30 Floyd Crosby, American cinematographer (b. 1899) Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist, creator of the Richter magnitude scale (b. 1900) Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921) October October 1 – E. B. White, American writer (b. 1899) October 2 Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925) George Savalas, American actor (b. 1924) October 5 – Abdus Sattar, Bangladeshi statesman, 8th President of Bangladesh (b. 1906) October 6 – Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921) October 9 – Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and statesman, 28th President of Brazil (b. 1905) October 10 Yul Brynner, Russian actor (b. 1920) Orson Welles, American actor and director (b. 1915) October 12 – Ricky Wilson, American guitarist (b. 1953) October 13 – Francesca Bertini, Italian actress (b. 1892) October 14 – Emil Gilels, Soviet pianist (b. 1916) October 17 – Abdelmunim Al-Rifai, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1917) October 21 – Dan White, American politician and murderer (Moscone–Milk assassinations) (b. 1946) October 22 – Thomas Townsend Brown, American inventor (b. 1905) October 24 – László Bíró, Hungarian inventor of the ballpoint pen (b. 1899) October 29 – John Davis Lodge, American actor and politician (b. 1903) November November 1 Ōuchiyama Heikichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1926) Phil Silvers, American entertainer (b. 1911) November 5 Spencer W. Kimball, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895) Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898) November 6 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1937) November 8 – Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1899) November 9 – Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (b. 1946) November 11 James Hanley, British novelist, playwright and writer (b. 1897) Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish Professional Hockey goaltender (b. 1959) Arthur Rothstein, American photographer (b. 1915) November 13 William Pereira, American architect (b. 1909) George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898) November 14 – Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman (b. 1888) November 16 – John Sparkman, American politician (b. 1899) November 17 Lon Nol, Cambodian general and statesman, 32nd Prime Minister of Cambodia and 7th President of Khmer Republic (b. 1913) Jimmy Ritz, American actor (b. 1904) November 19 Juan Arvizu, Mexican operatic tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1900) Stepin Fetchit, American actor (b. 1902) November 24 – Big Joe Turner, American blues singer (b. 1911) November 25 – Geoffrey Grigson, British poet, writer, critic (b. 1905) November 27 – Fernand Braudel, French historian (b. 1902) November 28 – Johnny McNally,