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Oct 10 Tom Murton, American penologist (b. 1928)
Oct 11 Douglas Edwards, American newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI), dies of cancer at 73
Oct 11 Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56
Oct 12 Max Tailleur, Dutch adjudant to Prince Bernhard and Jewish humorist, dies at 81
Oct 12 Rifaat Maghub, president Egyptian MP, murdered
Oct 12 Tom Carvel, Greek born American ice cream mogul (Carvels), dies at 84
Oct 13 Hans Freudenthal, German-Dutch mathematician and director (OW&OC), dies at 85
Oct 13 Hans Namuth, German-born photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala), dies at 75
Oct 13 Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese revolutionary general, politician and negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Oct 14 American Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1958-69; Israel Philharmonic; London Symphony), and composer (West Side Story; Chichester Psalms), dies of a heart attack at 72

Oct 15 Delphine Seyrig, French actress (Freak Orlando, Reperages), dies of lung disease at 58
Oct 16 Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71
Oct 16 Jorge Bolet, Cuban-born American pianist known for his performances of the work of Franz Liszt, dies at 75
Oct 19 Lew Worsham, American golfer (US Open 1947; Ryder Cup 1947), dies at 73
Oct 20 Bridget Bate Tichenor (born Bridget Pamela Arkwright Bate), Mexican surrealist painter dies at 72
Oct 20 Joel McCrea, American actor (Foreign Correspondent, Sullivan's Travels), dies of pulmonary complications at 84
Oct 22 Frank Sinkwich, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1942, U of Georgia; NFL Draft #1 pick Detroit Lions 1943; NFL MVP 1944), dies at 70
Oct 23 Louis Althusser, French Marxist philosopher ("For Marx"; "Reading Capital") who strangled his wife, dies at 72
Oct 26 Guus Jansen, Dutch pianist, Hammond organist, and popular song composer ("Net als Toen" - Eurovison, 1957), dies at 79
Oct 26 William Samuel Paley, American president and CEO of CBS (1928-90), dies of a heart attack at 89
Oct 27 Elliott Roosevelt, American general, writer and son of FDR (Murder in the Oval Office), dies at 80
Oct 27 Jacques Demy, French film director and screenwriter (Lola; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg; Donkey Skin), dies of AIDS at 59
Oct 27 Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, daughter of assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1901)
Oct 27 Ugo Tognazzi, Italian comedy actor, director and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles, The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 68
Oct 27 Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader, dies at 90
Oct 28 Frankie Masters [Masterman], American banjo player, guitarist, vocalist, and big band bandleader ("Scatter-Brain"), dies at 86
Oct 28 Nobutaka Shikanai, Japanese media CEO (Fujisankei Communications Group), dies of liver failure at 78 [1]
Oct 29 Anthony Donato, America violinist, composer (The Hidden Fortress), pedagogue, and music writer (Preparing Music Manuscript), dies at 81
Oct 29 William French Smith, American lawyer, US Attorney General (1980-5), dies at 73 of cancer
Oct 30 Craig Russell, Canadian female impersonator, dies of an AIDS-stroke at 42
Oct 30 Harry Lauter, American actor (Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Waterfront), dies of heart failure at 76
Oct 31 Graig Russel, Canadian travel expert/transvestite, dies
Oct 31 Hugh McPhillips, dies at 70
Nov 1 Ray Pohlman, American session upright and electric bass guitarist and arranger (The Wrecking Crew), and jazz guitarist, dies of heart failure at 60

Mary Martin (1913-1990)

Nov 3 American actress (Peter Pan) and Larry Hagman's mom, dies of cancer at 76

Nov 3 Sashadhar Mukherjee, Indian film producer (Jagrit), dies at 81
Nov 3 Valerie French, British actress (Jubal), dies of leukemia at 62
Nov 5 Bobby Scott, American composer, arranger and jazz singer ("He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"), dies of cancer at 53
Nov 5 Herbert Berghof, Austrian actor (Belarus File, Harry and Tonto, Target), dies of heart failure at 81
Nov 5 Humphrey Gibbs, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1959-69), dies at 87
Nov 6 Will Kuluva, American actor (To Trap a Spy, Go Naked in World), dies at 73
Nov 7 Josephine Wilson, British actress (The Lady Vanishes, We Dive at Dawn), dies at 86
Nov 7 Lawrence Durrell, Indian-British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet), dies of a stroke at 78
Nov 8 Anya Seton, American author (Katherine), dies at 86
Nov 8 Grampy Davis, American actor, dies of a heart attack at 87
Nov 10 Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and electrical engineer, dies at 76
Nov 10 Ronnie Dyson, American stage actor (Hair - "Aquarius"; Salvation), and soul singer ("(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?"; "I Don't Wanna Cry"), dies of heart failure at 40
Nov 11 Alexis Minotis [Alexandros Minotakis], Greek actor (The Merchant of Venice; King Lear), dies at 90
Nov 11 Attilio Demaría, Argentinian footballer, dies at 81
Nov 11 Lisa Kirk, American Broadway singer and actress (Kiss Me Kate), dies of lung cancer at 65
Nov 12 Dave Willock, American actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81
Nov 12 Eve Arden [Eunice Quedens], American stage and screen actress (Stage Door; Our Miss Brooks; The Mothers-In-Law; Grease), dies at 82
Nov 12 Nico Haak, Dutch singer (Foxy Foxtrot), dies
Nov 12 Rifaat El-Maghub, Egyptian MP leader, assassinated at 64
Nov 12 Yannis Ritsos, Greek poet and political activist, dies at 81 [1]
Nov 13 Charlie Carpenter, dies at 77
Nov 14 Adolf Rudnicki [Aron Hirschhorn], Polish writer (Niekochana), dies at 78
Nov 14 K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
Nov 14 Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, critic and spy (Observer of Life), dies at 87
Nov 14 Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
Nov 15 Alydar, American racehorse (b. 1975)
Nov 15 Bill E Herndon, actor (Rivals), dies at 54

Robert Hofstadter (1915-1990)

Nov 17 American atomic physicist and Nobel laureate (electron scattering in atomic nuclei), dies at 75

Nov 18 Peter Schilperoort, saxophonist/clarinetist, dies
Nov 19 Georgy Flyorov, Soviet-Russian physicist (spontaneous fission, Soviet atomic bomb project), dies at 77
Nov 19 Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War), dies at 89
Nov 21 Dean Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1954)
Nov 23 Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
Nov 23 Nguyen Van Tam, Prime Minister of Vietnam (1952-53), dies
Nov 23 Renate Rubinstein, German-Dutch author and columnist (Tamar), dies at 61

Roald Dahl (1916-1990)

Nov 23 British author (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG), dies at 74

Nov 24 Bulent Arel, Turkish-born electronic composer, dies at 72

Dodie Smith (1896-1990)

Nov 24 English novelist and playwright (101 Dalmatians), dies at 94

Nov 24 Fred Shero, Canadian NHL hockey HOF coach, 1971-81 (Stanley Cup, 1974, 1975 - Philadelphia Flyers, New York Rangers), and general manager (Rangers), dies at 65
Nov 24 Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
Nov 24 Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer during the Great Depression, dies at 80
Nov 24 Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
Nov 25 Bill Vukovich III, American Indy 500 driver, killed in a crash during practice at 27
Nov 26 Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher, dies at 94
Nov 27 David White, American actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies of a heart attack at 74
Nov 28 Tamara De Treaux, actress (ET), dies at 31
Nov 30 Hilde Spiel, Austrian writer, dies at 78
Nov 30 Norman Cousins, American editor (Saturday Review) and peace activist, dies at 75
Dec 1 Jan Hendrik de Groot, Dutch co-founder of Vrij Nederland), dies at 89
Dec 1 Robert Gordon, American child actor (billed as "Bobby" - The Jazz Singer; Mountains of Manhattan), and director (The Joe Louis Story), dies at 77

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990)

Dec 1 Indian diplomat and politician who was the 1st woman to hold a cabinet post in India, dies at 90

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Dec 2 American composer (Billy the Kid, Fanfare for Common Man), dies of Alzheimer's disease and respiratory failure at 90

Dec 2 Robert Cummings, American actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder), dies of kidney failure at 80
Dec 3 Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59
Dec 4 Edward Binns, American actor (12 Angry Men; Fail-Safe), dies of a heart attack at 74
Dec 5 Steven Shaw, dies at 25
Dec 6 Bob Hamilton, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1944), dies at 74
Dec 6 Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Electric Theseus), dies from a heroin overdose at 42

Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903-1990)

Dec 6 Malaysia's founding father, 1st Prime Minister of Malaya (1957-63) and Malaysia (1963-70), dies at 87

Dec 7 Dee Clark, American pop singer ("Raindrops"), dies at 52
Dec 7 Horst Bienek, German writer and director (The First Polka), dies at 60
Dec 7 Jean Duceppe, Quebec actor (Mon oncle Antoine), dies at 67
Dec 7 Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter, dies at 86
Dec 7 Joan Bennett, American actress (House Across the Bay), dies at 80
Dec 7 Peter Mieg, Swiss composer, dies at 84
Dec 7 Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet and novelist (Pentagonia), dies at 47
Dec 8 Boris Kochno, Russian ballet dancer (La Chatte) and librettist, dies at 86
Dec 8 Martin Ritt, American actor and director (The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Slugger's Wife, End of the Game), dies at 76
Dec 8 Pony Sherrell Metcalf, American singer, dies of heart attack at undisclosed age
Dec 9 Mike Mazurki, Austrian-American actor and professional wrestler (Some Like It Hot, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World), dies at 82
Dec 10 Armand Hammer, American industrialist (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92
Dec 11 Fernand Collin, Belgian economist and banker, dies at 92

Alice Marble (1913-1990)

Dec 13 American tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40), dies of pernicious anaemia at 77

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990)

Dec 14 Swiss playwright and novelist (The Physicists, The Visit). dies of heart failure at 69

Dec 14 Hope Sansberry, American actress (Rats are Coming), dies at 94
Dec 14 Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn und Taxis, German businessman, dies at 64
Dec 15 Betty Warren, British actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies at 83
Dec 15 Jean Paige, American silent film actress (Capt Blood; Black Beauty), dies at 95
Dec 16 Douglas Campbell, American aviator and World War I flying ace, dies at 94
Dec 17 Don Draper, American actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61
Dec 17 Mieke Verstraete [Maria Augustina De Graef], Belgian-Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled), dies at 79
Dec 18 Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87
Dec 18 Connie Russell, American singer (Club Embassy; Garroway at Large), dies at 67
Dec 18 Paul Tortelier, French concert cellist, composer, and teacher, dies at 76
Dec 19 Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71
Dec 19 Massimo Amfiteatrof [Maksim Amfiteatrov], Russian-Italian classical musician, known as 'the Cellists' Caruso', dies at 83
Dec 20 (William) Elmo Tanner, American big band singer, whistler (Ted Weems Orchestra - "Heartaches"), bandleader, and DJ, dies at 86
Dec 21 Kelly Johnson, American aircraft engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works, Lockheed U-2, SR-71 Blackbird), dies at 80
Dec 22 Cecil Effinger, American oboist, composer, and inventor of a music typewriter, dies at 76
Dec 22 Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league winger (31 Tests; NSW 24 games; North Sydney RLFC, Manly-Warringah RLFC; record first-grade career tries–212), dies from chronic myeloid leukaemia at 50
Dec 23 Frank King, West Indian cricketer (WI fast bowler played 14 Tests 1953-56), dies at 64
Dec 23 Wendell Scott, American auto racer (first black driver to win a race at NASCAR's premier level [Jacksonville 200 1963]), dies from spinal cancer at 69
Dec 24 Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author (b. 1922)
Dec 25 Marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77
Dec 26 Nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33
Dec 27 Helene Stanley, American actress (Carnival Story, Roar of the Crowd),and live-action model for Disney animators (Cinderealla; Sleeping Beauty), dies at 61
Dec 28 Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65
Dec 28 Kiel Martin, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Det. LaRue"), dies of cancer at 46
Dec 28 Lucas Polhaupessy, Moluccan leader, dies
Dec 28 Walter Burle Marx, Brazilian pianist and composer, dies at 88
Dec 31 Dalton Cathey, American actor dies of AIDS at 44
Dec 31 George Allen, American Pro Football HOF coach, 1966-78 (NFL Coach of the Year 1967, 71; Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins), dies of heart failiure at 72
Dec 31 Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, Soviet Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, Soyuz 18A), dies at 62