Thomas Jefferson Byrd, who was in the revival of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is dead:
Thomas Jefferson Byrd Dies: ‘He Got Game’, ‘Clockers’ Actor Was 70
Murray Schisgal, playwright and screenwriter who helped create ‘Tootsie,’ dies at 93
Charlie Haeger, who played for the Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers as a pitcher, is dead at 37:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2020/10/03/scottsdale-man-suspected-killing-ex-girlfriends-escaped-police/3608639001/
https://apnews.com/article/shootings-archive-3ae449a8c374c99d8ac01f335082088d
Murray Schisgal, 93, one of the screenwriters for Tootsie and a playwright, has died.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/theater/murray-schisgal-dead.html
This is a nice tribute from Kenny Chesney about Mac Davis:
https://tasteofcountry.com/mac-davis-dead-kenny-chesney-country-singers-react/
Some other country singers also included tributes as well.
Here are some tributes to Helen and Mac:
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/i-am-woman-director-leads-tributes-to-helen-reddy-20200930-p560pd.html
https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/helen-reddy-death-celebrities-react/467c9dd0-178d-439d-a302-356033999bce
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9457480/mac-davis-dies-artists-tributes