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.
October 2015
October 1 - Don Edwards, 100, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1963-1995).
October 1 - Bozo 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 Redzepova, 69, Macedonian actress and singer, lung cancer.
October 2 - Brian Friel, 86, Irish dramatist (Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Dancing at Lughnasa).
October 2 - Lubomir Lipsky, 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 - Jose 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 - Arpad Goncz, 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 Kirca, 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 Kerekou, 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 Garcia Alen, 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 Laski, 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 Bucar, 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 - Jan 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 - Nicolas 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 Sobibor .
October 31 - Gregg Palmer, 88, American actor (Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, The Virginian).