1893) August 15 – Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitarist (b. 1901) August 16 Benny Fields, American singer (b. 1894) William Halsey, Jr., American US Navy Fleet admiral (b. 1882) Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b. 1879) José Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Brazilian military officer (b. 1885) August 19 – Claude Grahame-White, British aviation pioneer (b. 1879) August 20 – Alexander Evreinov, Soviet Orthodox bishop and reverend (b. 1877) August 21 – Sir Jacob Epstein, American-born British sculptor (b. 1880) August 22 Marie Luise Droop, German writer, producer and director (b. 1890) Allan Aynesworth, English actor and producer (b. 1864) August 28 Raphael Lemkin, international lawyer (b. 1900) Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890) September September 6 Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877) Kay Kendall, English actress (b. 1927) September 7 – Maurice Duplessis, Premier of Quebec (b. 1890) September 9 – Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (b. 1883) September 11 – Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907) September 14 – Wayne Morris, American actor (b. 1914) September 18 – Adolf Ziegler, German painter (b. 1892) September 20 – Nikandr Chibisov, Russian commander (b. 1892) September 22 Josef Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer and music theorist (b. 1883) Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, British field marshal (b. 1880) September 24 – Wolfgang Paalen, German-Austrian-Mexican painter, sculptor and art philosopher (b. 1905) September 25 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, 4th Prime Minister of Ceylon (b. 1899) Helen Broderick, American actress (b. 1891) September 28 Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901) Oscar Griswold, American general (b. 1886) Vinnie Richards, American tennis player (b. 1903) September 30 – Taylor Holmes, American actor (b. 1878) October October 1 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian jurist, politician and journalist, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877) October 6 – Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865) October 7 – Mario Lanza, American tenor (b. 1921) October 9 – Shirō Ishii, Japanese microbiologist and lieutenant general of Unit 731 (b. 1892) October 11 – Bert Bell, 2nd commissioner of the National Football League (b. 1895) October 12 Edward Keane, American actor (b. 1884) Arnolt Bronnen, Austrian playwright and director (b. 1895) October 14 – Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b. 1909) October 15 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (b. 1909) October 16 Minor Hall, American jazz musician (b. 1897) George C. Marshall, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1880) October