October 1999 in Film & Television

Weddings in Film & TV

Rob Thomas

Oct 2 "Matchbox Twenty" lead singer Rob Thomas (27) weds model Marisol Maldonado in Santa Ynez, California

  • Oct 9 "Pretty in Pink" actor Andrew McCarthy (36) weds Carol Schneider

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Oct 1 Noel Johnson, British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash), dies at 82
  • Oct 6 Gorilla Monsoon, American pro wrestler (Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame) and commentator (WWF), dies from heart failure at 62
  • Oct 7 Deryck Guyler, British actor (Please Sir!; Sykes), dies at 85
  • Oct 14 Richard B Shull, American character actor (Diana, Holmes & Yoyo), dies at 70
  • Oct 16 Jean Shepherd, American writer and actor (A Christmas Story), dies at 78
  • Oct 26 Hoyt Axton, American songwriter, singer ("No No Song"; "Joy To The World"; "I've Never Been To Spain"), and actor (McCloud; Gremlins; The Rousters), dies of a heart attack at 61
  • Oct 27 Lois Collier [Madelyn Earle Jones], American actress (A Night in Casablanca, Boston Blackie, Slave Girl), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 80