Weekly Obituaries Roundup
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Deaths for the week ending 9 August 2003:
Sunday, 3 August 2003
Henry "Redd" Stewart, country songwriter ("Tennessee Waltz"), 80.
Wednesday, 6 August 2003
Julius Baker, flutist (New York Philharmonic), 87.
Grover Mitchell, trombonist (Count Basie Orchestra), of cancer, 73.
Sue O'Brien, news editor (The Denver Post), of cancer, 64.
Thursday, 7 August 2003
William W. Farris, Tennessee political figure, of complications from a fall, 79.
Friday, 8 August 2003
Robert J. Donovan, author (PT-109), 90.
Edward Pickering, news editor/publisher (British), 91.
Edna Skinner, actress (Kay Addison on "Mr. Ed"), 82.
Saturday, 9 August 2003
Ray Harford, soccer coach (British), of cancer, 58.
Gregory Hines, tap-dancing actor (White Knights), of cancer, 57.
Chester Ludgin, operatic baritone (A Quiet Place), cause not reported, 78.
Bill Perkins, saxophonist, of cancer, 79.
Bill Rogell, major leaguer (Detroit Tigers), of pneumonia, 98.