page_title: 2015
section_title: October
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 / Deaths / October
caption_attribution_description: English: Mathieu Kérékou. Photograph taken in Cotonou (Benin) during a state visit of Brazils Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
context_page_description: 2015 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium, the 15th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.
  2015 was designated as:
  International Year of Light
  International Year of Soil
context_section_description: October 2
  Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian politician (b. 1937)
  Brian Friel, Irish playwright (b. 1929)
  October 3 – Denis Healey, British politician (b. 1917)
  October 5
  Chantal Akerman, Belgian filmmaker (b. 1950)
  Infante Carlos, Spanish nobleman (b. 1938)
  Henning Mankell, Swedish author (b. 1948)
  October 6
  Árpád Göncz, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (b. 1922)
  Billy Joe Royal, American pop and country singer (b. 1942)
  October 7
  Dominique Dropsy, French footballer (b. 1951)
  Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
  Jurelang Zedkaia, Fifth President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1950)
  October 8 – Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
  October 9 – Geoffrey Howe, British politician (b. 1926)
  October 10 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist (b. 1931)
  October 12 – Joan Leslie, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
  October 14
  Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician (b. 1947)
  Mathieu Kérékou, 5th President of Benin (b. 1933)
  October 17
  Danièle Delorme, French actress (b. 1926)
  Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
  October 18 – Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian author (b. 1945)
  October 19 – Ali Treki, Libyan diplomat (b. 1938)
  October 23 – Paride Tumburus, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
  October 24
  Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovakian cardinal (b. 1924)
  Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress (b. 1920)
  October 25 – Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
  October 26
  Willis Carto, American politician (b. 1926)
  Leo Kadanoff, American physicist (b. 1937)
  October 30
  Al Molinaro, American actor (b. 1919)
  Sinan Şamil Sam, Turkish boxer (b. 1974)
  October 31 – Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater (b. 1938)
caption: Mathieu Kérékou
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