Deaths in October 2025

The following is a list of notable deaths that happened in October 2025. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by their last name, or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are also noted here, if worth noting.

## Criteria

Every entry is backed by a source. Proper citations are used and no bare URLs so as to prevent link rot. The following are the requirements for adding a name to the list in its order: Name, age, origin, what the person is known for and his or her cause of death – if known – and a source for verification.

### 31

- Tchéky Karyo, 72, Turkish-born French actor (_The Missing_, _La Femme Nikita_, _La Balance_), cancer.
- Fatos Nano, 73, Albanian politician, prime minister (1991, 1997–1998, 2002–2005).

### 30

- Yoqub Ahmedov, 87, Uzbek actor (_The Mischievous Boy_, _Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves_, _The Battle of the Three Kings_).
- Charles Coste, 101, French olympic cyclist.
- Jorunn Kjellsby, 81, Norwegian actress (_Lasse & Geir_, _A Somewhat Gentle Man_).
- Peter Watkins, 90, English filmmaker (_The War Game_, _Punishment Park_, _Resan_).

### 29

- Maria Riva, 100, American actress (_Scrooged_).
- James Senese, 80, Italian jazz saxophonist (Napoli Centrale), singer-songwriter, and actor (_No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous_, _Zora the Vampire_), complications from pneumonia.

### 28

- Benz Hui, 76, Hong Kong actor (_Running Out of Time_, _Bounty Lady_, _Line Walker_), multiple organ failure.
- Héctor Noguera, 88, Chilean actor (_Jackal of Nahueltoro_, _The Compass Rose_, _Mr. Kaplan_), cancer.
- Prunella Scales, British actress, 93
- Kostas Smoriginas, 72, Lithuanian actor (_Nikolai Vavilov_, _Loss_).

### 27

- Patrick Dela Rosa, 64, Filipino actor (_Ping Lacson: Super Cop_), politician and businessman.

### 26

- Gennady Nazarov, 58, Russian actor (_Assia and the Hen with the Golden Eggs_, _What a Wonderful Game_, _72 Meters_).

### 25

- Tony Adams, 84, Welsh actor (_Crossroads_, _General Hospital_).
- Björn Andrésen, 70, Swedish actor (_Death in Venice_, _Midsommar_, _Shelley_).
- Mauro Di Francesco, 74, Italian actor (_Attila flagello di Dio_, _An Ideal Adventure_, _Chewingum_).
- Miriam Learra, 88, Cuban actress (_The Teacher_, _The Galíndez File_, _7 Days in Havana_).
- Franco Mari, 78, Italian actor (_All the Moron's Men_, _Italiano medio_, _Omicidio all'italiana_) and comedian.
- Aleksey Zolotnitskiy, 79, Russian actor (_The Big Space Travel_, _Desyat Negrityat_, _What a Wonderful Game_).

### 24

- Paul Hüttel, 90, Danish actor (_Ballad of Carl-Henning_, _Matador_, _Pyrus_).

### 23

- Bryant Gumbel, 77, retired American television journalist and sportscaster.
- Japanese (Singer), 57, singer of Spanish reggae and dancehall.
- Tahura Ali, 69, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2001, 2009–2014), heart and kidney disease.
- K. Ponnusamy, 74, Indian politician, Tamil Nadu MLA (2006–2011, since 2021), heart attack.

### 22

- Eknath Vasant Chitnis, 100, Indian space scientist, director of the Space Applications Centre (1981–1985).
- Jackie Ferrara, 95, American sculptor and draughtswoman.
- Joeli Veitayaki, 58, Fijian rugby union player (King Country, Northland, national team).
- Charles Martin Wamika, 72, Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jinja (since 2010).

### 21

- Abdelkader Moutaa, 85, Moroccan actor (_Wechma_, _The Violent Silence_).

### 20

- Asrani, 84, Indian actor (_Sholay_, _Khatta Meetha_) and director (_Dil Hi To Hai_).
- Mikhail Bakharev, 78, Ukrainian-Russian journalist, editor and politician.
- Robert Bartlett, 86, American surgeon.
- Gilbert Bouchet, 78, French politician, senator (since 2014), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Christian Caujolle, 72, French journalist and photographer, co-founder of Agence Vu.
- Morris Chapman, 84, American pastor, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1990–1992).
- Oliver Colvile, 66, British politician, MP (2010–2017).
- Anto Jakovljević, 63, Bosnian footballer (Sarajevo, Hrvatski dragovoljac, Suhopolje).
- Ali Mahjoubi, 85–86, Tunisian historian and academic (Tunis University).
- Edoardo Menichelli, 86, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Chieti-Vasto (1994–2004) and Ancona-Osimo (2004–2017).
- Kartini Muljadi, 95, Indonesian pharmaceutical industry executive.
- Nebojša Pavković, 79, Serbian military officer and convicted war criminal, chief of the General Staff of Yugoslavia (2000–2002).
- Felicito Payumo, 88, Filipino civil servant and politician, representative (1987–1998), chairman of the SBMA (1998–2004) and the BCDA (2011–2012).
- Selma van de Perre, 103, Dutch-British World War II resistance fighter.
- Mahadeo Shivankar, 85, Indian politician, MP (1989–1991, 2004–2009) and twice Maharashtra MLA.
- So You Think, 18, New Zealand-bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. (death announced on this date)
- Carla Stellweg, 83, Dutch art historian.
- Arthur Waskow, 92, American rabbi, author and political activist.
- Zhou Guozhi, 88, Chinese physical chemist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

### 19

- Abdul Rauf al-Kasm, 93, Syrian architect and politician, prime minister (1980–1987) and governor of Damascus (1979–1980).

### 18

- Martine Brochard, 81, French-Italian actress (_Paprika_, _The Nun and the Devil_, _Eyeball_).
- Sam Rivers, 48, American bassist (Limp Bizkit).

### 17

- Jacob Ericksson, 58, Swedish actor (_The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_, _Adam & Eva_, _The Whodunit Detective Agency_), lymphoma.
- Jack White, German music producer,85
- Tomiichi Murayama, 101, Japanese politician, former prime minister.

### 16

- Gustavo Angarita, 83, Colombian actor (_The Strategy of the Snail_, _The 33_, _Memories of My Father_).
- Ace Frehley, 74, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Kiss) and songwriter ("Cold Gin", "Rocket Ride"), complications from a fall.
- Arif Erkin Güzelbeyoğlu, 90, Turkish actor (_Yabancı Damat_, _The White Angel_, _Muhteşem Yüzyıl_).
- Jayananda Warnaweera, 64, Sri Lankan cricketer (national team).

### 15

- Jim Bolger, 90, New Zealand diplomat and politician, prime minister (1990–1997), MP (1972–1998), and ambassador to the United States (1998–2002), kidney failure.
- Raila Odinga, 80, Kenyan politician, prime minister (2008–2013), MP (1993–2013), and African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development (2018–2023), cardiac arrest.

### 14

- D'Angelo, 51, American singer-songwriter ("Lady", "Brown Sugar", "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"), four-time Grammy winner, pancreatic cancer.
- Penelope Milford, 77, American actress (_Coming Home_, _Heathers_, _Shenandoah_).
- Nasser Taghvai, 84, Iranian film director (_Captain Khorshid_, _Tales of Kish_, _Unruled Paper_) and screenwriter.

### 13

- Yvonne Brewster, 87, Jamaican actress (_Doctors_), theatre director and writer.
- Tony Caunter, 88, English actor (_EastEnders_, _Queenie’s Castle_, _Juliet Bravo_).
- Anna Kyriakou, 96, Greek actress (_Zorba the Greek_, _Liar Wanted_, _Safe Sex_).
- Wazir Mohammad, 95, Pakistani cricketer (Karachi Whites, national team).

### 11

- Albert Cohen, 93, Israeli actor (_Blaumilch Canal_, _To Take a Wife_, _Zanzouri_) and accordionist.
- Mohamad Kasebi, 74, Iranian actor (_The Father_, _Saint Mary_, _Without Permission_).
- Diane Keaton, 79, American actress.

### 10

- Carlos Barbosa, 81, Colombian actor (_La saga, negocio de familia_, _Holy Expectations_, _Bermúdez_).
- Roger Harris, 92, New Zealand cricketer (Auckland, national team).
- John Lodge, 82, English Hall of Fame musician (The Moody Blues) and songwriter ("I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)", "Gemini Dream").

### 9

- Damir Ibrahimović, 60, Bosnian film producer (_On the Path_, _Blum: Masters of Their Own Destiny_).

### 8

- Paolo Bonacelli, 88, Italian actor (_Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom_, _Christ Stopped at Eboli_, _Johnny Stecchino_).
- Terry "Buzzy" Johnson, 86, American Hall of Fame singer (The Flamingos), songwriter ("Baby, Baby Don't Cry", "Here I Go Again") and music producer.
- Wanda Perdelwitz, 41, German actress (_Großstadtrevier_, _Muxmäuschenstill_, _Soloalbum_).
- Zdravko Šotra, 92, Serbian film director (_Zona Zamfirova_, _Battle of Kosovo_, _Santa Maria della Salute_).

### 7

- Yen Cheng-kuo, 50, Taiwanese actor (_My Native Land_, _Growing Up_, _A Summer at Grandpa's_), director, and calligraphy teacher.

### 6

- John Woodvine, 96, English actor (_An American Werewolf in London_, _Z-Cars_, _Doctor Who_).

### 5

- Jilly Cooper, 88, British author

### 4

- Xavier Durringer, 61, French playwright, screenwriter and director (_The Conquest_).
- Bernard Julien, 75, Trinidadian cricketer (Kent, national team, West Indies).

### 3

- Remo Girone, 76, Italian actor (_La piovra_, _Live by Night_, _Ford v Ferrari_).
- Kimberly Hébert Gregory, 52, American actor (_Vice Principals_, _Kevin (Probably) Saves the World_, _Craig of the Creek_).
- Nina Gulyayeva, 94, Russian actress (_Your Contemporary_).
- Dame Patricia Routledge, 96, English actress (_Keeping Up Appearances_, _Hetty Wainthropp Investigates_).
- Anton Pelinka, Austrian political scientist, 83

### 2

- Chris Dreja, 79, English Hall of Fame bassist (The Yardbirds) (death announced on this date)

### 1

- José Andrada, 87, Argentine actor (_Los Velázquez_, _Johny Tolengo, el majestuoso_, _Two to Tango_).
- Judit Elek, 87, Hungarian film director (_The Lady from Constantinople_, _Maria's Day_, _Memories of a River_) and screenwriter.
- Jane Goodall, 91, anthropologist