Deaths in 2002 - October 2002

October 2002

• 1 Walter Annenberg, 94, publisher and philanthropist.
• 2 Heinz von Foerster, 90, physicist and philosopher, one of the founders of constructivism.
• 2 Alexander Sinclair, 91, Canadian ice hockey player.
• 3 Gwen Araujo, 27, American transgendered murder victim.
• 3 John Erritt, 71, British civil servant.
• 3 Bruce Paltrow, 58, television and film producer, father of actress Gwyneth Paltrow with Blythe Danner.
• 4 Alphonse Chapanis, a founder of ergonomics.
• 4 Barbara Fawkes, 87, British nurse.
• 4 Ahmad Mahmoud, 70, Iranian novelist.
• 6 Claus von Amsberg, 76, diplomat; husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
• 9 Aileen Wuornos, 46, convicted of killing six men, lethal injection.
• 12 Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick, 89. British general.
• 12 Audrey Mestre, 28, French world record-setting free diver.
• 12 Nozomi Momoi, 24, Japanese AV idol.
• 12 Sidney W. Pink, 86, American movie director and producer.
• 13 Stephen Ambrose, 66, historian and author of "Band of Brothers".
• 17 Derek Bell, 66, member of The Chieftains, harpist.
• 17 Henri Renaud, 67, French jazz pianist and record company executive.
• 18 Roman Tam, 52, Hong Kong canto-pop singer.
• 19 Manuel Alvarez Bravo, 100, pre-eminent Mexican photographer.
• 20 Barbara Berjer, 82, soap opera actress for over thirty years.
• 20 Elisabeth Furse, 92, German-born British war-time agent.
• 21 Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota, 83, British politician.
• 22 Richard Helms, 89, former CIA director.
• 23 David Henry Lewis, 85, New Zealand sailor and adventurer.
• 24 Winton M. Blount, 81, last United States Postmaster General to have served in a Presidential Cabinet.
• 24 Adolph Green, 87, American lyricist and playwright.
• 24 Harry Hay, 90, US gay rights activist and Mattachine Society founder.
• 24 Mike Webster, 50, American football player.
• 25 Richard Harris, 72, (Hodgkin's disease), Irish actor & singer.
• 25 Paul Wellstone, 58, United States Senator.
• 28 Margaret Booth, 104, Academy Award-winning film editor.
• 29 Chang-Lin Tien, educator, 7th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.
• 30 Jam Master Jay, 37, DJ of Run DMC, murdered.
• 31 Yuri Ahronovitch, 70, Russian conductor.
• 31 Sir Napier Crookenden, 87, British Army general.
• 31 Baroness Hylton-Foster, 94, British peer.