28 Doris Duke, American heiress and philanthropist (b. 1912) Juri Lotman, Russian formalist critic, semiotician, and culturologist (b. 1922) October 31 Federico Fellini, Italian film director (b. 1920) Paul Grégoire, Archbishop of Montreal (b. 1911) River Phoenix, American actor (b. 1970) November November 1 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1905) November 3 – Leon Theremin, inventor of the theremin (b. 1896) November 7 – Adelaide Hall, American jazz singer, entertainer (b. 1901) November 9 – Stanley Myers, British film composer (b. 1930) November 10 – Alberto Breccia, Argentine comics artist and writer (b. 1919) November 12 Bill Dickey, American baseball player (b. 1907) H. R. Haldeman, American political aide and businessman (b. 1926) Anna Sten, Ukrainian-born American actress (b. 1908) November 14 – Sanzō Nosaka, Japanese Communist politician (b. 1892) November 15 – Luciano Leggio, Italian mobster (b. 1925) November 16 Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (b. 1939) Evelyn Venable, American actress (b. 1913) November 18 – Fritz Feld, German actor (b. 1900) November 19 – Leonid Gaidai, Soviet and Russian comedy film director (b. 1923) November 20 – Emile Ardolino, American film director (b. 1943) November 21 – Bill Bixby, American actor (b. 1934) November 22 Anthony Burgess, English author (b. 1917) Joseph Yodoyman, Chadian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Chad (b. 1950) November 24 – Albert Collins, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1932) November 28 – Kenneth Connor, English comedian (b. 1916) November 29 – J. R. D. Tata, Indian aviator and businessman (b. 1904) December December 2 – Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (b. 1949) December 4 – Frank Zappa, American guitarist and composer (b. 1940) December 5 – Alexandre Trauner, Hungarian set designer (b. 1906) December 6 – Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908) December 7 Wolfgang Paul, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) Félix Houphouët-Boigny, 1st President of Ivory Coast (b. 1905) December 9 – Danny Blanchflower, Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager (b. 1926) December 11 – Elvira Popescu, Romanian-French actress (b. 1894) December 12 – József Antall, 53rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1932) December 14 – Myrna Loy, American actress (b. 1905) December 15 – Penaia Ganilau, 1st President of Fiji (b. 1918) December 16 Charles Willard Moore, American architect (b. 1925) Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918) Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929) December