English naturalist, farmer and prolific ruralist (b. 1895) August 16 – Elvis Presley, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1935) August 17 – Delmer Daves, American screenwriter and director (b. 1904) August 19 – Groucho Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1890) August 22 – Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918) August 23 – Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor (b. 1890) August 29 – Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923) September September 1 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896) September 4 – E. F. Schumacher, German statistician and economist (b. 1885) September 6 – John Edensor Littlewood, British mathematician (b. 1885) September 8 – Zero Mostel, American actor (b. 1915) September 10 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (b. 1901) September 12 – Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (b. 1946) September 13 – Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882) September 16 Marc Bolan, British singer and guitarist (b. 1947) Maria Callas, Greek soprano (b. 1923) September 18 – Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888) September 29 – Robert McKimson, American animator and director (b. 1910) October October 3 – Tay Garnett, American film director (b. 1894) October 10 – Jean Duvieusart, Belgian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1900) October 12 – Dorothy Davenport, American actress (b. 1895) October 14 – Bing Crosby, American pop singer and actor (b. 1903) October 17 – Sir Michael Balcon, English film producer (b. 1896) October 20 – Three members of American rock group, Lynyrd Skynyrd, killed in plane crash: Ronnie Van Zant, lead singer (b. 1948) Cassie Gaines, lead singer (b. 1948) Steve Gaines, lead singer and guitarist (b. 1949) October 25 – Félix Gouin, French Socialist politician (b. 1884) October 27 James M. Cain, American writer (b. 1892) Miguel Mihura, Spanish playwright (b. 1905) November November 3 – Florence Vidor, American actress (b. 1895) November 4 – Betty Balfour, English screen actress (b. 1902) November 5 René Goscinny, French comic book writer (b. 1926) Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American bandleader (b. 1902) November 9 – Gertrude Astor, American actress (b. 1887) November 10 – Dennis Wheatley, English writer (b. 1897) November 14 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader (b. 1896) Ferdinand Heim, German general, branded the "Scapegoat of Stalingrad" (b. 1897) November 15 – Princess Charlotte of Monaco (b. 1898) November 18 Victor Francen, Belgian actor (b. 1888) Kurt Schuschnigg, 11th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897) November