A. J. P. Taylor, English historian (b. 1906) September 9 Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher (b. 1901) Samuel Doe, Liberian military officer and statesman, 21st President of Liberia (b. 1951) September 19 – Hermes Pan, American choreographer (b. 1910) September 21 – Xu Xiangqian, Communist military leader in the People's Republic of China, former Defense minister (b. 1901) September 26 – Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (b. 1907) September 30 – Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912) October October 1 – Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general (b. 1906) October 3 – André Grabar, historian of Romanesque art and the art of the Eastern Roman Empire (b. 1896) October 4 – Jill Bennett, British actress (b. 1931) October 5 – Peter Taylor, English footballer and manager (b. 1928) October 7 – Rashid bin Said Al-Maktoum, vice-president and 2nd Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates and Emir (Ruler) of Dubai (b. 1912) October 8 – Juan José Arévalo, Guatemalan politician, 24th President of Guatemala (b. 1904) October 13 – Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911) October 14 – Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1918) October 15 – Delphine Seyrig, French actress (b. 1932) October 16 – Art Blakey, American jazz musician (b. 1919) October 20 – Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905) October 21 – Dany Chamoun, Lebanese politician (b. 1934) October 22 – Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918) October 26 Lawrence Andreasen, United States Olympic diver, killed in dive from Vincent Thomas Bridge (b. 1945) William S. Paley, American media executive (b. 1901) October 27 Xavier Cugat, American band leader (b. 1900) Jacques Demy, French film director (b. 1931) Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (b. 1922) October 29 – William French Smith, 74th United States Attorney General (b. 1917) November November 3 – Mary Martin, American actress and singer (b. 1913) November 4 – David Stirling, British army officer, founder of the SAS (b. 1915) November 5 – Meir Kahane, American rabbi and political figure (b. 1932) November 7 – Lawrence Durrell, British writer (b. 1912) November 11 Rusty Goodman, American Southern Gospel singer (b. 1933) Sadi Irmak, Turkish politician, 17th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1904) Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet (b. 1909) November 12 – Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908) November 13 – Don Chaffey, British film director (b. 1917) November 14 – Paula Nenette