Deaths for the week ending 1 September 2018:
Sunday, 26 August 2018
Neil Simon, playwright (The Odd Couple), of complications from pneumonia, 91.
Monday, 27 August 2018
Fredd Wayne, actor (Benjamin Franklin on various shows, including "Bewitched"), 93.
Murray Westgate, actor (Max on "Seeing Things"), 100.
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Gary Friedrich, comic book writer (Ghost Rider), of complications from Parkinson's Disease, 75.
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Susan Brown, actress (Gail Baldwin on "General Hospital"), 86.
Vanessa Marquez, actress (Nurse Wendy Goldman on "ER"), shot in her home by police who were responding to a call, 49.
Marie Severin, comic book artist (Marvel Comics), of a stroke, 89.
Friday, 31 August 2018
Barbara Gould, model (Ritz Thrift Shop TV ad), 81.
Gloria Jean, actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break), 92.
Mike Kennedy, country drummer (George Strait's band), in an automobile accident, 59.
Carole Shelley, actress (The Odd Couple), of cancer, 79.
Amanda Kyle Williams, crime writer (The Stranger You Seek), of cancer, 61.