Deaths in October 2018

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in October 2018. 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.
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, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
October
1
Charles Aznavour, 94, French-Armenian singer ("La Boheme", "She", "The Old Fashioned Way"), lyricist and actor (Shoot the Piano Player), cardiopulmonary arrest complicated by pulmonary edema.
Stelvio Cipriani, 81, Italian composer (The Bounty Killer, The Stranger Returns, La polizia sta a guardare), complications from a stroke.
Carlos Ezquerra, 70, Spanish comics artist (Judge Dredd, Preacher), lung cancer.
Jerry Gonzalez, 69, American bandleader and trumpeter, heart attack.
Do Muoi, 101, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1991-1997) and Prime Minister (1988-1991), multiple organ failure.
Graciano Rocchigiani, 54, German professional boxer, WBC (1988-1989) and IBF world champion (1998-2000), car accident.
Juan Romero, 68, American busboy, witness to the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, heart attack.
Franco Sar, 84, Italian Olympic decathlete (1960, 1964), heart attack.
Antoine Sfeir, 69, Lebanese journalist and professor.
2
Smilja Avramov, 100, Serbian law academic, President of the International Law Association (since 1980) and member of the Senate of Republika Srpska (1996-2009), congestive heart failure.
Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer, heart attack.
Geoff Emerick, 72, English recording engineer (Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles), multi-Grammy winner, heart attack.
Dorothy Hukill, 72, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2004-2012) and Senate (since 2012), cervical cancer.
Thampi Kannanthanam, 64, Indian movie director (Thavalam, Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar, Freedom).
Roman Kartsev, 79, Russian actor (Heart of a Dog, Promised Heaven, Old Hags) and comedian, cardiac arrest.
Jamal Khashoggi, 59, Saudi journalist and columnist (The Washington Post), strangled.
Hermenegildo Sabat, 85, Uruguayan-born Argentine political cartoonist and journalist (El Pais), heart attack.
3
Elisabeth Andersen, 98, Dutch actress (Hague Comedy).
Julien Bogaert, 94, Belgian Olympic sprint canoeist (1948).
Sir Roger Gibbs, 83, British financier.
Joseph Kamaru, 79, Kenyan benga musician and political activist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
Leon M. Lederman, 96, American experimental physicist (Bottom quark) and scientific writer (The God Particle), Nobel Prize winner (1988), complications from dementia.
Bent Lorentzen, 83, Danish composer, lymphoma.
Hollie Pihl, 90, American judge, District Court Judge for Washington County (1969-1995).
4
Dave Anderson, 89, American sportswriter (The New York Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1981), heart failure.
Jeanne Ashworth, 80, American speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), pancreatic cancer.
Hamiet Bluiett, 78, American jazz saxophonist (World Saxophone Quartet) and composer, complications from a stroke.
Kevin Ellison, 31, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Spokane Shock).
Kurt Malangre, 84, German politician, MEP (1979-1999), lung cancer.
Jose Sacal, 74, Mexican surrealist sculptor, leukemia.
Will Vinton, 70, American animator (The California Raisins, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Return to Oz), Oscar winner (1974), multiple myeloma.
5
Jimmy Duquennoy, 23, Belgian racing cyclist, cardiac arrest.
Ray Galton, 88, British screenwriter (Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe and Son), dementia.
Ivar Odnes, 55, Norwegian politician, MP (since 2017), pancreatic cancer.
Victor Pey, 103, Spanish-born Chilean engineer and political activist, counselor of Salvador Allende.
6
Eef Brouwers, 79, Dutch journalist and spokesman, Director-general of the RVD (1995-2004), colorectal cancer.
Montserrat Caballe, 85, Spanish opera singer, gallbladder infection.
Quentin Kenihan, 43, Australian disability activist, actor (Mad Max: Fury Road) and politician, asthma attack.
Don Sandburg, 87, American actor (Bozo's Circus), Alzheimer's disease.
Scott Wilson, 76, American actor (The Walking Dead, In Cold Blood, The Ninth Configuration), complications from leukemia.
7
Peggy McCay, 90, American actress (Days of Our Lives, Love of Life, Murphy's Romance), Emmy winner (1991).
Moi-Yo Miller, 104, Australian actress and illusionist, dementia.
Oleg Pavlov, 48, Russian novelist (Captain of the Steppe, Tales from the Last Days, The Russian Man in the 20th Century), Russian Booker Prize winner (2002) and Angelus Award winner (2017), heart attack.
Celeste Yarnall, 74, American actress (The Face of Eve, The Mechanic, Fatal Beauty), peritoneal cancer.
8
Arnold Kopelson, 83, American movie producer (Platoon, The Fugitive, Seven), Oscar winner (1987).
George Taliaferro, 91, American professional (Baltimore Colts) and Hall of Fame college football player (Indiana Hoosiers), first African-American selected in an NFL Draft, heart failure.
Joseph Tydings, 90, American lawyer (Eisenstadt v. Baird) and politician, U.S. Senator from Maryland (1965-1971), cancer.
Hiroshi Wajima, 70, Japanese sumo and professional wrestler (AJPW), throat cancer.
Venantino Venantini, 88, Italian actor (Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye, City of the Living Dead, Cannibal Ferox), complications from heart surgery.
9
G. D. Agrawal, 87, Indian environmental activist, heart failure complicated by starvation.
Warner Saunders, 83, American news anchor (WMAQ-TV, WBBM-TV), suspected heart attack.
Thomas A. Steitz, 78, American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner (2009), complications from pancreatic cancer.
Carolyn Warner, 88, American politician, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction (1975-1987), cancer.
10
Bill Corey, 101, Australian World War II soldier (The Rats of Tobruk).
Mary Midgley, 99, British moral philosopher and animal rights activist.
Raye Montague, 83, American naval engineer (Oliver Hazard Perry class), heart failure.
Tex Winter, 96, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Chicago Bulls), innovator of the triangle offense, complications from a stroke.
11
Sir Doug Ellis, 94, English entrepreneur and football club chairman (Aston Villa).
Labinot Harbuzi, 32, Swedish footballer (Malmo FF, Genclerbirligi), cardiac arrest.
Dieter Kemper, 81, German professional cyclist, bone cancer.
Pran Nevile, 95, Indian art historian (Lahore: A Sentimental Journey), pneumonia.
Yoshito Sengoku, 72, Japanese politician, Minister of Justice (2010-2011), lung cancer.
Hege Skjeie, 63, Norwegian political scientist and columnist (Dagens Naeringsliv), pancreatic cancer.
Greg Stafford, 70, American game designer (White Bear and Red Moon, King of Dragon Pass, HeroQuest).
Hebe Uhart, 81, Argentine novelist (Querida mama o guiando la hiedra) and columnist (El Pais), complications from COPD.
12
Paul Andreu, 80, French architect (Osaka Maritime Museum).
Pik Botha, 86, South African politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1977-1994).
Jan Jakob Tonseth, 71, Norwegian author (Hilmar Iversens ensomhet), member of the Norwegian Academy (until 2018), multiple myeloma.
13
Fabien Eboussi Boulaga, 84, Cameroonian philosopher.
William Coors, 102, American brewer (Coors Brewing Company).
Robert W. Doran, 73, New Zealand computer scientist.
Edgar S. Harris Jr., 93, American Air Force lieutenant general.
Patricia Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham, 77, British politician, member of House of Lords (since 1990).
Nikolai Pankin, 69, Russian breaststroke swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968) and swimming coach.
Jim Taylor, 83, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints).
14
Robert Bushby, 91, American aircraft designer (Mustang Aeronautics Mustang II).
Milena Dravic, 78, Serbian actress (Destination Death, Special Treatment, St. George Shoots the Dragon), pancreatic cancer.
Per Theodor Haugen, 86, Norwegian actor (The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, Stov pa hjernen).
Mel Ramos, 83, American artist, heart failure.
Valeriy Shmarov, 74, Ukrainian politician, Minister of Defence (1994-1996).
15
Paul Allen, 65, American businessman and sports team owner (Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trail Blazers), co-founder of Microsoft, septic shock caused by non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Arto Paasilinna, 76, Finnish novelist (The Year of the Hare), complications from a stroke.
Fernando Serena, 77, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Sant Andreu, national team), complications from Parkinson's disease.
16
Dennis Hof, 72, American brothel owner (Moonlite BunnyRanch), reality show personality (Cathouse: The Series) and politician, suspected cardiac arrest.
Walter Huddleston, 92, American politician, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1973-1985).
Sid Michaels Kavulich, 62, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 2011) and sportscaster (WBRE-TV), complications from heart surgery.
Ian Kiernan, 78, Australian yachtsman and environmental campaigner (Clean Up Australia), Australian of the Year (1994), cancer.
Berthold Leibinger, 87, German engineer (Trumpf) and philanthropist (Berthold Leibinger Stiftung) complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Paul O'Brien, 64, British chemist.
17
Leone Frollo, 87, Italian comic book artist (Biancaneve).
Cornelius Edward Gallagher, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 13th congressional district (1959-1973), brain cancer.
Ara Guler, 90, Turkish photojournalist, heart attack.
Jacques Monory, 94, French painter and filmmaker, pneumonia.
Vladislav Roslyakov, 18, Russian student and murderer, perpetrator of the Kerch Polytechnic shooting, suicide by firearm.
Derrick Sherwin, 82, English television producer (Doctor Who, Paul Temple) and actor (The Vengeance of She).
18
Abdul Raziq Achakzai, 39, Afghan officer, shot.
Ayub Bachchu, 56, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (Love Runs Blind), heart attack.
Anthea Bell, 82, British translator, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 83, Sudanese military officer and politician, President (1985-1986).
Danny Leiner, 57, American movie director (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Dude, Where's My Car?, The Great New Wonderful), cancer.
Ake Ortmark, 89, Swedish journalist (Veckans Affarer) and television presenter, pneumonia.
Lisbet Palme, 87, Swedish child psychologist, Spouse of the Prime Minister (1969-1976, 1982-1986).
Dick Slater, 67, American professional wrestler (WWF, UWF, WCW).
N. D. Tiwari, 93, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (1986-1987) and Minister of Finance (1987-1988), multiple organ failure.
U Thuzana, 71, Burmese Buddhist monk, Leader of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (1994-2010).
19
Takanobu Hozumi, 87, Japanese actor (The Demon, Mr. Baseball, The X from Outer Space), gallbladder cancer.
Osamu Shimomura, 90, Japanese organic chemist, Nobel Prize winner (2008).
Diana Sowle, 88, American actress (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Fallout 3).
20
Wim Kok, 80, Dutch politician and trade union leader, Prime Minister (1994-2002), heart failure.
Zheng Xiaosong, 59, Chinese politician, Director of the Macau Liaison Office (since 2017), fall.
21
Earl Bakken, 94, American pacemaker inventor (Medtronic) and museum founder (Bakken Museum).
Ilie Balaci, 62, Romanian football player (Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo Bucuresti, national team) and manager, heart attack complicated by a stroke.
Harry L. Ettlinger, 92, American engineer, member of the Monuments Men, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal (2007).
Robert Faurisson, 89, British-born French journalist (Journal of Historical Review, Le Monde), academic and Holocaust denier.
Jun-ichi Nishizawa, 92, Japanese electrical engineer.
Joachim Ronneberg, 99, Norwegian military officer and broadcaster, commander of Operation Gunnerside.
Charles Wang, 74, Chinese-born American software developer (CA Technologies), philanthropist (Smile Train) and sports team owner (New York Islanders), lung cancer.
22
Horacio Cardo, 74, Argentine painter and illustrator (The New York Times), stomach cancer.
Boris Kokorev, 59, Russian pistol shooter, Olympic champion (1996).
Friedrich Ostermann, 86, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Munster (1981-2007).
Eugene H. Peterson, 85, American clergyman and biblical scholar (The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language), congestive heart failure.
Robert Saladrigas, 78, Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic, prostate cancer.
Jose Varacka, 86, Argentine footballer (River Plate, national team) and coach (River Plate, Boca Juniors).
23
Skip Campbell, 69, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1996-2006) and Mayor of Coral Springs, Florida (since 2014), complications from hip surgery.
James Karen, 94, American actor (Poltergeist, The Return of the Living Dead, Nixon), cardiopulmonary arrest.
Alojz Rebula, 94, Italian-born Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist, member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (until 2018), heart attack.
Laurens van Ravens, 96, Dutch football referee (Eredivisie, FIFA).
24
Carmen Alborch, 70, Spanish feminist writer and politician, Minister of Culture (1993-1996), pancreatic cancer.
Rudolf Gelbard, 87, Austrian Holocaust survivor.
Anatoly Gladilin, 83, Russian writer (Prognoz na zavtra, The Making and Unmaking of a Soviet Writer, Moscow Racetrack).
Hip Hop Pantsula, 38, South African rapper ("O Mang?", "Acceptance Speech", "Dumela").
Christine Stix-Hackl, 60, Austrian jurist, Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (2000-2006), heart attack.
Tony Joe White, 75, American singer-songwriter ("Polk Salad Annie", "Rainy Night in Georgia", "Steamy Windows"), heart attack.
25
Sara Anzanello, 38, Italian volleyball player (national team), leukemia.
Lindon Crow, 85, American football player (New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams), stroke.
Sonny Fortune, 79, American jazz saxophonist, stroke.
Thomas Keating, 95, American Trappist monk and author, respiratory failure.
Michael J. O'Connor, 89, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1971-1972) and Senate (1973-1977, 1981-1982), skin cancer.
Shivinder Singh Sidhu, 89, Indian politician, Governor of Meghalaya (2007-2008) and Goa (2008-2011).
John Ziegler Jr., 84, American ice hockey executive, NHL commissioner (1977-1992).
26
Ana Gonzalez de Recabarren, 93, Chilean human rights activist, lung infection.
Warren B. Hamilton, 93, American geologist.
Nikolai Karachentsov, 73, Russian actor (Juno and Avos, The Dog in the Manger, A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989), kidney failure.
Gyorgy Karoly, 65, Hungarian poet (Elet es Irodalom) and novelist (Folyamatos majus, Dunakanyaro), brain cancer.
27
Freddie Hart, 91, American country musician and singer-songwriter ("Easy Loving", "My Hang-Up Is You", "Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me)"), pneumonia.
Madan Lal Khurana, 82, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Delhi (1993-1996) and Governor of Rajasthan (2004), cerebral hemorrhage.
Mario Segale, 84, American real estate developer, namesake of Nintendo's Mario.
Ntozake Shange, 70, American poet and playwright (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf), complications from a stroke.
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, Thai businessman (King Power) and football club owner (Leicester City F.C.), helicopter crash.
28
Luis Miguel Enciso Recio, 88, Spanish historian and politician, Senator (1977-1982) and member of the Real Academia de la Historia (since 1999), complications from a fall.
Richard Gill, 76, Australian conductor and activist, colorectal and peritoneal cancer.
I. John Hesselink, 90, American theologian.
Konstantins Konstantinovs, 40, Latvian-Russian powerlifter, World Powerlifting champion (2011).
Colin Sylvia, 32, Australian football player (Melbourne, Fremantle), car crash.
29
Lodi Gyari Rinpoche, 69, Tibetan diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (until 2018) and co-founder of the Tibetan Youth Congress, liver cancer.
30
David Azulai, 64, Israeli politician, Minister of Religious Services (since 2015) and member of Knesset (1996-2018), cancer.
Whitey Bulger, 89, American gangster (Winter Hill Gang) and convicted murderer, beaten.
Bill Fischer, 88, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, Kansas City Athletics).
Maria Irene Fornes, 88, Cuban-American playwright (Sarita, Fefu and Her Friends), complications from dementia.
Jin Yong, 94, Hong Kong novelist (Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils), essayist and journalist (Ming Pao).
Erika Mahringer, 93, Austrian alpine skier, Olympic bronze medalist (1948, 1952), heart failure.
Beverly McClellan, 49, American singer ("Piece of My Heart", "Beautiful", "The Thrill Is Gone") and musician, cancer.
Teodoro Petkoff, 86, Venezuelan journalist (Tal Cual) and politician, Minister of the Central Office of Coordination and Planning (1996-1999), 2006 presidential candidate.
Emil Palecek, 88, Czech chemist, discovered nucleic acids electrochemistry, stroke.
Sangharakshita, 93, British Buddhist educator and writer, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community, pneumonia complicated by sepsis.
Bob Skoronski, 84, American football player (Green Bay Packers), Alzheimer's disease.
31
Willie McCovey, 80, American Hall of Fame baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres), complications from an infection.
Dana G. Mead, 82, American businessman, Chair of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2003-2010).
Ken Shellito, 78, English football player (Chelsea, national team) and manager (Cambridge United), lung infection and kidney failure.
Tony Streather, 92, British army officer and mountaineer.
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Related pages
Deaths in 2014
Deaths in 2015
Deaths in 2016
Deaths in 2017
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
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