Weekly Obituaries Roundup

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Deaths for the week ending 27 September 2008:

Barefoot Sanders, U.S. judge (Texas), of natural causes, 83.

Plato Gus Andros, NFL football player (Chicago Cardinals), with Alzheimer's disease, 86.

Connie Haines, big band singer ("Snootie Little Cutie"), of a neuromuscular disease, 87.

Wally Hilgenberg, NFL football player (Minnesota Vikings), of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 66.

Dick Lynch, NFL football player (New York Giants) and broadcaster, of leukemia, 72.

Mickey Vernon, major leaguer (Washington Senators), following a stroke, 90.

Don Wilder, comic strip writer (Crock), cause not reported, 74.

Arthur Glenn Andrews, U.S. Congressman (R-AL, 1965-66), 99.

Paul Newman, actor (Cool Hand Luke), of cancer, 83.

Osborn Elliott, magazine editor (Newsweek), of cancer, 83.

George "Wydell" Jones, pop songwriter ("Rama Lama Ding Dong"), of cancer, 71.