Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 25 August 2012:

Tony Scott, film director (Top Gun), of suicide by jumping from a bridge, 68.

Phyllis Diller, comedienne & actress, 95.

Virginia Dwyer, actress (Mary Matthews on "Another World"), 92.

Don Raleigh, NHL hockey player (New York Rangers), of complications from a fall, 86.

Nina Bawden, children's author (Carrie's War), 87.

Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Roman Catholic cardinal (Taiwan), of lung cancer, 88.

James Fogle, robber and writer (Drugstore Cowboy), of mesothelioma, 75.

Bobby Myrick, major leaguer (New York Mets), of a heart attack, 59.

Jerry Nelson, puppeteer (Count von Count on "Sesame Street"), after a long illness, 78.

Josepha Sherman, children's author (The Shining Falcon), after a long illness, 65.

Steve Van Buren, NFL football player (Philadelphia Eagles), of pneumonia, 91.

Steve Franken, actor (Chatsworth on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"), of cancer, 80.

Neil Armstrong, U.S. astronaut (Apollo 11), of complications from heart surgery, 82.