page_title: 2016 in the United States
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 in the United States / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: Publicity photo of actor Don Marshall from the television program Land of the Giants.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2016 in the United States.
context_section_description: October 1
  Bobby Burnett, football player (born 1943)
  Roger Theder, football player and coach (born 1939)
  Lowell Thomas Jr., British-born film producer and politician (born 1923)
  October 2
  Walter Darby Bannard, painter (born 1934)
  Gordon Davidson, stage and film director (born 1933)
  Gary Reed, comics writer and publisher (born 1956)
  October 4
  Kenneth Angell, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1930)
  Ivan C. Lafayette, politician (born 1930)
  Ned Randolph, politician (born 1942)
  Donald H. White, composer (born 1921)
  October 5
  Dick Haugland, biochemist and philanthropist (born 1943)
  Cameron Moore, basketball player (born 1990)
  Josh Samman, mixed martial artist (born 1988)
  Brock Yates, journalist and author (born 1933)
  October 6
  Hans W. Becherer, business executive (born 1935)
  George Pernicano, businessman and NFL owner (born 1917)
  October 7 – Bill Warren, film historian and critic (born 1943)
  October 8
  Peter Allen, radio broadcaster (born 1920)
  Don Ciccone, singer and songwriter (born 1946)
  Gary Dubin, actor (born 1959)
  Jacob Neusner, Jewish scholar and theologian (born 1932)
  October 9
  Santo DiPietro, businessman and politician (born 1934)
  Donn Fendler, wilderness survivor, author, and public speaker (born 1926)
  Aaron Pryor, boxer (born 1955)
  Kenneth P. Thompson, lawyer and politician (born 1966)
  October 10
  Tony Adamowicz, racing driver (born 1941)
  Leo Beranek, acoustic engineer and academic (born 1914)
  Lorenzo Freeman, football player (born 1964)
  John Vaughn, Franciscan Catholic leader (born 1928)
  October 11
  David Antin, poet (born 1932)
  Tom Barnes, journalist (born 1946)
  Patricia Barry, actress (born 1922)
  October 12
  Thomas Mikal Ford, actor (born 1964)
  Jack Greenberg, civil rights lawyer and legal scholar (born 1924)
  Rick Gudex, businessman and politician (born 1968)
  Dylan Rieder, skateboarder and model (born 1988)
  Fulton Walker, football player (born 1958)
  October 13
  Richard A. Pittman, U.S. Marine and Medal of Honor winner (born 1945)
  Louis Stettner, photographer (born 1922)
  October 14
  Lucy Baxley, politician; 28th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (born 1937)
  Edward Gorman, author (born 1941)
  Thom Jones, author (born 1945)
  October 15
  Dennis Byrd, football player (born 1966)
  Quentin Groves, football player (born 1984)
  Bruce Marshall, ice hockey coach (born 1962)
  October 16
  Clyde C. Holloway, politician and businessman (born 1943)
  Ted V. Mikels, film producer, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)
  Joseph A. Suozzi, Italian-born attorney and judge (born 1921)
  October 17
  Eddie Applegate, actor (born 1935)
  Edgar Munhall, art historian and curator (born 1933)
  Irwin Smigel, dentist and entrepreneur (born 1924)
  Morris Stroud, football player (born 1946)
  October 18
  Anthony Addabbo, actor (born 1960)
  David Bunnell, businessman, writer, and publisher (born 1947)
  October 19
  Tommy Bartlett, basketball and tennis player and coach (born 1928)
  Phil Chess, Polish-born record producer and music executive (born 1921)
  October 20
  William G. Bowen, academic and university president (born 1933)
  Gail Cogdill, football player (born 1937)
  Michael Massee, actor (born 1955)
  Simone Schaller, Olympic hurdler (b, 1912)
  October 21
  Dan Johnston, lawyer and politician
  Kevin Meaney, comedian and actor (born 1956)
  October 22
  Gavin MacFadyen, journalist and documentary filmmaker (born 1940)
  Monarchos, racehorse and stallion (born 1998)
  Sheri S. Tepper, author (born 1929)
  Bob Vanatta, basketball coach (born 1918)
  October 23
  Jack Chick, cartoonist, publisher, and Christian fundamentalist (born 1924)
  Tom Hayden, writer, activist, and politician (born 1939)
  Bob Saunders, politician (born 1929)
  October 24
  Bobby Vee, pop singer and actor (born 1943)
  Charles Wolf Jr., economist (born 1924)
  October 25
  Kevin Curran, television writer (born 1957)
  Mel Haber, hotelier, restaurateur, and philanthropist (born 1935)
  Bob Hoover, U.S. Air Force pilot (born 1922)
  Burnet R. Maybank Jr., lawyer and politician (born 1924)
  October 26
  Donald C. Pogue, federal judge (born 1947)
  Vic Rapp, football coach (born 1929)
  October 27
  Jim Eddy, football coach (born 1936)
  Susan Lindquist, biologist
caption: Don Marshall
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