Vernon Bellecourt, 75, longtime American Indian Movement leader who fought the use of American Indian nicknames for sports teams; Oct. 13, in Minneapolis, of pneumonia complications.
Joey Bishop, 89, long-faced comedian and last surviving member of the Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra’s celebrated retinue of the 1960s; Oct. 17, in Newport Beach, Calif., of multiple causes.
Teresa Brewer, 76, singer who topped the charts in the 1950s with such hits as “Music! Music! Music!” and “Till I Waltz Again with You” and performed with jazz legends Count Basie and Duke Ellington; Oct. 17, in New Rochelle, N.Y., of a neuromuscular disease.
Carol Bruce, 87, actress perhaps best-known for her role as Mama Carlson on television’s “WKRP in Cincinnati”; Oct. 9, in Los Angeles.
Margaret Carson, 96, widely regarded as the leading lady of classical music publicists in New York, who shepherded a generation of singers through the Metropolitan Opera and guided the career of Leonard Bernstein; Oct. 11, in New York.
Sri Chinmoy, 76, spiritual leader who spread his message of world peace and harmony at concerts and road races and once led meditation groups at the United Nations; Oct. 11, in New York, of a heart attack.
Adm. William Crowe, 82, submarine officer who rose to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and served as ambassador to Great Britain; Oct. 18, in Bethesda, Md.
David Currie, 71, longtime University of Chicago law professor and author of books on constitutional history; Oct. 15, in Chicago, of pneumonia.
Herman Divito, 86, construction company owner and longtime member and chairman of the Des Plaines Plan Commission; Oct. 13, in La Grange, of natural causes.
Kenneth Douglas, 85, former chairman and CEO of Dean Foods; Oct. 10, in La Grange, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Lucky Dube, 43, South African reggae star; Oct. 18, in suburban Johannesburg, of gunshot wounds in an apparent carjacking attempt.
John Michael Fitzgerald, 57, third-generation electrician who led Chicago’s 17,000-member International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local for 11 years; Oct. 13, in Chicago, of liver disease complications.
Adrienne Frazier, 96, artist and longtime Aurora art instructor; Oct. 14, in Aurora, of diabetes complications.
Rosemary Freling, 76, creator of antique porcelain doll reproductions and owner of Rosemary’s Babies Inc., a doll company; Oct. 11, in Berwyn, of kidney failure.
Albert Gerbie, 79, retired Northwestern University medical school professor whose research helped make amniocentesis an accepted procedure for pregnant women; Oct. 15, in Highland Park, of esophageal cancer complications.
Anne Guinta, 83, former owner of the Sammies chain of fast-food restaurants; Oct. 12, in Chicago, after a stroke.
Dr. Daniel Gunther, 49, physician who oversaw treatment meant to stunt the growth of a brain-damaged 9-year-old to improve her quality of life; Sept. 30, in Seattle, a suicide.
Nolan Herndon, 88, navigator-bombardier in the Doolittle Raiders who was held captive in the Soviet Union after participating in the bombing run on Japan that gave Americans a morale boost four months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor; Oct. 7, in Columbia, S.C., of pneumonia.
Deborah Kerr, 86, versatile British actress who shared one of Hollywood’s most famous kisses while portraying an Army officer’s unhappy wife in “From Here to Eternity” and danced with the Siamese monarch in “The King and I”; Oct. 16, in Suffolk, England.
Alec Kessler, 40, Georgia basketball star who played for the Miami Heat before becoming an orthopedic surgeon; Oct. 14, in Pensacola, Fla., apparently after a heart attack.
Robert Kruml, 85, former printing manager at Illinois Bell Co.; Sept. 11, in Naples, Fla., of a heart attack.
Henry Kutsch, 84, Ravenswood Hospital administrator who oversaw the facility’s expansion into a full medical center and teaching institution; Oct. 14, in Glenview, of cancer complications.
Doris Moderow, 83, longtime Chicago Public Schools teacher; Sept. 30, in Chicago, of stroke complications.
John Pritscher, 67, former Roman Catholic priest who took up the cause of affordable housing and for 20 years ran Community Investment Corp., which provides loans to renovate multi-unit buildings for low-income residents; Oct. 13, in Chicago, of prostate cancer complications.
Werner von Trapp, 91, member of the musical family made famous by the 1965 movie “The Sound of Music”; Oct. 11, in Waitsfield, Vt.
Ernest Withers, 85, photographer who spent more than 60 years documenting history from the blues music of Beale Street to the civil rights movement; Oct. 15, in Memphis, of stroke complications.
Robert Young III, 83, one of the St. Louis area’s most influential political voices, who served Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District as a Democratic member of the House through the 1980s; Oct. 17, in St. Louis.
