Hi, Folks -

As reported by Wikipedia:

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Oct 5:

Rod Temperton, 66, English keyboardist (Heatwave) and songwriter ("Rock with You", "Give Me the Night", "Thriller"), cancer.[291] (death announced on this date)

Oct 8:

Gary Dubin, 57, American actor (The Partridge Family, The Aristocats, Diamonds Are Forever), bone cancer.

Don Ciccone, 70, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Critters, The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells).

Oct 12:

John Vulich, 55, American makeup artist and special effects technician (Babylon 5, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

Dylan Rieder, 28, American skateboarder and model, leukemia.

Robert Bateman, 80, American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman"), heart attack.

Oct 16:

Jia Jia, 38, Chinese giant panda, euthanized. (At the time of her death she was the oldest giant panda in captivity.)

Oct 17:

Eddie Applegate, 81, American actor (The Patty Duke Show, Easy A, A Ticklish Affair).

Oct 19:

Phil Chess, 95, Polish-born American record producer and company executive (Chess Records).

Oct 23:

Tom Hayden, 76, American writer and activist (Chicago Seven), member of the California Senate (1992-2000). (Once husband to Jane Fonda.)

Oct 24:

Bobby Vee, 73, American pop singer ("Rubber Ball", "Take Good Care of My Baby"), Alzheimer's disease.

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