1886) October October 1 Nykyta Budka, Soviet Roman Catholic bishop, martyr and blessed (b. 1877) Buddy Clark, American pop singer (b. 1912) October 2 – Luis Armiñán Pérez, Spanish politician (b. 1871) October 4 – Federico Beltrán Masses, Spanish painter (b. 1885) October 5 – Yoshio Kodaira, Japanese rapist, serial killer (executed) (b. 1905) October 6 Metropolitan Timotheos of Australia, Greek Orthodox priest, bishop (b. 1880) Robert Wilson Lynd, Irish journalist and writer (b. 1879) October 7 – Matiu Ratana, New Zealand politician (b. 1912) October 8 – Gheorghe Mironescu, Romanian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1874) October 9 – Emanuele Foà, Italian engineer, physicist (b. 1892) October 14 Fritz Leiber, American actor (b. 1882) Roman Lysko, Soviet Roman Catholic and Orthodox priest, martyr and blessed (b. 1914) October 15 Elmer Clifton, American actor, director (b. 1890) László Rajk, Hungarian Communist politician, former Foreign Minister (executed) (b. 1909) Jacques Copeau, French actor, producer, director and dramatist (b. 1879) October 17 – Aurel Aldea, Romanian general and politician (b. 1887) October 21 – Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, Colombian Roman Catholic religious professed and saint (b. 1874) October 22 – Craig Reynolds, American actor (b. 1907) October 23 Almanzo Wilder, American writer, husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder (b. 1857) John Robert Clynes, British trade unionist, Labour politician (b. 1869) October 27 František Halas, Czechoslovakian essayist, poet and translator (b. 1901) Ginette Neveu, French violinist (b. 1919) October 28 Marcel Cerdan, French professional boxer (killed in plane crash) (b. 1916) Patriarch Guregh Israelian of Jerusalem (b. 1894) October 29 George Gurdjieff, Soviet spiritual teacher (b. 1866) Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese naval officer, engineer, and politician, founder of the Nakajima Aircraft Company (b. 1884) October 31 Jindřich Bišický, Czechoslovakian author (b. 1889) Lorenzo Massa, Argentine Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1882) Edward Stettinius, Jr., U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1900) November November – María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide, head of the Imperial House of Mexico (b. 1872) November 3 William Desmond, Irish actor (b. 1878) Solomon R. Guggenheim, American philanthropist (b. 1861) November 4 – Walther von Bonstetten, Swiss Boy Scout Association member (b. 1867) November 5 – Abdolhossein Hazhir, 54th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1899) November 8 – August Hagenbach, Swiss physicist (b. 1871) November 11 Mun Bhuridatta, Thai Buddhist monk (b. 1870) Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1870) Ignatius Stelletskii, Soviet archaeologist, historian and researcher (b.