Deaths for the week ending 4 September 2021:
Sunday, 29 August 2021
Ed Asner, actor (Lou Grant on "Mary Tyler Moore"), 91.
Ron Bushy, rock drummer (Iron Butterfly), of cancer of the esophagus, 79.
Monday, 30 August 2021
Junior Coffey, NFL football player (Atlanta Falcons), of congestive heart failure, 79.
Cecil Souders, NFL football player (Detroit Lions), 100.
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Michael Constantine, actor (Seymour Kaufman on "Room 222"), 94.
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Gregg Leakes, reality TV personality ("The Real Housewives of Atlanta"), of colon cancer, 66.
Shannon Spruill, aka Daffney Unger, pro wrestler, of suicide by gunshot, 46.
Thursday, 2 September 2021
Steve Lawler, pro wrestler, of coronavirus disease, 56.
Keith McCants, NFL football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), apparently of a drug overdose, 53.
David Patten, NFL football player (New England Patriots), in a traffic accident, 47.
Mikis Theodorakis, composer (Zorba the Greek score), 96.
Saturday, 4 September 2021
Tunch Ilkin, NFL football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 63.
Fuquan Johnson, comedian, of a drug overdose, 42 or 43.
Willard Scott, TV weatherman ("Today"), after a brief illness, 87.