Deaths for the week ending 2 September 2023:
Sunday, 27 August 2023
Pat Corrales, major-league baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and manager (Cleveland Indians), 82.
Don Sundquist, governor of Tennessee (R, 1995-2003), 87.
Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, political activist and commentator, of pancreatic cancer, 49.
Monday, 28 August 2023
Ray Jacobs, aka August 08, R&B songwriter ("I'm the One"), cause not reported, 31.
Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Jack Sonni, rock guitarist (Dire Straits), cause not reported, 68.
Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian-British business tycoon, 94. His son, Dodi Al-Fayed, was killed in a car crash with Princes Diana in 1997.
Thursday, 31 August 2023
Gil Brandt, NFL football executive (Dallas Cowboys), 91.
Gayle Hunnicutt, actress (Vanessa Beaumont on "Dallas"), 80.
Friday, 1 September 2023
Jimmy Buffett, pop singer-songwriter ("Margaritaville"), of skin cancer, 76.
Bill Richardson, U.S. secretary of Energy (1998-2001), cause not reported, 75.
Saturday, 2 September 2023
Max Gomez, TV medical correspondent (New York City, NY), of cancer, 72.