Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 31 August 2019:

Vince Naimoli, baseball executive (Tampa Bay Devil Rays), 81.

Tom Jordan, major leaguer (Chicago White Sox), of complications from a heart attack, 99. He was the oldest living major-league baseball player.

Jessi Combs, offroad auto racer and TV host ("Mythbusters"), in a racing crash, 39.

Donnie Fritts, country keyboard player and songwriter ("Breakfast in Bed"), of complications from heart surgery, 76.

Paul Meger, NHL hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), 90.

Donnie Green, NFL football player (Buffalo Bills), cause not reported, 71.

Lila Cockrell, mayor of San Antonio, Texas (1975-81, 1989-91), 97.

Jim Langer, NFL football player (Miami Dolphins), of a heart ailment, 71.

Jim Leavelle, Dallas, Texas policeman (escorted L. H. Oswald in a light-colored suit), 99.

Gordon Bressack, TV screenwriter ("Pinky and the Brain"), after a long illness, 68.

Franco Columbu, bodybuilder and actor (The Terminator and many other Schwarzenegger films), drowned while swimming on the coast, 78.

Valerie Harper, actress (Rhoda Morgenstern on "Mary Tyler Moore"), of cancer, 80.

Jeff Blackshear, NFL football player (Baltimore Ravens), of pancreatic cancer, 50.

Hal Naragon, major leaguer (Cleveland Indians), 90.