August 5 – Eugen Suchoň, Slovak composer (b. 1908) August 10 Euronymous, Norwegian guitarist (b. 1968) Irene Sharaff, American costume designer (b. 1910) August 16 – Stewart Granger, Anglo-American actor (b. 1913) August 19 – Salah Jadid, Syrian general and Ba'athist politician (b. 1926) August 21 – Kasdi Merbah, Algerian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Algeria (b. 1938) August 22 – Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Kazakh Soviet communist politician (b. 1912) August 26 − Roy Raymond, American entrepreneur (b. 1947) August 28 – E. P. Thompson, English historian and activist (b. 1924) August 30 – Richard Jordan, American actor (b. 1937) September September 1 – Hasan Abdullayev, Azerbaijani physicist and scientist (b. 1918) September 4 – Hervé Villechaize, French-born actor (b. 1943) September 5 – Baek Du-jin, Korean politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) (b. 1908) September 7 – Christian Metz, French film theorist (b. 1931) September 9 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (b. 1920) September 11 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b. 1912) September 12 Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor (b. 1917) Charles Lamont, Russian-born film director (b. 1895) September 15 Pino Puglisi, Italian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1937) Maurice Yaméogo, Burkinabé statesman, 1st President of Upper Volta, current Burkina Faso (b. 1921) September 16 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian political activist, artist, and educator (b. 1920) September 20 – Erich Hartmann, German World War II fighter pilot, highest-scoring fighter ace in world history (b. 1922) September 22 Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born American conductor (b. 1903) Nina Berberova, Russian writer (b. 1901) September 24 Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian-Soviet nuclear physicist (b. 1913) Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer (b. 1957) September 27 – Jimmy Doolittle, American aviation pioneer (b. 1896) September 29 – Gordon Douglas, American film director (b. 1907) October October 5 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1905) October 7 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (b. 1910) October 11 – Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933) October 12 – Leon Ames, American actor (b. 1903) October 17 – Criss Oliva, American metal guitarist (b. 1963) October 21 – Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician, 4th President of Burundi (b. 1953) October 22 Jiří Hájek, Czech politician and diplomat (b. 1913) Said Mohamed Jaffar, former head of State of Comoros (b. 1918) October 25 Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer (b. 1958) Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911) October 26 – František Filipovský, Czech actor (b. 1907) October