- October 22
- Death of Ève Curie, French author, daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie (born 1904). [38]
- October 26
- Death of Friedman Paul Erhardt, German American pioneering television chef (born 1943). [38]
- Death of Chang Chi-Fu "Khun Sa", Burmese warlord and master of heroin trade in Burma/Myanmar up to 1996, in Yangon (Rangoon) at age 73 (born 1934). [38] [95.106]
- October 28
- Death of Porter Wagoner at age 80 of lung cancer; country music star (Grand Ole Opry, The Porter Wagoner Show TV show (1960-1981)). [38] [457]
- October 30
- Death of Robert Goulet AKA Stanley Applebaum at age 73; singer (Cross Canada Hit Parade TV show, Grammy award 1962, "My Love Forgive Me" album (1964)). [38] [457]
- November 1
- Death of Paul Tibbets, American general, pilot of the Enola Gay (born 1915). [38]
- November 2
- Death of S. P. Thamilselvan, Sri Lankan Tamil political leader (born 1967), in an air raid. [38] [95.54]
- November 6
- Death of Hank Thompson at 82 years of age; country singing star (29 songs in the country top ten, "A Six Pack to Go", "The Wild Side of Life", "Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart", "Rub-A-Dub-Dub", "Oklahoma Hills"). [457]
- November 8
- Death of Chad Varah, English Anglican priest, founder of the Samaritans (born 1911). [38]
- November 9
- Death of Luis Herrera Campins, 56th President of Venezuela (born 1925). [38]
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- November 10
- Death of Laraine Day at age 86; actress (Playhouse 90 TV show). [38] [457]
- Death of Norman Mailer, American writer, (born 1923); he won Pulitzer Prizes for The Armies of the Night, and The Executioner's Song. [38] [134.103]
- November 20
- Death of Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (born 1919). [38]
- November 24
- Death of Casey Calvert, American musician (Hawthorne Heights) (born 1981). [38]
- November 25
- Death of Kevin DuBrow, American musician (Quiet Riot) (born 1955). [38]
- November 27
- Death of Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of the beverage Gatorade (born 1927). [38]
- November 29
- Death of Henry Hyde, American politician (born 1924). [38]
- November 30
- Death of Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, of pulmonary fibrosis at age 69 (born 1938). [38] [102.101]
- December 1
- Death of Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (born 1929). [38]
- December 2
- Death of Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (born 1916). [38]
- Death of Les Shannon, English football player and manager (born 1926). [38]
- Death of Thomas Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologian (born 1913). [38]
- December 3
- Death of Daniele Emmanuello, Mafia godfather of Gela, Sicily, Italy; shot dead by police. [102.62]
- December 5
- 19-year old Robert A. Hawkins shoots eight people dead and injures five at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, then commits suicide. [38]
- December 9
- Death of Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (born 1931). [38]
- December 15
- Death of Julia Carson, American politician (born 1938). [38]
- December 16
- Death of Dan Fogelberg at age 56 of prostate cancer at his home in Maine, USA; singer, songwriter ("Leader of the Band", "Same Old Lang Syne"). [38] [457]
- December 18
- Death of Bill Strauss, American satirist, author and historian (born 1947). [38]
- December 20
- Death of Arabella Spencer-Churchill, English philanthropist (born 1949). [38]
- December 22
- Death of Chrysostomos I, Archbishop of Cyprus (born 1927). [38]
- Death of Julien Gracq, French writer (born 1910). [38]
- Death of Andrew Glyn, English economist (born 1943). [38]
- December 23
- Death of Oscar Peterson at age 82; jazz pianist (recorded over 90 albums, won Canada's Juno Award in 1987, Grammy in 1975, 1979, 1980, two in 1991). [38] [457]
- December 27
- Death of Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza?, a claimant to the Brazilian throne (born 1913). [38]
- At an election rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, former President Benazir Bhutto, leader of opposition Pakistan People's Party, is assassinated. At least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast. Ensuing violence leaves about 60 dead. [35] [38] [106.21,82]
- December 28
- Death of Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (born 1982). [38]
- December 29
- Death of Kevin Greening, former BBC Radio 1 DJ (born 1962). [38]
- Death of Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Yemeni political and tribal leader (born 1933). [38]
- December 31
- Death of Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect (born 1917). [38]
- Death of Bill Idelson at age 88; actor/writer (Vic and Sade radio show, Herman Glimscher - The Dick Van Dyke Show TV show, MASH, Andy Griffith, Happy Days, The Flintstones). [457]
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