– Rudolf Mössbauer, German Nobel physicist (b. 1929) September 15 – Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919) September 19 – George Cadle Price, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (b. 1919) September 20 – Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996 (b. 1940) September 21 – Troy Davis, American murderer (b. 1968) September 22 Aristides Pereira, 1st President of Cape Verde (b. 1923) Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter (b. 1957) September 25 Wangari Maathai, Kenyan veterinary anatomist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1940) Gusty Spence, loyalist paramilitary leader and founder of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) September 27 – Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (b. 1935) September 29 Hella Haasse, Dutch writer (b. 1918) Sylvia Robinson, American singer, musician, and record producer (b. 1935) September 30 Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born terrorist and Islamist militant (b. 1971) Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian Nobel immunologist and cell biologist (b. 1943) October October 1 – Sven Tumba, Swedish hockey player (b. 1931) October 4 – Doris Belack, American actress (b. 1926) October 5 Steve Jobs, American computer entrepreneur (b. 1955) Charles Napier, American actor (b. 1936) October 6 – Diane Cilento, Australian actress and author (b. 1933) October 7 – Ramiz Alia, 1st President of Albania (b. 1925) October 8 – Mikey Welsh, American musician and artist (b. 1971) October 10 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer, composer and musician (b. 1941) October 11 – Frank Kameny, American gay rights activist (b. 1925) October 12 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist (b. 1941) October 16 – Dan Wheldon, English racing car driver (b. 1978) October 18 – Norman Corwin, American radio writer, director and producer (b. 1910) October 20 Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan dictator (b. 1942) Mutassim Gaddafi, National Security Advisor of Libya (b. 1974) Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, Libyan Minister of Defence (b. 1940) Iztok Puc, Slovenian handball player (b. 1966) October 22 – Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (b. 1930) October 23 Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and Nobel laureate in chemistry (b. 1917) Bronislovas Lubys, 5th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1938) Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle road racer (b. 1987) October 24 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist (b. 1927) October 26 – Jona Senilagakali, Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1929) October 29 – Jimmy Savile, English DJ, television presenter, media personality, and charity fundraiser (b. 1926) October 31 Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer (b. 1941) Ali Saibou, 3rd President of Niger (b.