Deaths in October 2023

**Deaths in October 2023** (list of). For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Every entry 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, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

## October 2023
### 1
* Theresa Kufuor, 87, Ghanaian nurse and midwife, first lady (2001–2009).
* Richie Poulton, 61, New Zealand clinical psychologist, director of the Dunedin Study (since 2000), salivary gland cancer.
* Tim Wakefield, 57, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates) and commentator (NESN), brain cancer.
* John Waring, 81, English cricketer (Yorkshire, Warwickshire).

### 2
* Francis Lee, 79, English football player (Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, national team) and chairman, cancer.

### 3
* Joe Christopher, 87, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox).

### 4
* Jason Wynyard, 49, New Zealand woodchopper, Burkitt lymphoma.
### 5
* Asad Chowdhury, 80, Bangladeshi writer.
* Ibrahim Amin, Egyptian squash player.

### 6
* Mary Chronopoulou, 90, Greek actress (*The Naked Brigade*, *Mermaids and Rascals*, *Voyage to Cythera*), complications from a fall.
* Atila Pesyani, 66, Iranian actor (*The Redemption*, *Cease Fire*, *The Hidden Half*), cancer.
* Francisco Vidal, 82, Spanish actor (*El Crack*, *The Enchanted Forest*, ''Pan's Labyrinth*).

### 7
* Marouf al-Bakhit, 76, Jordanian military officer and politician, prime minister (2005–2007, 2011).
* Terence Davies, 77, British screenwriter and film director (*Distant Voices, Still Lives*, *The Long Day Closes*, *The House of Mirth*).

### 8
* Ted Schwinden, 98, American politician, governor (1981–1989) and lieutenant governor (1977–1981) of Montana, member of the Montana House of Representatives (1959–1963).
* Burt Young, 83, American actor (*Rocky*, *Chinatown*, *The Pope of Greenwich Village*).

### 9
* Jackson Anthony, 65, Sri Lankan actor (*Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli*, *Guerilla Marketing*) and film director (*Julietge Bhumikawa*), complications from a traffic collision.
* Mikhail Golubovich, 79, Ukrainian actor (*Lone Wolf*, *Luna Park*, *Brothel Lights*).
* Anthony Hickox, 64, English film director (*Waxwork*, *Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat*, *Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth*) and screenwriter.
* Mang Hoi, 65, Hong Kong actor (*The Human Goddess*, *Bruce Lee, D-Day at Macao*, *He Has Nothing But Kung Fu*), oesophageal cancer.
* Yulian Panich, 92, Russian actor (*Road to Life*, *For the Power of the Soviets*, *Different Fortunes*), television director and journalist.
* Henri Serre, 92, French actor (*Jules and Jim*, *Fantômas contre Scotland Yard*, *Mister Frost*).
* Yevgeni Sumin, 81, Russian actor (*Tracker*, *Voroshilov Sharpshooter*).

### 10
*Mark Goddard, 87, American actor (*Lost in Space*)

### 11
* Phyllis Coates, 96, American actress (*Adventures of Superman*, *Superman and the Mole Men*, *Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn'').
* Rudolph Isley, 84, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("It's Your Thing", "That Lady") (The Isley Brothers).
* Pauline Jani, 34, Zimbabwean netball player (national team).
*Markku Syrjälä, 68, Finnish Olympic archer (1984).
* Cal Wilson, 53, New Zealand comedian and voice actress (*Kitty Is Not a Cat*).

### 12
* Lara Parker, 84, American actress (*Dark Shadows*, *Save the Tiger*, *Hi, Mom!*).

### 13
* Hildegarde Neil, 84, English actress (*Antony and Cleopatra*, *England Made Me*, *The Bruce*), cancer and heart disease. (death announced on this date)

### 14
* Dariush Mehrjui, 83, Iranian filmmaker (*The Cow*, *Mr. Naive*, *Hamoun*), stabbing.
*Joaquín Pérez, 86, Cuban Olympic rower (1956).
* Piper Laurie, 91, American actress (*Carrie*, *The Hustler*, *Children of a Lesser God*), Emmy winner (1987).
* Wadea al-Fayoume, 6, American child, stabbed.
### 15
* Jean-Roger Milo, 66, French actor (*A Sunday in the Country*, *Among Wolves*, *Germinal*).
* Suzanne Somers, 76, American actress (''Three's Company*, *Step by Step*, *She's the Sheriff*), breast cancer.

### 16
* Martti Ahtisaari, 86, Finnish politician, president (1994–2000), Nobel Prize laureate (2008).
* Jesús Guzmán, 97, Spanish actor (*Implacable Three*, *The Locket*, *Nothing Less Than a Real Man*).

### 17
* Sir Tim Wallis, 85, New Zealand Hall of Fame aviation entrepreneur, founder of the Alpine Fighter Collection and the Warbirds over Wanaka.

### 18
* Osvaldo Desideri, 84, Italian art director (*The Last Emperor*, *Once Upon a Time in America*, *Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom''), Oscar winner (1988).
* Dwight Twilley, 72, American singer-songwriter ("I'm on Fire").

### 19
* Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti, 68, palestinian politician, israeli airstrike.
### 20
* Haydn Gwynne, 66, English actress (*Drop the Dead Donkey*, *The Windsors*, *Billy Elliot the Musical*), cancer.
* Hiba Abu Nada, 32, Palestinian poet and novelist, israeli airstrike.

### 21
* Sir Bobby Charlton, 86, English Hall of Fame football player (Manchester United, national team) and manager (Preston North End), world champion (1966).
* Bill Hayden, 90, Australian politician, governor-general (1989–1996), minister for foreign affairs (1983–1988), and leader of the opposition (1977–1983).
* Amusaa Mwanamwambwa, 83, Zambian politician, minister of tourism (1996–1998).
* Marzia Ubaldi, 85, Italian actress (*The Predators*, *Nazi Love Camp 27*, *Suburra: Blood on Rome*).

### 22
* Reino Börjesson, 94, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg, Norrby IF, national team).
* Dave Courtney, 64, English gangster, writer, and actor (*Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees*, *The Dead Sleep Easy*, *Killer Bitch*), suicide by gunshot.
* Don Laughlin, 92, American gambling entrepreneur. (death announced on this date)

### 23
* Bishan Singh Bedi, 77, Indian cricketer (Northern Punjab, Delhi, national team).
* Angelo Bruschini, 62, English guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack), lung cancer.
* Mervin Shiner, 102, American country singer ("Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me"), songwriter and guitarist.

### 24
* Hans Albert, 102, German philosopher.
* Niels Holst-Sørensen, 100, Danish Olympic athlete (1948) and air force officer.
* Richard Roundtree, 81, American actor (*Shaft*, *Se7en*, *Speed Racer*), pancreatic cancer.

### 25
* Ajith Abeyratne, 75, Sri Lankan rugby union player (Ceylonese, national team), coach (national rugby sevens team), and commentator.

### 26
* Guy Camberabero, 87, French rugby union player (La Voulte-Sportif, US Tyrosse, national team).
* Richard Moll, 80, American actor (*Night Court*, *House*, *Batman: The Animated Series*).
* Sir Jon Trimmer, 84, New Zealand ballet dancer, cancer.

### 27
* Hiroshi Inuzuka, 94, Japanese actor (*Daigoro vs. Goliath*, *Eijanaika*, *Chameleon*) and bassist.
* Li Keqiang, 68, Chinese politician, premier (2013–2023), heart attack

### 28
* Matthew Perry, 54, American-Canadian actor (*Friends*, *The Whole Nine Yards*, *Fallout: New Vegas*), drowned.

### 29
* Joey Paras, 45, Filipino actor (*Bekikang: Ang Nanay Kong Beki*, *FlordeLiza*, *Sunday PinaSaya*) and comedian.
* Tony Rohr, 84, Irish actor (*The Long Good Friday*, ''Harry's Game*, *The Lakes*), prostate cancer.

### 30
* Fernando Almada, 94, Mexican actor (*El valle de los miserables*, *Puerto maldito*, *La jaula de oro*).
* Frank Howard, 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers), complications from a stroke.

### 31
* Tyler Christopher, 50, American actor (*General Hospital*, *Days of Our Lives*, *The Lying Game*), cardiac arrest.
* Fabien Roy, 95, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1980) and Quebec MNA (1970–1979). 
*Mel Sembler, 93, American diplomat, ambassador to Italy (2001–2005) and Australia (1989–1993).
* Elmar Wepper, 79, German actor (*Der Kommissar*, *Cherry Blossoms*, *Lammbock*) and voice actor.

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