Deaths for the week ending 8 October 2022:
Sunday, 2 October 2022
Douglas Kirkland, photographer (Marilyn Monroe), 88.
Monday, 3 October 2022
William K. Brewster, U.S. Congressman (D-OK, 1991-97), of cancer, 80.
Charles Fuller, playwright (A Soldier's Play), 83.
Tiffany Jackson, college and WNBA basketball player, of breast cancer, 37.
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Dave Dryden, NHL hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks), 81.
Loretta Lynn, country singer ("Coal Miner's Daughter"), of natural causes, 90.
Jerry Vainisi, football executive (Chicago Bears), 80.
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Tommy Boggs, major leaguer (Atlanta Braves), of cancer, 66.
Thursday, 6 October 2022
Ivy Jo Hunter, R&B songwriter ("Dancing in the Street"), 82. Not to be confused with the late blues musician Ivory Joe Hunter.
Sara Lee, pro wrestler (WWE), after a brief illness, 30.
Jody Miller, country singer ("Queen of the House"), with Parkinson's disease, 80.
Judy Tenuta, comedian, of ovarian cancer, 72. Reports that she was 65 were based on her false claim of being born in 1956.
Friday, 7 October 2022
Art Laboe, radio disc jockey (Los Angeles, California), 97.
Austin Stoker, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), 92.
Saturday, 8 October 2022
Kevin Schamehorn, NHL hockey player (Detroit Red Wings), cause not reported, 66.