May 08, 1989: Died:Roy Lee Williams TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989 May 08, 1989 Fusion Or Illusion?
Time Magazine MILESTONES, Page 65

DIED. Roy Lee Williams, 74, president of the corruption-plagued Teamsters Union from 1981 to 1983; of emphysema; in Leeton, Mo. He resigned after being convicted with four others of conspiracy to bribe former Nevada Senator Howard Cannon. Williams later testified as a Government witness in trials examining underworld influence on his union, and was paroled from federal prison last September after serving 34 months of a ten-year sentence.