singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1932) September 16 – Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (b. 1921) September 19 – Slim Dusty, Australian country singer (b. 1927) September 22 – Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932) September 25 Franco Modigliani, Italian-American Nobel economist (b. 1918) Edward Said, Palestinian-American literary critic (b. 1935) September 26 Olle Anderberg, Swedish wrestler (b. 1919) Shawn Lane, American musician (b. 1963) Robert Palmer, English singer (b. 1949) September 27 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925) September 28 Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927) Elia Kazan, Greek-American director (b. 1909) September 30 – Robert Kardashian, American attorney and businessman (b. 1944) October October 2 – Otto Günsche, German adjutant of Adolf Hitler (b. 1917) October 5 Neil Postman, American educator, media theorist, and cultural critic (b. 1931) Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist and filmmaker (b. 1957) October 13 – Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian Nobel physicist (b. 1918) October 14 – Moktar Ould Daddah, 1st President of Mauritania (b. 1924) October 16 Stu Hart, Canadian wrestling promoter (b. 1915) László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926) October 17 – Janice Rule, American actress (b. 1931) October 18 – Preston Smith, American politician (b. 1912) October 19 Alija Izetbegović, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925) Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (b. 1957) October 20 – Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1920) October 21 – Elliott Smith, American musician (b. 1969) October 23 – Soong Mei-ling, First Lady of China (b. 1898) October 24 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925) October 27 – Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937) October 29 – Franco Corelli, Italian opera tenor (b. 1921) November November 3 – Rasul Gamzatov, poet (b. 1923) November 5 Bobby Hatfield, American singer (b. 1940) Dorothy Fay, American actress (b. 1915) November 6 Crash Holly, American wrestler (b. 1971) Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962) November 7 – Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen (b. 1937) November 9 – Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918) November 10 – Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (b. 1936) November 12 Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976) Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908) November 14 – Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962) November 17 – Don Gibson, American country musician (b. 1928) November 18 – Michael Kamen, American composer (b. 1948) November 20 – David Dacko, 1st President of the Central African Republic