 August 2019
Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana governor (D, 2004-08), of cancer, 76.
Jack Whitaker, sportscaster ("The NFL Today" on CBS), 95.
Monday, 19 August 2019
Barry Bennett, NFL football player (New York Jets), shot (homicide), 63.
Al Jackson, major leaguer (New York Mets), after a long illness, 83.
Jack Perkins, TV news correspondent and host ("Biography" on A&E), 85.
Larry Taylor, blues bassist (Canned Heat), of cancer, 77.
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
Larry Siegel, comic writer (MAD) and TV screenwriter ("The Carol Burnett Show"), of Parkinson's disease, 93.
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Bobby Dillon, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), 89.
Tom Nissalke, NBA basketball coach (Houston Rockets), 87.
Friday, 23 August 2019
David Koch, businessman (Koch Industries) and political contributor, of prostate cancer, 79.
Saturday, 24 August 2019
Tex Clevenger, major leaguer (Washington Senators), with Alzheimer's disease, 87.
Dick Woodard, NFL football player (New York Giants), 93.