Deaths in October 2015

The following is a list of **notable deaths in October 2015**. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".

- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.
__TOC__

## October 2015

- October 1 - Don Edwards, 100, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1963–1995).
- October 1 - Božo Bakota, 64, Croatian footballer (NK Zagreb, SK Sturm Graz).
- October 1 - Hadi Norouzi, 30, Iranian footballer (Persepolis F.C.), heart attack.
- October 1 - Joe Wark, 67, Scottish footballer (Motherwell).
- October 1 - Jacob Pressman, 95, Americans Conservative rabbi, co-founder of American Jewish University.
- October 1 - Max Keeping, 73, Canadian broadcaster (CJOH), cancer.
- October 1 - Usnija Redžepova, 69, Macedonian actress and singer, lung cancer.
- October 2 - Brian Friel, 86, Irish dramatist (_Philadelphia, Here I Come!_, _Dancing at Lughnasa_).
- October 2 - Lubomír Lipský, 92, Czech actor.
- October 2 - Eric Arturo Delvalle, 78, Panamanian politician, President (1985–1988).
- October 2 - Coleridge Goode, 100, Jamaican-born British jazz bassist.
- October 3 - Javid Iqbal, 90, Pakistani judge, Justice of the Supreme Court (1986–1989), cancer.
- October 3 - Denis Healey, 98, British politician, Secretary of State for Defence (1964–1970), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1974–1979).
- October 4 - José Eduardo Dutra, 58, Brazilian businessman (Petrobras) and politician, Senator (since 1994).
- October 4 - J. Whyatt Mondesire, 66, American journalist and civil rights activist, brain aneurysm.
- October 5 - Henning Mankell, 67, Swedish writer, cancer.
- October 5 - Jos Vandeloo, 90, Belgian writer and poet.
- October 5 - Grace Lee Boggs, 100, American civil rights activist and author.
- October 5 - Chantal Akerman, 65, Belgian movie director (_Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles_, _A Couch in New York_, _La Captive_), suicide.
- October 6 - Árpád Göncz, 93, Hungarian writer and politician, President (1990–2000).
- October 6 - Kevin Corcoran, 66, American actor and producer (_Old Yeller_, _Pete's Dragon_), colorectal cancer.
- October 6 - Christine Arnothy, 84, Hungarian-born French writer.
- October 6 - Billy Joe Royal, 73, American pop and country singer ("Down in the Boondocks", "Cherry Hill Park", "Burned Like a Rocket").
- October 7 - Elena Lucena, 101, Argentine actress.
- October 7 - Dominique Dropsy, 63, French footballer (Valenciennes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux), leukemia.
- October 7 - W. R. Mitchell, 87, British writer and editor (_Dalesman_).
- October 7 - Harry Gallatin, 88, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons) and coach (New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks), complications from surgery.
- October 8 - Paul Prudhomme, 75, American chef and restaurant owner.
- October 8 - Jim Diamond, 64, Scottish singer-songwriter ("I Should Have Known Better").
- October 9 - Ravindra Jain, 71, Indian composer, kidney cancer.
- October 9 - Du Runsheng, 102, Chinese politician.
- October 9 - Tony Rafty, 99, Australian caricaturist.
- October 9 - Jerry Parr, 85, American Secret Service agent, saved Ronald Reagan during his assassaination attempt, congestive heart failure.
- October 9 - Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, 88, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1979–1983), Foreign Secretary (1983–1989), heart attack.
- October 10 - Richard F. Heck, 84, American chemist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry (2010).
- October 11 - Steve Mackay, 66, American saxophonist (The Stooges), sepsis.
- October 12 - Levent Kırca, 67, Turkish actor, liver cancer.
- October 12 - Abdallah Kigoda, 61, Tanzanian politician, Minister of Industry and Trade (since 2012), cancer.
- October 12 - Joan Leslie, 90, American actress (_High Sierra, Sergeant York, Yankee Doodle Dandy_).
- October 13 - Sue Lloyd-Roberts, 64, British television journalist (BBC, ITN), leukemia.
- October 14 - Nurlan Balgimbayev, 67, Kazakh politician, Prime Minister (1997–1999), cancer.
- October 14 - Mathieu Kérékou, 82, Beninese politician, President (1972–1991, 1996–2006).
- October 14 - Jordi Miralles, 53, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (20032012), meningitis.
- October 14 - Robert M. White, 92, American meteorologist, director of the United States Weather Bureau under five presidents, complications of dementia.
- October 15 - Kenneth D. Taylor, 81, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Iran (1977–1980), central figure in the "Canadian Caper", awarded U.S. Congressional Gold Medal for his actions, colon cancer.
- October 15 - Nate Huffman, 40, American basketball player (Toronto Raptors, Maccabi Tel Aviv), bladder cancer.
- October 15 - Sergei Filippenkov, 44, Russian football player (CSKA Moscow) and coach, heart attack.
- October 15 - Larry N. Vanderhoef, 74, American biochemist, Chancellor of University of California, Davis (1994–2009), complications of a stroke.
- October 15 - Neill Sheridan, 93, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), pneumonia.
- October 16 - Francesc de Paula Burguera, 87, Spanish journalist, heart failure.
- October 16 - Ralph Andrews, 87, American television producer (_You Don't Say!_, _Liar's Club_, _Lingo_), Alzheimer's disease.
- October 16 - Luciano García Alén, 87, Spanish physician and etnographer, complications from pneumonia.
- October 17 - Howard Kendall, 69, English football player and manager (Blackburn Rovers, Everton).
- October 17 - Tom Smith, 67, American Republican politician, United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2012.
- October 17 - Anne-Marie Lizin, 66, Belgian politician, President of the Senate (2004–2007).
- October 18 - Frank Watkins, 47, American bassist (Obituary, Gorgoroth), cancer.
- October 18 - Gamal El-Ghitani, 70, Egyptian author, heart attack.
- October 19 - Ali Treki, 76-77, Libyan diplomat, Foreign Minister (1976-1982, 1984-1986), President of the United Nations General Assembly (2009-2010).
- October 20 - Kazimierz Łaski, 93, Polish-born Austrian economist.
- October 20 - Michael Meacher, 75, British politician, MP for Oldham West (1970–1997) and Oldham West and Royton (since 1997).
- October 20 - Cory Wells, 74, American singer (Three Dog Night).
- October 21 - Marty Ingels, 79, American actor (_I'm Dickens, He's Fenster_), stroke.
- October 21 - France Bučar, 92, Slovenian politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1992).
- October 21 - Mark Murphy, 83, American jazz vocalist.
- October 22 - Willem Aantjes, 92, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1959–1978).
- October 23 - Leon Bibb, 93, American folk singer.
- October 23 - Krunoslav Hulak, 64, Croatian chess grandmaster.
- October 23 - Paride Tumburus, 76, Italian footballer, heart attack.
- October 23 - Jimmy Roberts, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues), cancer.
- October 24 - Ján Chryzostom Korec, 91, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Jesuit Cardinal and Bishop of Nitra (1990–2005).
- October 24 - Maureen O'Hara, 95, Irish-American actress (_Miracle on 34th Street_, _How Green Was My Valley_, _The Parent Trap_).
- October 25 - Flip Saunders, 60, American basketball player and coach (Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards, Minnesota Timberwolves), lymphoma.
- October 25 - Lisa Jardine, 71, British historian, cancer.
- October 26 - Ed Walker, 83, American radio personality (_Joy Boys_), cancer.
- October 26 - Scott Barr, 99, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1977–1983) and the Washington Senate (1983–1993).
- October 27 - Philip French, 82, British movie critic (_The Observer_) and BBC radio producer, heart attack.
- October 28 - Nicolás Fuentes, 74, Peruvian footballer (national team), complications of diabetes.
- October 29 - Ernesto Boy Herrera, 73, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (19982001) and Senate (19871998), cardiac arrest.
- October 30 - Al Molinaro, 96, American actor (_Happy Days_, _Joanie Loves Chachi_, _The Odd Couple_), complications from infected gall bladder.
- October 30 - Mel Daniels, 71, American basketball player (Indiana Pacers), complications from surgery.
- October 30 - Willis Carto, 89, American white supremacist and Holocaust denier, founder of the _American Free Press_, cardiac arrest.
- October 31 - Ants Antson, 76, Estonian speed skater, Olympic champion (1964).
- October 31 - Gus Savage, 90, American newspaper executive and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois's 2nd district (19811993).
- October 31 - Thomas Blatt, 88, Polish writer and Holocaust survivor following escape from Sobibór .
- October 31 - Gregg Palmer, 88, American actor (_Gunsmoke_, _Death Valley Days_, _The Virginian_).

## Previous months

- January 2015
- February 2015
- March 2015
- April 2015
- May 2015
- June 2015
- July 2015
- August 2015
- September 2015