Events in Film & TV
Film & TV History
Oct 1 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex sue British newspaper The Mail on Sunday claiming it published her private letter
Film & TV History
Oct 16 Netflix reveals its most popular original movie was Sandra Bullock's "Bird Box" and TV series "Stranger Things" for the year
Music History
Oct 17 Lana Del Rey's ballad "Video Games" named song of the decade at Q Awards in London
Deaths in Film & TV
Rip Taylor (1931-2019)
Oct 6 American actor and comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show), dies at 88
Robert Evans (1930-2019)
Oct 26 American producer and actor (Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown), dies at 89
- Oct 29 Barry Frank, American television sports impresario (CBS, ABC and IMG), dies of pulmonary problems at 87
- Oct 29 John Witherspoon, American actor (Friday), dies at 77
- Oct 30 Bernard Slade [Newbound], Canadian screenwriter (The Flying Nun; The Partridge Family), and playwright (Same Time, Next Year; Romantic Comedy), dies of Lewy body dementia at 89
- Oct 30 Ron Fairly, American baseball utility and broadcaster (MLB All Star 1973, 77; LA Dodgers, Montreal Expos; Seattle Mariners), dies from cancer at 81
- Oct 31 (Elizabeth) Ann Crumb, American stage and screen actress and singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 69