Deaths reported during the week ending 24 April 2021:
Sunday, 18 April
Sunday Burquest, reality TV contestant ("Survivor"), of cancer, 50.
Elizabeth Furse, U.S. Congresswoman (D-OR, 1993-99), of complications from a
fall, 84.
Alma Wahlberg, reality TV personality ("Wahlburgers"), cause not reported,
78. She was the mother of singer/actors Donnie Wahlberg and Mark Wahlberg.
Monday, 19 April
Shaler Halimon, NBA basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers), cause not
reported, 76. His death was announced on 19 April, with no DOD or cause given.
Walter Mondale, U.S. vice president (D, 1977-81), of natural causes, 93.
Jim Steinman, rock songwriter ("Total Eclipse of the Heart"), of kidney
failure, 73.
Tuesday, 20 April
Les McKeown, pop singer (Bay City Rollers), cause not reported, 65. The
family announced that he died "suddenly at home," which is often obituary code
for suicide.
Tom Robson, major leaguer (Texas Rangers), of natural causes, 75.
Tempest Storm, r.n. Annie Banks, burlesque dancer, after a brief illness, 93.
Wednesday, 21 April
Joe Long, pop bassist (The Four Seasons), of coronavirus disease, 88.
Thursday, 22 April
Adrian Garrett, major leaguer (Oakland Athletics), of pneumonia, 78.
Friday, 23 April
Charlie Glotzbach, auto racer (NASCAR), 82.
Greg Jacobs, aka Shock G aka Humpty Hump, rapper ("The Humpty Dance"), cause
not reported, 57.
Bill Whittington, auto racer (Le Mans), in a private plane crash, 71.
Compiled by David Carson
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