1912) October 18 Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926) Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (b. 1925) October 22 – Jean-Luc Mandaba, 11th Prime Minister of Central African Republic (b. 1943) October 23 Yokozuna, American professional wrestler (b. 1966) Nils Tapp, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1917) October 27 – Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929) October 30 – Steve Allen, American comedian and author (b. 1921) October 31 – Ring Lardner, Jr., American screenwriter (b. 1915) November November 5 Jimmie Davis, American singer (b. 1899) Roger Peyrefitte, French writer and diplomat (b. 1907) November 6 – L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907) November 7 C Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910) Ingrid of Sweden, Queen consort of Denmark (b. 1910) November 8 – Józef Pińkowski, Polish politician, 50th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1929) November 10 Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer and professor, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919) Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician, 102nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1915) November 17 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) November 19 – George Cosmas Adyebo, Ugandan economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1947) November 22 Christian Marquand, French actor and director (b. 1927) Emil Zátopek, Czechoslovakian Olympic athlete (b. 1922) November 28 – Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895) December December 2 – Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935) December 3 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American writer (b. 1917) December 6 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor and singer (b. 1920) December 8 – Ionatana Ionatana, 5th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1938) December 10 – Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919) December 11 – Johannes Virolainen, Finnish politician, 30th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1914) December 12 – George Montgomery, American actor (b. 1916) December 18 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer (b. 1959) December 19 – Son Sann, Cambodian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1911) December 23 – Victor Borge, Danish-born American actor and comedian (b. 1909) December 26 – Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922) December 30 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter (b. 1909) Nobel Prizes Chemistry – Alan J. Heeger, Alan MacDiarmid, and Hideki Shirakawa Economics – James Heckman and Daniel McFadden Literature – Gao Xingjian Peace – Kim Dae-jung Physics – Zhores Alferov, Herbert Kroemer, and Jack Kilby Physiology or Medicine – Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard, and Eric Kandel See also 2000 in