Deaths reported during the week ending 1 May 2021:
Friday, 23 April
Charlie Black, country songwriter ("Write this Down"), cause not reported, 71.
Sunday, 25 April 2021
Mike Davis, NFL football player (Oakland Raiders), cause not reported, 65.
Monday, 26 April 2021
Geno Hayes, NFL football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), of liver disease, 33.
Dick Mann, motorcycle racer, 86.
Al Schmitt, music engineer and producer, 91.
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Michael Collins, U.S. astronaut (Apollo 11), of cancer, 90.
Anita Lane, rock singer (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), cause not reported,
61. Her death was announced on 28 April with no DOD or cause given.
Thursday, 29 April 2021
Johnny Crawford, actor (Mark McCain on "The Rifleman"), cause not reported,
75.
Courtney Hall, NFL football player (San Diego Chargers), cause not reported,
52.
John Hinch, rock drummer (Judas Priest), after a brief illness, 73.
Pete Lammons, NFL football player (New York Jets), drowned after falling from
a boat in a lake, 77.
Saturday, 1 May 2021
Olympia Dukakis, actress (Moonstruck), 89.
Compiled by David Carson
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