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Deaths for the week ending 30 September 2006:

Sunday, 24 September 2006

Cecil Brooks, rifle maker, of heart failure, 93.

Joel T. Broyhill, U.S. Congressman (R-VA, 1953-75), of congestive heart failure and pneumonia, 86.

Sally Gray, actress (British), 90.

Henry Townsend, blues guitarist, 96.

Monday, 25 September 2006

Jeff Cooper, handgun expert, 86.

Jamie Lyons, singer ("Little Bit o' Soul"), of a heart attack, 57.

Tuesday, 26 September 2006

Iva Toguri D'Aquino, aka Tokyo Rose, WWII Japanese-American broadcaster, 90.

Byron Nelson, pro golfer, 94.

Ralph Story, TV host ("The $64,000 Challenge"), of emphysema, 86.

Wednesday, 27 September 2006

John W. Peterson, gospel composer ("Surely Goodness and Mercy"), of cancer, 84.

Friday, 29 September 2006

Louis-Albert Vachon, Roman Catholic cardinal (Canada), after a long illness, 94.

Saturday, 30 September 2006

Prentiss Barnes, doo-wop singer (The Moonglows), in an automobile accident, 81.

Isabel Bigley Barnett, Broadway actress (Sarah in "Guys and Dolls"), 80.

Burkett "Uncle Josh" Graves, dobro player (The Foggy Mountain Boys), after a long illness, 79.