Famous People Who Died in October 2002

Oct 11 Dina Pathak [Ghandi], Indian Gujarati theatre actress, director and activist (President-National Federation of Indian Women), dies of a heart attack at 80
Oct 12 Audrey Mestre, French diver (b. 1974)
Oct 12 Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician (Ray Conniff Singers), dies at 85
Oct 13 Dennis Patrick, American actor (Dear Dead Delilah, Dallas, Rituals), dies in a house fire at 84
Oct 13 Keene Curtis, American character actor (The Rothschilds, Cheers, Amanda's), dies at 79

Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002)

Oct 13 American historian (Band of Brothers), dies of lung cancer at 66

Oct 14 Bill Green, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1978-93), dies of cancer at 72
Oct 14 Norbert Schultze, German songwriter (Lili Marleen), opera and film score composer and reformed propagandist, dies at 91
Oct 16 Angela Dawson, American murder victim
Oct 17 (George) Derek Bell, Northern Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist, and composer (The Chieftans; "Three Images of Ireland in Druid Times"), dies of a heart attack at 66 [1]
Oct 17 Aileen Riggin, American diver (Olympic gold 3m springboard 1920, 24), dies at 96
Oct 17 Fred Scolari, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1952, 53; Washington Capitols; Baltimore Bullets), dies at 80
Oct 18 Kam Fong Chun, American actor (Hawaii Five-0, Magnum, P.I.), dies of lung cancer at 84
Oct 18 Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33), dies at 70
Oct 18 Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (b. 1950)
Oct 18 Wynand Breytenbach, South African soldier and politician, Deputy Minister of Defense (1986-94), dies at 67
Oct 19 Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Mexican pioneering artistic photographer, dies at 100 [1]
Oct 20 Barbara Berjer, American soap opera actress (Another World), dies at 82
Oct 20 Bernard Fresson, French actor (Hiroshima Mon Amour), dies at 71
Oct 22 Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (b. 1915)

Adolph Green (1914-2002)

Oct 23 American screenwriter (On The Town; Singin' in the Rain), lyricist ("Bells Are Ringing"; "Just In Time"), and playwright (It's Always Fair Weather) - all usually with collaborator Betty Comden, dies at 87

Oct 23 Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, British historian, dies at 96
Oct 23 Marianne Hoppe, German theater and film actress (Der Schimmelreiter), dies at 93
Oct 23 Richard Helms, American intelligence official (CIA head 1966-73), dies at 89
Oct 24 Harry Hay, American activist (b. 1912)
Oct 24 Herman Gaviria, Colombian football player (b. 1969)
Oct 24 Mary Jeanette "Peggy" Moran, American actress (Double Date, Horror Island), dies from injuries at 84
Oct 24 Winton M. Blount, United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
Oct 25 Paul Wellstone, American politician (Sen-D-Minnesota 1991-2002), dies in a plane crash at 58

Richard Harris (1930-2002)

Oct 25 Irish actor (A Man Called Horse, This Sporting Life) and singer ("MacArthur Park"), dies of Hodgkin's disease at 72

Oct 26 Jacques Massu, French general who led Battle of Algiers, dies at 94
Oct 26 Movsar Barayev, Chechen Islamist militia leader during the Second Chechen War, dies at 23
Oct 27 Charles O. Whitley, American politician (Rep-D-NC, 1977-87), dies at 75
Oct 27 Tom Dowd, American recording engineer and producer (innovator of multitrack recording), dies of emphysema at 77
Oct 28 Erling Persson, Swedish entrepreneur (H&M stores), dies at 85
Oct 28 Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898)
Oct 29 Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
Oct 30 Jam Master Jay [Jason Mizell], American rapper and musician (Run-DMC), fatally shot by an unknown assailant at 37
Oct 30 Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
Oct 30 Rudolf Brucci [Bruči], Italian-Croatian composer (Gilgamesh; Lesta), and educator, dies at 85
Oct 30 William Mitchell, British physicist, dies at 77
Oct 31 Lionel Poilâne, French baker and entrepreneur, dies at 57
Oct 31 Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician and 1st President of Greece, dies at 99
Oct 31 Raf Vallone, Italian actor (A View From the Bridge), dies at 86