Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 4 August 2001:
Sunday, 29 July 2001
Alex Nicol, actor (Return to Peyton Place), 85.
Tuesday, 31 July 2001
Poul Anderson, science-fiction author (Tau Zero), of prostate cancer, 74.
Francisco Costa Gomes, president of Portugal, 87.
Korey Stringer, NFL football player (Minnesota Vikings), of heat stroke during a practice, 27.
Wednesday, 1 August 2001
Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, NBA basketball player (Milwaukee Hawks), of a heart ailment, 78.
John Orvis, guitarist, cause not reported, 64.
"Deacon" Dan Towler, NFL football player (Los Angeles Rams), cause not reported, 73.
Ron Townson, pop singer (The Fifth Dimension), of kidney failure, 68.
Friday, 3 August 2001
Christopher Hewett, actor ("Mr. Belvedere"), of complications from diabetes, 80.
Lars Johan Werle, composer (Swedish), after a long illness, 75.
Rashidi Wheeler, college football player (Northwestern University), of asthma (collapsed during a practice), 22.
Saturday, 4 August 2001
Joseph Cooper, pianist ("Face the Music"), 86.
Aaron Flahavan, soccer player (British), in an automobile accident, 26.
Lorenzo Music, voice actor (Carlton the doorman on "Rhoda"), of cancer, 64.
Binkie Stuart, child actress (British), cause not reported, 69.