Noted Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis—who worked with Federico Fellini before making classics like Serpico, Death Wish, Three Days of the Condor, Blue Velvet, and Barbarella—died in Los Angeles today of undisclosed causes. He was 91.

Charlie O'Donnell, who spent more than two decades as the offstage announcer for Wheel of Fortune, died at home on Halloween evening at the age of 78. You recognize his voice, whether you know it or not.

Theodore C. Sorensen, John F. Kennedy's speechwriter and special counsel, died today after suffering a severe stroke last week. Sorensen wrote large portions of JFK's Profiles in Courage, along with Kennedy's most well known speeches. He was 82 years old.

Emmy award-winning filmmaker George Hickenlooper died yesterday in Denver while there for the premier of his new film, Casino Jack. Hickenlooper won an Emmy for Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, about the making of Apocalypse Now. He was 47.

Everyone's favorite World Cup-predicting octopus, Paul, died today at the Sea Life Center in Oberhausen, Germany. Officials say he passed "peacefully in his sleep," and that a monument would be erected in his honor. Rest in peace, buddy. [Der Spiegel]

New Yorker cartoonist Leo Cullum, who drew for the magazine for 33 years, died of cancer on Saturday. He was 68.

Gregory Isaacs, the reggae star who recorded more than 500 (!) albums over a 40-year career, is dead at the age of 59, from lung cancer. Nobody, but nobody, sang smoother. A few jams, below.

Residents of southern Exmoor today are mourning the death of "The Emperor" — a 300-pound, nine-foot tall red deer, who was gunned down by a savage hunter. Experts say he was Britain's biggest wild animal. The Emperor was around 12-years-old.

Engineer Raymond Dekozan, inventor of the MetroCard, died last week at age 74.

Penthouse Founder Bob Guccione has died of cancer. He was 79. Guccione was once one of America's richest men because he published a softcore porno mag where women actually showed their vaginas. Then the Internet happened. [Image via AP]

Tom Bosley, the actor best known as Mr. Cunningham on Happy Days as well as his stints on Murder She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries, died at his home in Palm Springs today from lung cancer. He was 83.

Louis Bantle, the former marketing director and chairman of U.S. Tobacco, died earlier this month at the age of 81 from emphysema and lung cancer. Bantle was most famous for convincing millions of teenagers to dip.

Eyedea, a legendary battle rapper who put out several albums on the fine indie hip hop label Rhymesayers, was found dead last weekend in his home in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was 28 years old.

Benoît Mandelbrot, the French-American mathematician known for his work with fractal geometry, died on Thursday. Mandelbrot lent his name to the Mandelbrot set—the very beautiful, stoner-friendly mathematical object in this video.

Rap promoter Huddy 6 died yesterday in a car accident on the GW Bridge at 33-years-old. Juelz Santana tweeted: "A! R.I.P. HUDDY 6 @hud6 SMFH if u don't or didn't know who he was jus know this, he was HARLEM!!!!."

Rodger "Uncle Jamm" Clayton, the L.A. hip-hop legend responsible (with Egyptian Lover) for "Dial-A-Freak," has died.

Robert Fleming, USA Today's deputy page one editor, has died at the age of 53.

Soul singer Solomon Burke, famous for writing songs like "Cry To Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love," died on a plane today at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Burke recently said, "Loving people is what I do." He was 70. [AP]

Charlie, a South African chimpanzee famous for smoking cigarettes while being an ape, has died at age 52, having lived ten years longer than the average chimp despite his tobacco habit. That doesn't mean smoking is good for you, however.

Dick Griffey, founder of L.A.-based Solar Records (home of Shalamar and Dynasty), died at 71.