Deaths for the week ending 3 September 2016:
Sunday, 28 August 2016
Harry Fujiwara, aka Mr. Fuji, pro wrestler and wrestling manager, 82.
Juan Gabriel, Mexican pop singer ("Querida"), of a heart attack, 66.
Darrell Ward, reality TV personality ("Ice Road Truckers"), in a private plane crash, 52.
Monday, 29 August 2016
Michael Leader, actor (Michael the milkman on "EastEnders"), after a brief illness, age not reported.
Gene Wilder, actor (Young Frankenstein), of Alzheimer's disease, 83. He was the widower of actress Gilda Radner.
Tuesday, 30 August 2016
Joe Sutter, aircraft engineer (Boeing 747), of pneumonia, 95.
Thursday, 1 September 2016
Fred Hellerman, folk singer (The Weavers), after a long illness, 89.
Kacey Jones, country songwriter ("I'm the One Mama Warned You About"), after a long illness, 66.
Jon Polito, actor (The Big Lebowski), of cancer, 65.
Friday, 2 September 2016
Jerry Heller, rap music manager (N.W.A.), of a heart attack, 75.
Saturday, 3 September 2016
Leslie H. Martinson, TV and film director (Batman: The Movie), of natural causes, 101.
Pee Wee Trahan, aka Johnny Rebel, country singer, cause not reported, 77.