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.

## October 2025
### 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).

### 12
### 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

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