Events in Film & TV
Sports History
Oct 5 Russell Crowe owned South Sydney Rabbitohs beat Canterbury Bulldogs, 30-6 to break 43 year drought and win National Rugby League (Australia) Premiership
Weddings in Film & TV
Scarlett Johansson
Oct 1 Actress Scarlett Johansson (30) weds advertising agency owner Romain Dauriac in Philipsburg, Montana
- Oct 18 "Glee" TV star Matthew Morrison (35) weds Renee Puente at a private home on the island of Maui
Deaths in Film & TV
- Oct 1 Lynsey de Paul, British singer and actress (Sugar Me), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 66
- Oct 5 Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, choreographer, singer, director and painter (Annie; The Wiz), dies at 84
- Oct 9 Jan Hooks, American comedienne and actress (SNL, 1986-94; Designing Women, 1991-93; 3rd Rock from the Sun, 1996-2000), dies of throat cancer at 57
- Oct 18 Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer, dies of cancer at 32
- Oct 20 Lili Carati, Miss Italy 1975 and actress (Alcove), dies at 58
- Oct 24 Marcia Strassman, American actress (M*A*S*H; Welcome Back, Kotter - "Julie Kotter"), dies from breast cancer at 66
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