Deaths in October 2023

**Deaths in October 2023** (list of). For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Every entry must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

### 1

- Theresa Kufuor, 87, Ghanaian nurse and midwife, first lady (2001–2009).
- Richie Poulton, 61, New Zealand clinical psychologist, director of the Dunedin Study (since 2000), salivary gland cancer.
- Tim Wakefield, 57, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates) and commentator (NESN), brain cancer.
- John Waring, 81, English cricketer (Yorkshire, Warwickshire).

### 2

- Francis Lee, 79, English football player (Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, national team) and chairman, cancer.

### 3

- Joe Christopher, 87, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox).

### 4

- Jason Wynyard, 49, New Zealand woodchopper, Burkitt lymphoma.

### 5

- Asad Chowdhury, 80, Bangladeshi writer.
- Ibrahim Amin, Egyptian squash player.

### 6

- Mary Chronopoulou, 90, Greek actress (_The Naked Brigade_, _Mermaids and Rascals_, _Voyage to Cythera_), complications from a fall.
- Atila Pesyani, 66, Iranian actor (_The Redemption_, _Cease Fire_, _The Hidden Half_), cancer.
- Francisco Vidal, 82, Spanish actor (_El Crack_, _The Enchanted Forest_, _Pan's Labyrinth_).

### 7

- Marouf al-Bakhit, 76, Jordanian military officer and politician, prime minister (2005–2007, 2011).
- Terence Davies, 77, British screenwriter and film director (_Distant Voices, Still Lives_, _The Long Day Closes_, _The House of Mirth_).

### 8

- Ted Schwinden, 98, American politician, governor (1981–1989) and lieutenant governor (1977–1981) of Montana, member of the Montana House of Representatives (1959–1963).
- Burt Young, 83, American actor (_Rocky_, _Chinatown_, _The Pope of Greenwich Village_).

### 9

- Jackson Anthony, 65, Sri Lankan actor (_Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli_, _Guerilla Marketing_) and film director (_Julietge Bhumikawa_), complications from a traffic collision.
- Mikhail Golubovich, 79, Ukrainian actor (_Lone Wolf_, _Luna Park_, _Brothel Lights_).
- Anthony Hickox, 64, English film director (_Waxwork_, _Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat_, _Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth_) and screenwriter.
- Mang Hoi, 65, Hong Kong actor (_The Human Goddess_, _Bruce Lee, D-Day at Macao_, _He Has Nothing But Kung Fu_), oesophageal cancer.
- Yulian Panich, 92, Russian actor (_Road to Life_, _For the Power of the Soviets_, _Different Fortunes_), television director and journalist.
- Henri Serre, 92, French actor (_Jules and Jim_, _Fantômas contre Scotland Yard_, _Mister Frost_).
- Yevgeni Sumin, 81, Russian actor (_Tracker_, _Voroshilov Sharpshooter_).

### 10

- Mark Goddard, 87, American actor (_Lost in Space_)

### 11

- Phyllis Coates, 96, American actress (_Adventures of Superman_, _Superman and the Mole Men_, _Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn_).
- Rudolph Isley, 84, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("It's Your Thing", "That Lady") (The Isley Brothers).
- Pauline Jani, 34, Zimbabwean netball player (national team).
- Markku Syrjälä, 68, Finnish Olympic archer (1984).
- Cal Wilson, 53, New Zealand comedian and voice actress (_Kitty Is Not a Cat_).

### 12

- Lara Parker, 84, American actress (_Dark Shadows_, _Save the Tiger_, _Hi, Mom!_).

### 13

- Hildegarde Neil, 84, English actress (_Antony and Cleopatra_, _England Made Me_, _The Bruce_), cancer and heart disease. (death announced on this date)

### 14

- Dariush Mehrjui, 83, Iranian filmmaker (_The Cow_, _Mr. Naive_, _Hamoun_), stabbing.
- Joaquín Pérez, 86, Cuban Olympic rower (1956).
- Piper Laurie, 91, American actress (_Carrie_, _The Hustler_, _Children of a Lesser God_), Emmy winner (1987).
- Wadea al-Fayoume, 6, American child, stabbed.

### 15

- Jean-Roger Milo, 66, French actor (_A Sunday in the Country_, _Among Wolves_, _Germinal_).
- Suzanne Somers, 76, American actress (_Three's Company_, _Step by Step_, _She's the Sheriff_), breast cancer.

### 16

- Martti Ahtisaari, 86, Finnish politician, president (1994–2000), Nobel Prize laureate (2008).
- Jesús Guzmán, 97, Spanish actor (_Implacable Three_, _The Locket_, _Nothing Less Than a Real Man_).

### 17

- Sir Tim Wallis, 85, New Zealand Hall of Fame aviation entrepreneur, founder of the Alpine Fighter Collection and the Warbirds over Wanaka.

### 18

- Osvaldo Desideri, 84, Italian art director (_The Last Emperor_, _Once Upon a Time in America_, _Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom_), Oscar winner (1988).
- Dwight Twilley, 72, American singer-songwriter ("I'm on Fire").

### 19

- Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti, 68, palestinian politician, israeli airstrike.

### 20

- Haydn Gwynne, 66, English actress (_Drop the Dead Donkey_, _The Windsors_, _Billy Elliot the Musical_), cancer.
- Hiba Abu Nada, 32, Palestinian poet and novelist, israeli airstrike.

### 21

- Sir Bobby Charlton, 86, English Hall of Fame football player (Manchester United, national team) and manager (Preston North End), world champion (1966).
- Bill Hayden, 90, Australian politician, governor-general (1989–1996), minister for foreign affairs (1983–1988), and leader of the opposition (1977–1983).
- Amusaa Mwanamwambwa, 83, Zambian politician, minister of tourism (1996–1998).
- Marzia Ubaldi, 85, Italian actress (_The Predators_, _Nazi Love Camp 27_, _Suburra: Blood on Rome_).

### 22

- Reino Börjesson, 94, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg, Norrby IF, national team).
- Dave Courtney, 64, English gangster, writer, and actor (_Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees_, _The Dead Sleep Easy_, _Killer Bitch_), suicide by gunshot.
- Don Laughlin, 92, American gambling entrepreneur. (death announced on this date)

### 23

- Bishan Singh Bedi, 77, Indian cricketer (Northern Punjab, Delhi, national team).
- Angelo Bruschini, 62, English guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack), lung cancer.
- Mervin Shiner, 102, American country singer ("Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me"), songwriter and guitarist.

### 24

- Hans Albert, 102, German philosopher.
- Niels Holst-Sørensen, 100, Danish Olympic athlete (1948) and air force officer.
- Richard Roundtree, 81, American actor (_Shaft_, _Se7en_, _Speed Racer_), pancreatic cancer.

### 25

- Ajith Abeyratne, 75, Sri Lankan rugby union player (Ceylonese, national team), coach (national rugby sevens team), and commentator.

### 26

- Guy Camberabero, 87, French rugby union player (La Voulte-Sportif, US Tyrosse, national team).
- Richard Moll, 80, American actor (_Night Court_, _House_, _Batman: The Animated Series_).
- Sir Jon Trimmer, 84, New Zealand ballet dancer, cancer.

### 27

- Hiroshi Inuzuka, 94, Japanese actor (_Daigoro vs. Goliath_, _Eijanaika_, _Chameleon_) and bassist.
- Li Keqiang, 68, Chinese politician, premier (2013–2023), heart attack

### 28

- Matthew Perry, 54, American-Canadian actor (_Friends_, _The Whole Nine Yards_, _Fallout: New Vegas_), drowned.

### 29

- Joey Paras, 45, Filipino actor (_Bekikang: Ang Nanay Kong Beki_, _FlordeLiza_, _Sunday PinaSaya_) and comedian.
- Tony Rohr, 84, Irish actor (_The Long Good Friday_, _Harry's Game_, _The Lakes_), prostate cancer.

### 30

- Fernando Almada, 94, Mexican actor (_El valle de los miserables_, _Puerto maldito_, _La jaula de oro_).
- Frank Howard, 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers), complications from a stroke.

### 31

- Tyler Christopher, 50, American actor (_General Hospital_, _Days of Our Lives_, _The Lying Game_), cardiac arrest.
- Fabien Roy, 95, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1980) and Quebec MNA (1970–1979).
- Mel Sembler, 93, American diplomat, ambassador to Italy (2001–2005) and Australia (1989–1993).
- Elmar Wepper, 79, German actor (_Der Kommissar_, _Cherry Blossoms_, _Lammbock_) and voice actor.

## Other websites

- _The Guardian_, UK obituaries
- _The Telegraph_ obituaries
- Obituaries, _Chicago Tribune_
- Obituaries, _Los Angeles Times_
- _The New York Times_, US obituaries
- _The Washington Post_ obituaries
- _The Sydney Morning Herald_, Australian obituaries