Famous People Who Died in October 1972

Oct 1 Louis Leakey, British paleoanthropologist and archaeologist (Olduvai Gorge; 1964 Richard Hooper Medal), dies at 68

Oct 4 Colin Gordon, British actor (The Pink Panther, Casino Royale), dies at 61
Oct 5 Ivan Yefremov, Russian paleontologist (originator of the concept of taphonomy) and author (Andromeda Nebula), dies at 64
Oct 6 Cliff Hall [Robert Clifford Hall], American actor (At This Moment, Dutch Treat, Crime Photographer), dies at 78
Oct 9 Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter, dies at 72
Oct 9 Miriam Hopkins, actress (Carrie, Barbary Coast), dies at 69
Oct 12 (Wilfred) "Billy" Williams, American pop singer ("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter"), dies at 61
Oct 14 Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68
Oct 16 Leo G. Carroll, British actor (Topper; Strangers On A Train; Man From U.N.C.L.E.), dies at 85
Oct 16 Hale Boggs, U.S. Congressman from Louisiana (b. 1914)
Oct 17 Walter "Turk" Broda, Canadian ice hockey goaltender, 5x Stanley Cup, 2x Vezina Trophy (Toronto Maple Leafs, 1935-51), dies of a heart attack at 58
Oct 17 George, Crown Prince of Serbia, eldest son of King Peter I, dies at 85
Oct 18 Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies
Oct 18 Esma Cannon, Australian-born actress (Sailor Beware!), dies at 66
Oct 20 Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (Sun's position in galaxy), dies at 86
Oct 22 Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits), dies at 82

Oct 24 Jackie Robinson, 1st African American baseball player (Bkln Dodgers), dies at 53

Oct 25 Norman Norell [Levinson], US fashion designer, dies at 72
Oct 25 Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (Southern 500, 1950), dies in a car accident at 54

Oct 26 Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83

Oct 27 Lew Parker [Austin Lewis Jacobs], American actor (Are You with It?, That Girl), dies from cancer at 64
Oct 30 Alan Roth, American orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
Oct 30 Philip H. Frohman, American architect (Washington National Cathedral), dies at 84
Oct 31 Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)