Deaths in October 2017

The following is a list of **notable deaths in October 2017**. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.
* Each listing of a death 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, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.
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## October
### 1
*Hansje Bunschoten, 59, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1972) and television presenter, complications from breast cancer.
*Edward B. Giller, 99, American Air Force general, Director of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (1950–1960), pneumonia complicated by Alzheimer's disease.
*Robert D. Hales, 85, American religious leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (since 1994).
*Andy Hopkins, 67, American football player (Houston Oilers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes).
*Arthur Janov, 93, American psychologist (*The Primal Scream*), creator of primal therapy, respiratory arrest complicated by a stroke.
*Edmond Maire, 86, French labor union leader and activist, Secretary General of CFDT (1971–1988).
*Stephen Paddock, 64, American accountant, perpetrator responsible for the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting, suicide by gunshot.
*Philippe Rahmy, 52, Swiss poet and writer, Swiss Literature Awards laureate (2017), complications from osteogenesis imperfecta.
*Larissa Volpert, 91, Russian-Estonian philologist and chess Woman Grandmaster, Soviet women's chess champion (1954, 1958, and 1959) and Woman International Master (1954).

### 2
*Evangelina Elizondo, 88, Mexican actress (*Frontera Norte*, *El Castillo de los Monstrous*, *A Walk in the Clouds*), singer ("La sensacional Evangelina") and writer (*Pensamiento abierto*).
*Robert Elsie, 67, Canadian-born German linguist and writer (*Albanian Literature : A Short History*, *The Highland Lute: The Albanian National Epic*), complications from ALS.
*Solly Hemus, 94, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies) and manager.
*Klaus Huber, 92, Swiss composer and academic.
*Kim Un-yong, 86, South Korean sports administrator, vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (1983–2005).
*Paul Otellini, 67, American businessman, CEO of Intel (2005–2013).
*Tom Petty, 66, American Hall of Fame musician (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys, Mudcrutch) and actor (*King of the Hill*), cardiac arrest complicated from accidental pain killer and fentanyl overdose.
*Robert Yates, 74, American racing team owner (Yates Racing), NASCAR Winston Cup champion (1999), liver cancer.

### 3
*Rodney Bickerstaffe, 72, British trade unionist, General Secretary of NUPE (1982–1993) and UNISON (1996–2001).
*Ming Chang, 85, Chinese-born American naval officer, United States Navy Inspector General (1987–1992), complications from Parkinson's disease. 
*Chittani Ramachandra Hegde, 84, Indian artist and dancer (Yakshagana), recipient of the Padma Shri (2012), stroke complicated by pneumonia.
*John Herrnstein, 79, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves) and football player (Michigan Wolverines), complications from leukemia.
*Michel Jouvet, 91, French oneirologist and neurobiologist, developer of Modafinil, discoverer of REM sleep and member of the French Academy of Sciences (since 1977).
*Isabella Karle, 95, American scientist (Manhattan Project), Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1993), brain cancer.
*Victorino Martín, 88, Spanish Fighting Bull cattlerancher, stroke.
*Lance Russell, 91, American professional wrestling announcer and commentator (CWA, USWA, WCW), complications from a broken hip.
*Jalal Talabani, 83, Iraqi-Kurdish politician, Prime Minister (2003) and President (2005–2014), cerebral hemorrhage complicated by a stroke.

### 4
*Davoud Ahmadinejad, 67, Iranian politician, Chief of Staff of the Presidential House (2005–2008), heart attack.
*Bronisław Chromy, 92, Polish sculptor (Wawel Dragon).
*Liam Cosgrave, 97, Irish politician, Taoiseach (1973–1977), Leader of the Opposition (1965–1973) and Leader of Fine Gael (1965–1977).
*John R. Miller, 79, American human rights activist and politician, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (2002–2006) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 1st congressional district (1985–1993), cancer.
*Jesús Mosterín, 76, Spanish anthropologist and philosopher, lung cancer.

### 5
*Eberhard van der Laan, 62, Dutch politician and lawyer, Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration (2008–2010), Mayor of Amsterdam (2010–2017), lung cancer.
*Giorgio Pressburger, 80, Hungarian-born Italian novelist (*The Law of White Spaces*, *Teeth and Spies*, *Snow and Guilt*), recipient of the Viareggio Prize (1998).
*Sylke Tempel, 54, German journalist (*Internationale Politik*, *Der Tagesspiegel*, *Profil*) and novelist (*Epithelial Abnormalities of the Cervix Uteri*), complications from injuries sustained by a falling tree.
*Anne Wiazemsky, 70, French actress (*Au Hasard Balthazar*, *Teorema*, *La Chinoise*) and novelist (*Canines*, *Une Poignée de Gens*, *Hymnes à l’Amour*), cancer.

### 6
*Roberto Anzolin, 79, Italian footballer (Palermo, Juventus, national team).
*Terry Downes, 81, British boxer, world champion (1961–1962) and actor (*The Fearless Vampire Killers*, *Five Ashore in Singapore*, *Caravaggio*).
*Darsi Ferrer Ramírez, 47, Cuban journalist, doctor and Castro dissident, prisoner of conscience (2009–2010).
*Marek Gołąb, 77, Polish weightlifter, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
*Connie Hawkins, 75, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters, Pittsburgh Pipers, Phoenix Suns).
*Toon Geurts, 85, Dutch sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
*Ralphie May, 45, American comedian (*Last Comic Standing*) and actor (*The Wayne Brady Show*), heart attack complicated by pneumonia.

### 7
*Kazys Almenas, 82, Lithuanian physicist, engineer and publisher.
*Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov, 88, Russian philologist and semiotician, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2000).
*Ole Krarup, 82, Danish politician, MEP (1994–2007), complications from pneumonia.
*Jim Landis, 83, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).
*Konstantin Sarsania, 49, Russian football player (Dynamo Moscow, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Asmaral Moscow) and manager (Zenit Saint Petersburg, Fakel Voronezh, Atlantas).
*Washington SyCip, 96, Filipino-American World War II veteran and accountant, founder of the Asian Institute of Management and SGV & Company, heart attack.

### 8
*László Aradszky, 82, Hungarian pop singer (*Táncdalfesztivál*).
*Gianni Bonagura, 91, Italian actor (*Against the Law*, *Sherlock Holmes*, *Segni particolari: bellissimo*).
*Slim Chaker, 56, Tunisian politician, Minister of Youth and Sports (2011), Minister of Finance (2015–2016) and Minister of Public Health (since 2017), heart attack.
*Jerry Kleczka, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 4th congressional district (1984–2005), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Beverly Reid O'Connell, 52, American judge, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (since 2013), complications from a brain aneurysm.
*Grady Tate, 85, American soul-jazz drummer and singer (*Schoolhouse Rock!*).
*Y. A. Tittle, 90, American Hall of Fame football quarterback (Baltimore Colts, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants), complications from dementia.
*Birgitta Ulfsson, 89, Finnish-Swedish actress (*Picassos äventyr*, *Söndagsbarn*, *Rederiet*) and theatre director.

### 9
*Manuel Busto, 85, French Tour de France racing cyclist.
*Armando Calderón Sol, 69, Salvadorian politician, President (1994–1999), lung cancer.
*Allan Chumak, 82, Russian faith healer.
*Michel Diefenbacher, 70, French politician, member of the National Assembly from Lot-et-Garonne (2004–2008).
*Hessie, 81, Cuban-born French-Montenegrin textile artist.
*Rafe Mair, 85, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1975–1983), radio personality (*The Standard*) and journalist (*The Common Sense Canadian*), plaintiff of *Rafe Mair v. Kari Simpson*. 
*Jean Rochefort, 87, French actor (*Lost in La Mancha*, *The Phantom of Liberty*, ''Mr. Bean's Holiday*).
*Fernando de Szyszlo, 92, Peruvian painter, sculptor and printmaker, recipient of the Order of the Sun (2011), complications from a fall.

### 10
*Cho Jin-ho, 44, South Korean football player (national team, Pohang Steelers, Seongnam) and manager (Daejeon Citizen, Sangju Sangmu, Busan IPark), heart attack.
*Don Pedro Colley, 79, American actor (*The Dukes of Hazzard*, *THX 1138*, *Beneath the Planet of the Apes*), pancreatic cancer.
*Pentti Holappa, 90, Finnish poet (*Long Words: Poems 1950–1994*), writer (*Ystävän muotokuva: Portrait of a Friend*) and politician, Minister of Culture and Education (1972), respiratory failure.
*Bob Schiller, 98, American television writer (*I Love Lucy*, *All in the Family*, *The Carol Burnett Show''), Emmy Award winner (1971, 1978), congestive heart failure.

### 11
*James R. Ford, 91, American politician, Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida (1972–1986), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Sir Clifford Husbands, 91, Barbadian politician and judge, Governor-General of Barbados (1996–2011), heart attack.

### 12
*Muntaka Connmassie, 71, Nigerian jurist, Justice of the Supreme Court (2008–2016).

### 13
*Satish Chandra, 94, Indian historian (medieval India).
*Pierre Hanon, 80, Belgian footballer (national team, R.S.C. Anderlecht).
*Bo Holmström, 78, Swedish journalist (SVT, TV4), complications from gangrene.
*William Lombardy, 79, American chess grandmaster, heart attack.
*Albert Zafy, 90, Malagasy politician, President (1993–1996), stroke.

### 14
*Wolfgang Bötsch, 79, German politician, Minister of Post and Telecommunications (1993–1997) and member of the Bundestag (1976–2005).
*Richard Wilbur, 96, American poet (*Things of This World*, *New and Collected Poems*, *Responses: Prose Pieces*) and literary translator, Pulitzer Prize winner (1957, 1989).

### 15
*Lekh Tandon, 88, Indian movie director (*Ek Baar Kaho*, *Professor*, *Agar Tum Na Hote*) and actor (*Paheli*, *Swades*, *Halla Bol*).

### 16
*Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, Maltese blogger and journalist (Panama Papers), car bomb.
*Roy Dotrice, 94, British actor (*Amadeus*, *A Moon for the Misbegotten*, *Game of Thrones*), Tony Award winner (2000).
*John Dunsworth, 71, Canadian actor (*Trailer Park Boys*, *Haven*, *The Shipping News*).
*Isnilon Hapilon, 51, Filipino Islamist militant (MNLF, Al-Qaeda, Daesh), shot.
*Sean Hughes, 51, Irish comedian (*Never Mind the Buzzcocks*, ''Sean's Show*) and actor (*The Last Detective*, *Round Ireland with a Fridge*, *They Do It with Mirrors*), cardiac arrest complicated by cirrhosis.

### 17
*Danielle Darrieux, 100, French actress (*The Young Girls of Rochefort*, *The Earrings of Madame de…*, *Persepolis*) and singer, complications from a fall.
*Gord Downie, 53, Canadian singer-songwriter (*Coke Machine Glow*, *The Grand Bounce*, *Secret Path*), guitarist (The Tragically Hip), actor (*Men with Brooms*, *Trailer Park Boys: The Movie*, *One Week*) and activist (Lake Ontario Waterkeeper), glioblastoma.
*Mychael Knight, 39, American fashion designer (*Project Runway*), complications from intestinal infection.
*Ryszard Kowalczyk, 80, Polish scientist and Soviet dissident.
*Ingvar Lidholm, 96, Swedish composer, recipient of the Rolf Schock Prize (1993).
*Julian May, 86, American science fiction writer (*Saga of Pliocene Exile*, *Galactic Milieu Series*, *Trillium series*).

### 18
*Brent Briscoe, 56, American actor (*Twin Peaks*, *A Simple Plan*, *Sling Blade*) and screenwriter (*Waking Up in Reno''), complications from a fall.
*Eamonn Campbell, 70, Irish guitarist (The Dubliners) and record producer, heart failure.
*Helen DeVos, 90, American philanthropist (Helen DeVos Children's Hospital) and political donor, complications from a stroke and acute myeloid leukemia.
*Marino Perani, 77, Italian football player (Atalanta, Bologna, national team) and manager (Parma), complications from a stroke.
*Ricardo Vidal, 86, Filipino cardinal, Archdiocese of Lipa (1973–1981) and Cebu (1982–2011) and Cardinal-Priest of Santi Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense (since 1982), sepsis.
*Yeoh Tiong Lay, 88, Malaysian businessman (YTL).
*Issam Zahreddine, 56, Syrian Republican Guard major general (Siege of Deir ez-Zor), landmine explosion.

### 19
*Umberto Lenzi, 86, Italian movie director (*Cannibal Ferox*, *Nightmare City*, *Ghosthouse*) and screenwriter (*Slave Girls of Sheba*, *Orgasmo*, *From Corleone to Brooklyn*).
*Miguel Ángel Loayza, 77, Peruvian football player (Barcelona, Boca Juniors, Deportivo Cali).

### 20
*Jeanne Brousse, 96, French resistance member (Righteous Among The Nations).
*Stan Kowalski, 91, American professional wrestler (AWA, NWA Tri-State, Stampede Wrestling), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Federico Luppi, 81, Argentine-Spanish actor (''Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead*, *Pan's Labyrinth*, *Men with Guns''), complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.

### 21
*Martin Eric Ain, 50, American-born Swiss bass guitarist (Hellhammer, Celtic Frost) and songwriter ("A Dying God Coming into Human Flesh"), heart attack.
*Denise P. Barlow, 67, British geneticist (IGF2R), member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (since 1982) and Austrian Academy of Sciences (since 2003), pancreatic cancer.
*Emilio D'Amore, 101, Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies (1948–1958, 1963–1968), congestive heart failure.
*Rosemary Leach, 81, English actress (*A Room with a View*, *The Roads to Freedom*, *The Plague Dogs*).
*Judith McGrath, 70, Australian actress (*All Saints*, *Prisoner*, *A Country Practice*), aortic aneurysm.
*Lech Ordon, 88, Polish actor (*Letters to Santa*, *Der Schimmelreiter*, ''Mister Blot's Academy*), pneumonia complicated from a stroke.
*Gilbert Stork, 95, American organic chemist (Stork enamine alkylation), member of the National Academy of Sciences (since 1962) and French Academy of Sciences (since 1989).

### 22
*Atle Hammer, 85, Norwegian jazz trumpeter (Atle Hammer Sextett).
*Al Hurricane, 81, American singer-songwriter ("Sentimiento", "La Prision de Santa Fe", "¡Que Viva El Godfather!") and musician (*Mi Saxophone*), complications from prostate cancer.
*Scott Putesky, 49, American guitarist (Marilyn Manson), colorectal cancer.
*George Young, 70, Scottish-born Australian musician (The Easybeats), songwriter ("Friday On My Mind", "Love Is in the Air", "Waiting for a Train"), and producer (AC/DC).

### 23
*Walter Lassally, 90, German-born British-Greek cinematographer (*Zorba the Greek*, *Oedipus the King*, *Tom Jones''), Oscar winner (1965), complications from surgery.
*Paul J. Weitz, 85, American astronaut (Skylab 2, STS-6), myelodysplastic syndrome.

### 24
*Ebrahim Ashtiani, 75, Iranian footballer (Shahin, Persepolis, national team), heart disease.
*Glenn Barr, 75, Northern Irish activist and politician, member of UDA (1971–1975), member of Northern Ireland Assembly of 1973 and Constitutional Convention of 1975.
*Inga Borg, 92, Swedish writer (Plupp).
*Girija Devi, 88, Indian thumri singer, recipient of the Padma Vibhushan (2016), cardiac arrest.
*Fats Domino, 89, American Hall of Fame pianist and singer-songwriter ("Blueberry Hill", "Ain't That a Shame", "I'm Walkin'"), complications from diabetes.
*Robert Guillaume, 89, American actor (*Benson*, *The Lion King*, *Sports Night*) and singer ("There Is Love", "Midnight Blue"), Emmy winner (1979, 1985), prostate cancer. 
*I. V. Sasi, 69, Indian movie director (*Eeta*, *Devasuram*, *Aaroodam*), heart attack.

### 25
*Mohamed Abshir Muse, 91, Somali military officer, Commander of Somali Police Force (1960–1969) and Leader of SSDF (1991–1998).
*Jack Bannon, 77, American actor (*Lou Grant*, *Petticoat Junction*, *Little Big Man*).
*Vilnis Edvīns Bresis, 79, Latvian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR (1988–1990), pulmonary edema.
*Ronald Breslow, 86, American chemist, recipient of the National Medal of Science (1991), pancreatic cancer.
*Ian Cathie, 85, Australian politician, Victorian MLA (1976–1988).
*Lu Guanqiu, 72, Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire, chairman and co-founder of Wanxiang.
*Pinito del Oro, 86, Spanish trapeze artist (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus) and novelist (*Nacida para el circo*, *La víspera*, *El italiano*), complications from a stroke.

### 26
*Ali Ashraf Darvishian, 76, Iranian writer (*Abshooran*, *Salhay-e-Abri*, *Farhang-e-Afsanehay-e Irani*) and democracy activist (Iranian Centre for Democracy), respiratory failure.
*Arnett E. Girardeau, 88, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1976–1982) and Senate (1983–1992), heart attack.
*Shea Norman, 45, American gospel singer-songwriter ("My Heart Depends on You", "Tis So Sweet"), complications from diabetes.
*Nelly Olin, 76, French politician, Mayor of Garges-lès-Gonesse (1995–2004), member of the Senator (1995–2004) and Minister of Environment (2005–2007), complications from breast cancer.
*Stephen Toulouse, 45, American policy specialist and public relations manager (Microsoft, Xbox Live).

### 27
*Hans Kraay Sr., 81, Dutch football player (DOS, national team, Feyenoord) and manager (Elinkwijk, Akax, Alkmaar).
*Punathil Kunjabdulla, 75, Indian writer (*Smarakasilakal*, *Malamukalile Abdulla*, *Marunnu*) and physician, bladder cancer.
*Katalin Szőke, 82, Hungarian Hall of Fame swimmer, Olympic gold medalist (1952).

### 28
*Josaphat-Robert Large, 74, Haitian-American poet, novelist (*Les terres entourées de larmes*) and art critic, recipient of the Prix littéraire des Caraïbes (2003), cancer.
*Manuel Sanchís Martínez, 79, Spanish footballer (national team, Real Valladolid, Real Madrid) and manage (Tenerife, Equatorial Guinea national team, Alzira), pulmonary embolism.
*Gert Timmerman, 82, Dutch singer ("Nimm deine weiße Gitarre", "Grijze haren", "De schommelstoel") and musician (Gert and Hermien), pancreatic cancer.

### 29
*Dennis Banks, 80, American indigenous leader, activist (American Indian Movement) and actor (*War Party*, *The Last of the Mohicans*, *Older than America*), 2016 Peace and Freedom Party vice presidential candidate, complications from pneumonia.
*Richard E. Cavazos, 88, American army general, Commanding General of FORSCOM (1982–1984), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Frank Holder, 92, Guyanese jazz singer (The Dankworth Seven) and percussionist, congestive heart failure.
*Władysław Kowalski, 81, Polish actor (*Samson*, ''Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema*, *Body''), heart attack.
*Tony Madigan, 87, Australian Hall of Fame boxer and rugby union player, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), complications from pneumonia.
*Manfredi Nicoletti, 87, Italian architect (Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, Courthouse of Arezzo, Millennium Tower).
*Linda Nochlin, 86, American feminist art historian and essayist ("Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?").
*Peter Schutz, 87, German-born American businessman (Porsche), Alzheimer's disease.
*Sir Ninian Stephen, 94, Australian politician and judge, Governor-General (1982–1989) and Justice of the High Court (1972–1982).
*Keith Wilder, 65, American funk-disco singer (Heatwave).

### 30
*Fred Beckey, 94, American rock climber, mountaineer and author (*Cascade Alpine Guide*), subject of *Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey*.
*Frank Doran, 68, British politician, MP for Aberdeen South (1987–1992) and Aberdeen North (1997–2015).
*Kim Joo-hyuk, 45, South Korean actor (*My Wife Got Married*, *The Servant*, *Confidential Assignment*), car crash.
*James D. Martin, 99, American businessman and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 7th congressional district (1965–1967), congestive heart failure.
*Judy Martz, 74, American politician, Governor of Montana (2001–2005) and Lieutenant Governor of Montana (1997–2001), Olympic speed skater (1964), pancreatic cancer.
*Salvador Minuchin, 96, Argentine-American psychotherapist, heart disease.
*Eugène Parlier, 88, Swiss footballer (national team, Servette, FC Biel-Bienne).
*Melanmai Ponnusamy, 66, Indian writer (*Semmalar*) and journalist (*Ananda Vikatan*, *Kalki*), recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award (2008), heart attack.
*Daniel Te'o-Nesheim, 30, American football player (Washington Huskies, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
*Daniel Viglietti, 78, Uruguayan folk singer ("Trópicos"), guitarist, and political activist.
*Abbas Zandi, 87, Iranian Olympic freestyle wrestler (1948, 1952, 1956) and World champion (1954).

### 31
*Norman Hardie, 92, New Zealand mountaineer.
*Mario das Neves, 66, Argentine politician, Governor of Chubut (2003–2011, since 2015), cardiopulmonary arrest.
*Papi Oviedo, 79, Cuban tresero ("Chanchullo"), lung cancer.

## Months
* January 2017
* February 2017
* March 2017
* April 2017
* May 2017
* June 2017
* July 2017
* August 2017
* September 2017

## Related pages
* Deaths in 2014
* Deaths in 2015
* Deaths in 2016

## References
## Other websites
* *The Guardian*, UK obituaries
* Obituaries, *Los Angeles Times*
* Obituaries, *Chicago Tribune*
* *The New York Times*, US obituaries
* *The Sydney Morning Herald*, Australian obituaries
* *The Telegraph* obituaries