17 – Clive Bell, English art critic (born 1881) September 18 – Seán O'Casey, Irish writer (born 1880) September 21 – Otto Grotewohl, East German Communist politician, 1st Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (born 1894) September 23 – Fred M. Wilcox, American film director (born 1907) September 28 Nacio Herb Brown, American songwriter (born 1896) Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, mime artist, and musician (born 1888) September 29 – Fred Tootell, American Olympic athlete (born 1902) October October 1 – Ernst Toch, Austrian composer (born 1887) October 10 – Eddie Cantor, American actor, comedian and dancer (born 1892) October 15 – Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (born 1891) October 19 – Russ Brown, American actor (born 1892) October 20 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the United States (born 1874) October 21 – Margaret Gibson, American actress (born 1894) October 22 Khawaja Nazimuddin, Pakistani political figure, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1894) Whip Wilson, American actor (born 1911) October 25 – Joe Henderson, American rhythm and blues and gospel music singer (born 1937) October 26 – Eric Edgar Cooke, Australian serial killer (born 1931) October 27 Pierre Cartier, French jeweller (born 1878) Rudolph Maté, Polish cinematographer (born 1898) October 29 Claudio Ermelli, Italian actor (born 1892) Henry Larsen, Canadian explorer (born 1899) October 31 – Theodore Freeman, American astronaut (born 1930) November November 2 Charles Walter Allfrey, British general (born 1895) José Ramón Guizado, Panamanian politician, 17th President of Panama (born 1899) November 5 Mabel Lucie Attwell, British illustrator (born 1879) John S. Robertson, Canadian film director (born 1878) November 6 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873) November 10 Jimmie Dodd, American actor and television personality (born 1910) Sam Newfield, American movie director (born 1899) November 11 Franciszek Barda, Polish Roman Catholic clergyman and servant of God (born 1880) Juan de Dios Filiberto, Argentine violinist (born 1885) Eduard Steuermann, Austrian-American pianist and composer (born 1892) November 12 – Rickard Sandler, Swedish politician, 20th Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1884) November 13 – Oskar Becker, German philosopher (born 1889) November 14 – Heinrich von Brentano, German politician (born 1904) November 18 – Tommaso Besozzi, Italian journalist (born 1903) November 21 – Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (born 1905) November 24 – William O'Dwyer, American diplomat and politician, 100th Mayor of New York City (born 1890) November