Deaths for the week ending 25 August 2001:
Sunday, 19 August 2001
Neal Colzie, NFL football player (Oakland Raiders), of a heart attack, 48.
Betty Everett, soul singer ("Shoop Shoop Song"), cause not reported, 61.
Dean Roper, auto racer, in a crash during a race, 62.
Donald Woods, journalist (East London Daily Dispatch), of cancer, 67.
Monday, 20 August 2001
Fred Hoyle, astronomer, 86.
Walter Reed, actor, of kidney failure, 85.
Kim Stanley, actress (Frances), after a long illness, 76.
Thursday, 23 August 2001
Kathleen Freeman, actress (Flo on "The Beverly Hillbillies"), of lung cancer, 82.
Peter Maas, author (Serpico), 72.
Friday, 24 August 2001
Jane Greer, actress (Out of the Past), of complications from cancer, 76.
Hank Sauer, major leaguer (Chicago Cubs), 84.
Saturday, 25 August 2001
Carl Brewer, NHL hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), of heart problems, 62.
Diana Golden Brosnihan, skier, of cancer, 38.
John Chambers, Hollywood makeup artist (Planet of the Apes), of diabetes, 78.
Aaliyah Haughton, pop singer ("Try Again"), in a private plane crash, 22.
Philippe Leotard, actor (French), 60.
Ken Tyrell, auto racer, cause not reported, 77.
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