Deaths for the week ending 4 August 2007:
Sunday, 29 July 2007
Jim David, NFL football player (Detroit Lions), after a long illness, 79.
Art Davis, jazz bassist, of a heart attack, 73.
Mike Reid, actor/comedian (British), of a heart attack, 67.
Bill Robinson, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates), cause not reported, 64.
Tom Snyder, TV host ("The Late Late Show"), of complications from pneumonia, 71.
Marvin Zindler, TV news reporter (Houston), of complications from pancreatic cancer, 85.
Monday, 30 July 2007
Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (Blow-Up), 94.
Ingmar Bergman, film director (Cries and Whispers), 89.
Bill Walsh, NFL football coach (San Francisco 49ers), of leukemia, 75.
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Oliver Morgan, R&B singer ("Who Shot the La La"), following a recent heart attack, 74.
Wednesday, 1 August 2007
Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer, of lung cancer, 74.
Pete Naktenis, major leaguer (Philadelphia Athletics), 93.
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Ed Brown, NFL football player (San Francisco 49ers), of prostate cancer, 78.
Frank Rosenfelt, film industry executive (MGM), 85.
Saturday, 4 August 2007
Lee Hazlewood, country singer ("I'm a Fool"), of cancer, 78.
Frank Mancuso, major leaguer and Houston city councilman, 89.
Weekly Obituaries Roundup