Patrick Caulfield (69) British artist noted for his spare, precise studies of interiors and still lifes. Caulfield came up in the '60s generation of artists, and his bold images were often associated with Pop Art. He died in London, England on September 29, 2005.

Helen Cresswell (71) popular, prolific British author of children's books and the creator of Lizzie Dripping and the eccentric Bagthorpe family. Cresswell published more than 100 books for children and wrote the screenplays for several children's TV series, including E. Nesbit's Five Children & It and The Phoenix & the Carpet. Her Lizzie Dripping series, which began in 1973 and continued into the '90s, made her one of the most popular children's writers of her generation. She won a BAFTA Children's Writer Award. She died of cancer in Eakring, England on September 26, 2005.

John Charles McCabe 3rd (84) Shakespearean scholar and show business biographer whose 1961 book on Laurel & Hardy (called Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy) was considered the definitive work that brought the comedy duo the critical respect that had eluded them and helped to cement their reputation as the greatest comedy duo of the 20th century. McCabe also created the Sons of the Desert, a Laurel & Hardy fan appreciation club that went far beyond the typical fan club. He was a longtime professor at Lake Superior State University and wrote 10 other books, including biographies of Charlie Chaplin and George M. Cohan. He died of congestive heart failure in Petoskey, Michigan on September 27, 2005.

Ronald Pearsall (77) British literary jack-of-all-trades who wrote on matters as diverse as antique dolls and the history of monarchy and published children's books, thrillers, and even pornography. But Pearsall was best known as a historian of Victorian subculture. He died in Truro, England on September 27, 2005.

Mary Lee Settle (87) novelist and founder of the Pen/Faulkner award for fiction. Settle founded the annual award in 1981 to honor the best work of fiction by an American author. She was perhaps best known for The Beulah Quintet, a five-book series that traces a family's history from 17th century England to West Virginia in the 1980s. Settle died of lung cancer in Ivy, Virginia on September 27, 2005.

Ben C. Deane (92) innovative developer-builder whose homes helped to define the California style in home building in the '60s in Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, and other master-planned communities. Deane was inducted into the National Housing Hall of Fame in 1982 and was on a list of America's 100 most influential leaders of the 20th century in Builders magazine, which noted that he was one of the first builders to use a team of architects, engineers, and designers to create homes. He died of Parkinson's disease in Napa, California on October 1, 2005.

Richard B. Dunn (77) former director of one of the nation's major solar observatories and a pioneer in the development of optical solar telescopes. Dunn directed the US Air Force's Sacramento Peak Observatory and designed and developed the 356-foot-tall Vacuum Tower Telescope (put into service in 1969 and named for him upon his retirement), which set the standard for several generations of solar physicists and instrument builders. He helped to design the Kitt Peak telescope, consulted on the construction of other telescopes around the world, and did important work in the field of space weather. He died of a heart attack in Las Cruces, New Mexico on September 28, 2005.

Jim Eure (87) founder of the popular Mr. Gatti's pizza chain, a top-five pizza chain in the '80s, who began his career in the '60s when he opened a small hamburger and pizza joint in his hometown of Stephenville, Texas, then opened the Pizza Place in Austin. Eure soon built a chain of 18 restaurants in 1974 but held onto a couple of franchises, and reportedly helped out Willie Nelson by buying some of his Texas property when the country singer ran into financial and tax troubles in the '90s. Eure died of heart failure in Austin, Texas on September 25, 2005.

Dr. Diane Fink (69) oncologist who spearheaded national cancer prevention and education programs. Fink was credited with decreasing the rate of cancer in the US and improving the quality of life of cancer patients. She died of a heart attack while attending an American Cancer Society meeting in Oakland, California on September 30, 2005.

Donald R. F. Harleman (82) civil engineer who pioneered the study of the flow of contaminants through bodies of water and advised agencies that cleaned up Boston Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, and bodies of water in several developing countries. Harleman was a veteran faculty member at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was regarded as a leader in fluid mechanics. He consulted regularly on projects to decontaminate water sources in Brazil, India, China, and Mexico, among other countries. He died of cancer on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts on September 28, 2005.

Austin Leslie (71) New Orleans chef whose Chez Helene soul food restaurant inspired the TV show Frank's Place in the '80s. Leslie was well known in New Orleans, with his trademark white ship captain's hat, for his restaurant hideaway that drew people from around the city for Leslie's fried chicken, stuffed peppers, gumbo, and a variety of seafood dishes. But he had to close the restaurant in 1994. He died of a heart attack in Atlanta, Georgia where he had gone after being rescued from Hurricane Katrina, on September 29, 2005.

Sir Edwin A. G. Manton (96) British art patron almost unknown in Britain before the '90s, when he came to public attention after donating £12 million to the Tate Gallery—one of the largest private donations it had ever received. Manton's identity was disclosed in 1994 when he was knighted for charitable services to the gallery. He made his fortune in the American insurance market, having been one of the founders of the American International Group Inc., and was elected to the American Insurance Hall of Fame. He died in New York City on October 1, 2005.

Dr. M. Scott Peck (69) psychiatrist and a founding father of the genre of self-help books, best known for writing the blockbuster best-seller The Road Less Traveled, which has sold more than 6 million copies in North America, has been translated into 20 languages, and has made 258 appearances on the New York Times best-seller list. Peck wrote numerous other books including People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, Meditations from the Road, and Further Along the Road Less Traveled. Peck died of pancreatic and liver duct cancer in Connecticut on September 25, 2005.

Leo Sternbach (97) award-winning chemist and inventor of a new class of tranquilizers that included Valium, one of the first major lifestyle drugs and the most prescribed drug in the US (1969-82). Sternbach died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on September 30, 2005.

Michael Wittenberg (43) investment advisor and husband of Broadway musical-theater star Bernadette Peters, who met her by happenstance in front of her apartment building in New York and married her in 1996 at the home of longtime Peters friend Mary Tyler Moore. Wittenberg was killed in a helicopter crash while on a business trip, in Podgorica, Montenegro on September 26, 2005.

Urie Bronfenbrenner (88) Cornell University professor emeritus who helped to found the national Head Start program, the federal child development program for low-income children and their families. Bronfenbrenner was credited with creating the interdisciplinary domain of human ecology and widely regarded as one of the world's leading scholars in developmental psychology and child-rearing. He died of diabetes in Ithaca, New York on September 25, 2005.

Benjamin DeMott (81) prominent writer, scholar, and cultural critic whose work explored the mythology that underpins contemporary American life, especially collective ideas about race, class, and sex. DeMott had been an emeritus professor of English at Amherst College for nearly 40 years and was best known for a trilogy that examined cultural beliefs in three sensitive areas: The Imperial Middle: Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Class (1990), The Trouble with Friendship: Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Race (1995), and Killer Woman Blues: Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Gender & Power (2000). He died of cardiac arrest in Worthington, Massachusetts on September 29, 2005.

Steven P. Frankino (69) former law school dean and professor at Catholic University of America and the university's general counsel (1979-86). Frankino also was dean of the law school at Villanova University and remained on the Villanova faculty until his death. He died of lung cancer in Wayne, Pennsylvania on September 26, 2005.

Monika K. H. Hellwig (74) former nun and respected theologian who defended Catholic intellectualism against a Vatican crackdown. Hellwig was head of the Association of Catholic Colleges & Universities from 1996 until August 2005. She died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Washington, DC on September 30, 2005.

Don Adams (82) beloved actor and pop culture icon who became most famous for portraying the bumbling Bondesque Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the '60s TV series Get Smart. Adams won three consecutive comedy actor Emmys (1967-69). He also voiced cartoon characters, including Inspector Gadget and Tennessee Tuxedo, He died of a lung infection in Los Angeles, California on September 25, 2005.

Georges Arvanitas (74) European jazz master whose fluid technique, delicacy of touch, and apparently effortless command of diverse styles made him a favorite accompanist for American jazz stars visiting France. Arvanitas was also a composer and bandleader in his own right. He played blues with T-Bone Walker, romantic ballads with Ben Webster, and bebop with Johnny Griffin. He died in Paris, France on September 25, 2005.

Barry Boesch (51) executive editor of the Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle who spent much of his almost 30-year journalism career with the Dallas Morning News. Boesch joined the Record-Chronicle as executive editor in 2001 and held the post until his death from a brain tumor in Dallas, Texas on September 29, 2005.

Sally Ann Bowman (18) aspiring British model who attracted attention from several designers at the Alternative Fashion Show in London, where she made her modeling debut. Bowman was found sexually assaulted and stabbed to death near her home in Croydon, South London, England on September 25, 2005.

David Case (73) classically trained London-born actor who recorded more than 700 books on audiotape. Case's 20-year recording career largely ended in 2000 when he developed throat cancer. He died in El Sobrante, California on October 1, 2005.

Sig Frohlich (97) bit-part actor for much of his long career in Hollywood who played messengers, waiters, callboys, clerks, and soldiers, rarely earning even a flicker of recognition from viewers over 50 years. But Frohlich achieved some lasting celebrity as one of the winged monkeys in The Wizard of Oz (1939; despite the fact that he was completely disguised in a monkey costume and uttered no words on screen). He was Mickey Rooney's stand-in on the set of numerous films and TV shows. Frohlich died of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California on September 30, 2005.

Sam Goldaper (83) retired reporter for the New York Times who covered sports for New York newspapers for nearly half a century. Goldaper joined the Times in 1967, covering high school sports, and later focused on pro and college basketball, writing on the Knicks for many years. He died of a stroke in Plainview, Long Island, New York on October 1, 2005.

Ronald Golias (76) popular comedian and pioneer of Brazilian TV who broke onto the national stage in the '50s on Happiness Plaza, a series of comedy sketches. Golias also won fans as the dim-witted Bronco on the sitcom The Trapo Family with rising star Jo Soares (now a popular late-night talk show host known as Brazil's Johnny Carson). Golias died of multiple organ failure in São Paulo, Brazil on September 27, 2005.

Jerry Juhl (67) head writer for The Muppet Show and cocreator of Fraggle Rock. Juhl became the first full-time employee of Jim Henson Co. in 1961 after meeting Henson at a puppeteer's convention and spent six years writing for Sesame Street. He cowrote The Muppet Movie, wrote the screenplay for The Muppet Christmas Carol, and won two Emmys for his work. He died of cancer in San Francisco, California on September 27, 2005.

Al Lewis (97) former award-winning sound engineer for movie theaters who equipped Radio City Music Hall in New York, the Samuel Goldwyn Theater at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and many old Hollywood movie palaces. The Academy awarded Lewis a medal of commendation and the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers gave him the Samuel L. Warner Award for his lifetime work. He died of kidney failure in Cupertino, California on September 25, 2005.

Steve Marcus (66) jazz saxophonist who recorded and toured with Stan Kenton, Herbie Mann, and Buddy Rich and was a pioneer of the jazz fusion movement of the late '60s, a musical movement that combined elements of rock 'n' roll and jazz. Marcus had been touring lately with the quintet Steve Smith & Buddy's Buddies, a tribute band to the music of Buddy Rich. He died in his sleep in New Hope, Pennsylvania on September 25, 2005.

David Nillo (89) founding member of American Ballet Theater and a dancer in many musical theater productions. Nillo was a versatile man of the theater, at home in ballet and modern dance, and in Broadway and film musicals. He devoted much of his career to musical theater, dancing on Broadway in shows like Great to Be Alive and Out of This World (both 1950), Maggie (1953), and Goldilocks (1958) and in the 1956 movie version of The Vagabond King. Nillo died in Los Angeles, California on September 28, 2005.

Brian Roylance (60) British publisher whose company, Genesis Publications, turned rock into history with hand-crafted, autographed limited editions of musicians' memoirs and photography collections. Genesis published books by George Harrison and Ringo Starr and numerous other Beatles-related books, and photography books devoted to Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, the Who, and Pink Floyd. Roylance died during a soccer game with friends, apparently of a heart attack, in Guildford, England on September 27, 2005.

Frank C. Conahan (72) former assistant comptroller general at the General Accounting Office in the '80s and '90s. Conahan testified more than 150 times before congressional committees, identifying waste, fraud, and ill-conceived federal initiatives. He also reported on failed government attempts to stop the cocaine trade and uncovered federally funded radiological, chemical, and biological experiments on humans. He was known for his lack of fear in standing up to generals, senators, or Cabinet secretaries while still managing to retain their respect. He died of liver failure in Bowie, Maryland on September 28, 2005.

Robert Hanson (85) last surviving crew member of the famed Memphis Belle B-17 bomber that flew combat missions over Europe during World War II. Hanson was the radio operator on the Memphis Belle, which flew 25 combat missions over Germany and France while escaping some close calls. He died of congestive heart failure in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 1, 2005.

W. Paul Martin (85) four-term mayor of Salisbury, Maryland who helped to usher in the city's rapid commercial and residential growth. Martin was elected to his first term in 1982 and served for 16 years—the longest tenure in the city's history—before retiring in 1998. He died in Salisbury, Maryland on October 1, 2005.

Barbara McMartin (73) Adirondack expert who wrote more than two dozen books on New York's North Country and numerous magazine and newspaper articles. McMartin was widely respected by state agency officials and environmentalists alike for her knowledge of the Adirondacks. She was an advocate of forest preservation who contributed policy initiatives to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. She died of cancer on Canada Lake on the southern edge of Adirondack Park in Fulton County, New York on September 27, 2005.

Constance Motley (84) federal judge who as a young lawyer represented Rev, Martin Luther King Jr. and played a pivotal role in the nation's civil rights struggle. Motley became the first black woman appointed to the federal bench in 1966 and in her early career fought racism in many of the nation's landmark segregation cases, including representing Freedom Riders who rode buses to test the Supreme Court's 1960 ruling prohibiting segregation in interstate transportation. She later become the first black woman to serve in the New York State Senate in 1964 and the first female president of the borough of Manhattan, where she worked to promote integration in public schools. Her appointment to the bench by President Lyndon B. Johnson was met with opposition by conservative federal judges and Southern politicians, but Motley enjoyed a trailblazing career that lasted over 40 years. She died of congestive heart failure in New York City on September 28, 2005.

Sheri O'Dell (62) women's rights activist, action vice president for the National Organization for Women, who in 1989 organized what was then the largest abortion rights demonstration ever staged in Washington, DC. O'Dell helped to lead NOW's opposition to Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork and in 1995 was among the 35,000 women who attended the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women in China. She died of lung cancer in Takoma Park, Maryland on September 25, 2005.

Sister Jacques-Marie Bourgeois (84) plain-spoken Dominican nun whose unlikely friendship with painter Henri Matisse resulted in the Chapel of the Rosary, which he regarded as his masterpiece. Sister Jacques-Marie met Matisse in 1942 when the painter, recovering from intestinal cancer, advertised for a young and pretty night nurse. She also sat for four of the artist's oil paintings, She died after having long been ill with respiratory and other ailments, at a convent in Bidart, a village on the Basque coast of France, on September 26, 2005.

Joel Henry Hinrichs 3rd (21) University of Oklahoma student identified as the person who apparently committed suicide near a packed football stadium using an explosive attached to his body. Hinrichs was killed when the explosive device detonated near Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where more than 84,000 people were watching a football game between the Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas State, in Norman, Oklahoma on October 1, 2005.

Alan Matheney (54) Indiana man who beat his ex-wife to death with an unloaded shotgun during an eight-hour furlough from prison (Matheney was serving an eight-year sentence at the time for a previous assault on his ex-wife, who did not receive word of the furlough despite assurances by officials that she would be notified if he was released). His crime led the Indiana governor to suspend the state's prison furlough program, which has since been reinstated but with tighter restrictions. Matheney was executed by lethal injection in Michigan City, Indiana on September 28, 2005.

Rabbi Meier Schimmel (89) founder of the Congregation Beth Meier, one of the San Fernando Valley's oldest Orthodox synagogues and its spiritual leader until his death in Encino, California on September 30, 2005.

George Archer (65) 1969 Masters champion, once the tallest golfer on the PGA Tour (at 6 feet. 6 inches) and maybe its best putter, who turned professional in 1964 and competed against such players as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Lee Trevino. Archer won 12 tournaments on the PGA Tour and 19 on the Champions Tour for players 50 and older. He had his last victory at the 2000 MasterCard Championship. He died of Burkitt's lymphoma, a form of cancer, in Incline Village, Nevada on September 25, 2005.

Frank Haraway (88) sportswriter who worked in the sports department of the Denver Post for 44 years and was an icon among local sportswriters. Haraway specialized in covering baseball and University of Colorado football and worked on the statistics team for the Denver Broncos and the Denver Nuggets. He estimated he had seen more than 14,000 sports events and was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame. He died of heart failure in Denver, Colorado on September 29, 2005.