Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 2 September 2006:

Robert F. McDermott, insurance executive (United Services Automobile Association), following a stroke, 86.

William F. Quinn, governor of Hawaii (R, 1957-62), 87.

Gerald Green, (author), The Last Angry Man, 84.

Jumpin' Gene Simmons, rockabilly musician, after a long illness, 69.

Glenn Ford, actor (Superman), 90.

Richard "Huggy Boy" Hugg, disk jockey (Los Angeles), of cardiac arrest, 78.

Bob O'Connor, mayor of Pittsburgh (2005-present), of brain cancer, 61.

Joe Dahlke, major leaguer (Chicago White Sox), of natural causes, 77.

Bob Mathias, track athlete (1948 and 1952 Olympics) and U.S. Congressman (R-CA, 1967-75), of cancer, 75.

Willi Ninja, dancer (Paris is Burning), of complications from AIDS, 45.