Oct. 3
Composer Steve Reich is 88. Rock ’n’ roll star Chubby Checker is 83. Musician Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) is 75. Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples is 65. Drummer Tommy Lee is 62. Actor Clive Owen is 60. Singer-TV personality Gwen Stefani is 55.
Oct. 4
Baseball Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa is 80. Actor Susan Sarandon is 78. Singer Jon Secada is 63. Actor Alicia Silverstone is 48.
Oct. 5
Musician Steve Miller is 81. Rock singer Brian Johnson (AC/DC) is 77. Singer-songwriter Bob Geldof is 73. Writer-filmmaker Clive Barker is 72. Astrophysicist-author Neil deGrasse Tyson is 66. Actor Guy Pearce is 57. Actor Kate Winslet is 49. NFL tight end Travis Kelce is 35.
Oct. 6
Singer-guitarist Thomas McClary (The Commodores) is 75. Guitarist David Hidalgo of Los Lobos is 70. Actor Elisabeth Shue is 61. Actor Jeremy Sisto (“Law and Order,” ″Six Feet Under”) is 50.
Oct. 7
Musician John Mellencamp is 73. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 69. Reality competition judge Simon Cowell is 65. Singer Toni Braxton is 57. Singer Thom Yorke of Radiohead is 56.
Oct. 8
Actor Paul Hogan is 85. Actor-comedian Chevy Chase is 81. Author R.L. Stine (“Goosebumps”) is 81. Actor Sigourney Weaver is 75. Singer Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool and the Gang is 74. Actor Emily Procter (“CSI: Miami”) is 56. Actor-screenwriter Matt Damon is 54. Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is 39.
Oct. 9
R&B singer Nona Hendryx (LaBelle) is 80. Singer Jackson Browne is 76. TV personality Sharon Osbourne is 72. Actor Tony Shalhoub (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Monk”) is 71. Actor Scott Bakula is 70. Actor John O’Hurley (“Dancing with the Stars,” ″Seinfeld”) is 70. Director Guillermo del Toro (“The Shape of Water,” ″Pan’s Labyrinth”) is 60. Country singer Scotty McCreery (“American Idol”) is 31.