Deaths in October 2015
The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2015. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.
October 2015
Don Edwards 1915-2015
Denis Healey 1917-2015
Henning Mankell 1948-2015
Árpád Göncz 1922-2015
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Geoffrey Howe 1926-2015
Richard F. Heck 1931-2015
Michael Meacher 1939-2015
Maureen O'Hara 1920-2015
Al Molinaro 1919-2015
Gregg Palmer 1927-2015
- October 1 - Don Edwards, 100, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California (1963–1995).[1]
- October 1 - Božo Bakota, 64, Croatian footballer (NK Zagreb, SK Sturm Graz).[2]
- October 1 - Hadi Norouzi, 30, Iranian footballer (Persepolis F.C.), heart attack.[3]
- October 1 - Joe Wark, 67, Scottish footballer (Motherwell).[4]
- October 1 - Jacob Pressman, 95, Americans Conservative rabbi, co-founder of American Jewish University.[5]
- October 1 - Max Keeping, 73, Canadian broadcaster (CJOH), cancer.[6]
- October 1 - Usnija Redžepova, 69, Macedonian actress and singer, lung cancer.[7]
- October 2 - Brian Friel, 86, Irish dramatist (Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Dancing at Lughnasa).[8]
- October 2 - Lubomír Lipský, 92, Czech actor.[9]
- October 2 - Eric Arturo Delvalle, 78, Panamanian politician, President (1985–1988).[10]
- October 2 - Coleridge Goode, 100, Jamaican-born British jazz bassist.[11]
- October 3 - Javid Iqbal, 90, Pakistani judge, Justice of the Supreme Court (1986–1989), cancer.[12]
- October 3 - Denis Healey, 98, British politician, Secretary of State for Defence (1964–1970), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1974–1979).[13]
- October 4 - José Eduardo Dutra, 58, Brazilian businessman (Petrobras) and politician, Senator (since 1994).[14]
- October 4 - J. Whyatt Mondesire, 66, American journalist and civil rights activist, brain aneurysm.[15]
- October 5 - Henning Mankell, 67, Swedish writer, cancer.[16]
- October 5 - Jos Vandeloo, 90, Belgian writer and poet.[17]
- October 5 - Grace Lee Boggs, 100, American civil rights activist and author.[18]
- October 5 - Chantal Akerman, 65, Belgian movie director (Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, A Couch in New York, La Captive), suicide.[19]
- October 6 - Árpád Göncz, 93, Hungarian writer and politician, President (1990–2000).[20]
- October 6 - Kevin Corcoran, 66, American actor and producer (Old Yeller, Pete's Dragon), colorectal cancer.[21]
- October 6 - Christine Arnothy, 84, Hungarian-born French writer.[22]
- October 6 - Billy Joe Royal, 73, American pop and country singer ("Down in the Boondocks", "Cherry Hill Park", "Burned Like a Rocket").[23]
- October 7 - Elena Lucena, 101, Argentine actress.[24]
- October 7 - Dominique Dropsy, 63, French footballer (Valenciennes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux), leukemia.[25]
- October 7 - W. R. Mitchell, 87, British writer and editor (Dalesman).[26]
- October 7 - Harry Gallatin, 88, American basketball player (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons) and coach (New York Knicks, St. Louis Hawks), complications from surgery.[27]
- October 8 - Paul Prudhomme, 75, American chef and restaurant owner.[28]
- October 8 - Jim Diamond, 64, Scottish singer-songwriter ("I Should Have Known Better").[29]
- October 9 - Ravindra Jain, 71, Indian composer, kidney cancer.[30]
- October 9 - Du Runsheng, 102, Chinese politician.[31]
- October 9 - Tony Rafty, 99, Australian caricaturist.[32]
- October 9 - Jerry Parr, 85, American Secret Service agent, saved Ronald Reagan during his assassaination attempt, congestive heart failure.[33]
- October 9 - Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, 88, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1979–1983), Foreign Secretary (1983–1989), heart attack.[34]
- October 10 - Richard F. Heck, 84, American chemist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry (2010).[35]
- October 11 - Steve Mackay, 66, American saxophonist (The Stooges), sepsis.[36]
- October 12 - Levent Kırca, 67, Turkish actor, liver cancer.[37]
- October 12 - Abdallah Kigoda, 61, Tanzanian politician, Minister of Industry and Trade (since 2012), cancer.[38]
- October 12 - Joan Leslie, 90, American actress (High Sierra, Sergeant York, Yankee Doodle Dandy).[39]
- October 13 - Sue Lloyd-Roberts, 64, British television journalist (BBC, ITN), leukemia.[40]
- October 14 - Nurlan Balgimbayev, 67, Kazakh politician, Prime Minister (1997–1999), cancer.[41]
- October 14 - Mathieu Kérékou, 82, Beninese politician, President (1972–1991, 1996–2006).[42]
- October 14 - Jordi Miralles, 53, Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (2003–2012), meningitis.[43]
- October 14 - Robert M. White, 92, American meteorologist, director of the United States Weather Bureau under five presidents, complications of dementia.[44]
- October 15 - Kenneth D. Taylor, 81, Canadian diplomat, Ambassador to Iran (1977–1980), central figure in the "Canadian Caper", awarded U.S. Congressional Gold Medal for his actions, colon cancer.[45]
- October 15 - Nate Huffman, 40, American basketball player (Toronto Raptors, Maccabi Tel Aviv), bladder cancer.[46]
- October 15 - Sergei Filippenkov, 44, Russian football player (CSKA Moscow) and coach, heart attack.[47]
- October 15 - Larry N. Vanderhoef, 74, American biochemist, Chancellor of University of California, Davis (1994–2009), complications of a stroke.[48]
- October 15 - Neill Sheridan, 93, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), pneumonia.[49]
- October 16 - Francesc de Paula Burguera, 87, Spanish journalist, heart failure.[50]
- October 16 - Ralph Andrews, 87, American television producer (You Don't Say!, Liar's Club, Lingo), Alzheimer's disease.[51]
- October 16 - Luciano García Alén, 87, Spanish physician and etnographer, complications from pneumonia.[52]
- October 17 - Howard Kendall, 69, English football player and manager (Blackburn Rovers, Everton).[53]
- October 17 - Tom Smith, 67, American Republican politician, United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2012.[54]
- October 17 - Anne-Marie Lizin, 66, Belgian politician, President of the Senate (2004–2007).[55]
- October 18 - Frank Watkins, 47, American bassist (Obituary, Gorgoroth), cancer.[56]
- October 18 - Gamal El-Ghitani, 70, Egyptian author, heart attack.[57]
- October 19 - Ali Treki, 76-77, Libyan diplomat, Foreign Minister (1976-1982, 1984-1986), President of the United Nations General Assembly (2009-2010).[58]
- October 20 - Kazimierz Łaski, 93, Polish-born Austrian economist.[59]
- October 20 - Michael Meacher, 75, British politician, MP for Oldham West (1970–1997) and Oldham West and Royton (since 1997).[60]
- October 20 - Cory Wells, 74, American singer (Three Dog Night).[61]
- October 21 - Marty Ingels, 79, American actor (I'm Dickens, He's Fenster), stroke.[62]
- October 21 - France Bučar, 92, Slovenian politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1992).[63]
- October 21 - Mark Murphy, 83, American jazz vocalist.[64]
- October 22 - Willem Aantjes, 92, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1959–1978).[65]
- October 23 - Leon Bibb, 93, American folk singer.[66]
- October 23 - Krunoslav Hulak, 64, Croatian chess grandmaster.[67]
- October 23 - Paride Tumburus, 76, Italian footballer, heart attack.[68]
- October 23 - Jimmy Roberts, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues), cancer.[69]
- October 24 - Ján Chryzostom Korec, 91, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Jesuit Cardinal and Bishop of Nitra (1990–2005).[70]
- October 24 - Maureen O'Hara, 95, Irish-American actress (Miracle on 34th Street, How Green Was My Valley, The Parent Trap).[71]
- October 25 - Flip Saunders, 60, American basketball player and coach (Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards, Minnesota Timberwolves), lymphoma.[72]
- October 25 - Lisa Jardine, 71, British historian, cancer.[73]
- October 26 - Ed Walker, 83, American radio personality (Joy Boys), cancer.[74]
- October 26 - Scott Barr, 99, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1977–1983) and the Washington Senate (1983–1993).[75]
- October 27 - Philip French, 82, British movie critic (The Observer) and BBC radio producer, heart attack.[76]
- October 28 - Nicolás Fuentes, 74, Peruvian footballer (national team), complications of diabetes.[77]
- October 29 - Ernesto Boy Herrera, 73, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (1998–2001) and Senate (1987–1998), cardiac arrest.[78]
- October 30 - Al Molinaro, 96, American actor (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi, The Odd Couple), complications from infected gall bladder.[79]
- October 30 - Mel Daniels, 71, American basketball player (Indiana Pacers), complications from surgery.[80]
- October 30 - Willis Carto, 89, American white supremacist and Holocaust denier, founder of the American Free Press, cardiac arrest.[81]
- October 31 - Ants Antson, 76, Estonian speed skater, Olympic champion (1964).[82]
- October 31 - Gus Savage, 90, American newspaper executive and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois's 2nd district (1981–1993).[83]
- October 31 - Thomas Blatt, 88, Polish writer and Holocaust survivor following escape from Sobibór .[84]
- October 31 - Gregg Palmer, 88, American actor (Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, The Virginian).[85]
Previous months
References
- ↑ Former Rep. Don Edwards: 1915-2015 (2 October 2015).
- ↑ Österreichischer Torschützenkönig des Jahres 1982 wurde 65 Jahre alt (in German)
- ↑ Iran soccer player dies of cardiac arrest
- ↑ Club, Motherwell Football. Joe Wark: 1947 - 2015 (1 October 2015).
- ↑ Rabbi Jacob Pressman, spiritual leader of Temple Beth Am, dies at 95.
- ↑ Max Keeping, Ottawa Philanthropist And Former Anchor, Dies Of Cancer. HuffPost Canada (1 October 2015).
- ↑ Usnija Redzepova Dies At 70. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ "Film stars pay tribute to Brian Friel". BBC News. 3 October 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-34424041.
- ↑ Zemřel legendární herec a komik Lubomír Lipský, bylo mu 92 let (in Czech)
- ↑ Muere expresidente Eric Arturo Delvalle (Spanish)
- ↑ RIP Coleridge Goode - marlbank. www.marlbank.net. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ↑ Justice Javed Iqbal passes away. The Nation (3 October 2015).
- ↑ "'Labour giant' Denis Healey dies at 98". BBC News. 3 October 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-34434378.
- ↑ Sabrina Valle. Former Petrobras CEO Dutra Dead at 58, Workers' Party Says. www.bloomberg.com (2015-10-04).
- ↑ Civil rights leader, journalist Jerry Mondesire dies at 65. www.cbsnews.com.
- ↑ "Wallander writer Henning Mankell dies". BBC News. 5 October 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34442252.
- ↑ gjs. Vlaamse schrijver Jos Vandeloo (90) overleden. De Standaard.
- ↑ PM, Reuters On 10/5/15 at 5:11. American Civil Rights Activist Grace Boggs Dies in Detroit at 100. Newsweek (5 October 2015).
- ↑ La cinéaste Chantal Akerman est morte (in French)
- ↑ Tamás, Német. Meghalt Göncz Árpád. index.hu (6 October 2015).
- ↑ Newsdesk, Laughing Place Disney. Disney Legend Kevin Corcoran Passes Away (7 October 2015).
- ↑ Mort de Christine Arnothy, romancière invétérée. 7 October 2015. https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2015/10/07/mort-de-christine-arnothy-romanciere-inveteree_4784235_3382.html.
- ↑ Singer Billy Joe Royal dies at 73.
- ↑ Murió Elena Lucena, a los 101 años. www.lanacion.com.ar (7 October 2015). Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ↑ Former France goalkeeper Dominique Dropsy dies aged 63. USA TODAY.
- ↑ Tributes to former Dalesman editor Bill Mitchell. ITV News (8 October 2015).
- ↑ Hall of Fame basketball player Harry Gallatin dies at 88. USA TODAY.
- ↑ CNN, Michael Pearson and Jason Hanna. Chef Paul Prudhomme dies at 75. CNN (8 October 2015).
- ↑ Jim Diamond. www.facebook.com.
- ↑ Musician Ravindra Jain dies in Mumbai at 71. Hindustan Times (9 October 2015).
- ↑ Renowned agricultural reformer Du Runsheng dies at 102. www.ecns.cn.
- ↑ Masters, Roy. Sketcher of the stars Tony Rafty dies days before his 100th birthday. The Sydney Morning Herald (9 October 2015).
- ↑ CNN, Steve Almasy. Jerry Parr, agent who helped wounded Reagan, dies - CNNPolitics. CNN (10 October 2015).
- ↑ "Former chancellor Geoffrey Howe dies". BBC News. 10 October 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-34495827.
- ↑ Nobel laureate chemist Richard Heck, 84, dies in Manila. uk.news.yahoo.com.
- ↑ The Stooges' Steve Mackay Has Died. Pitchfork (11 October 2015).
- ↑ Usta oyuncu Levent Kırca hayatını kaybetti (in Turkish)
- ↑ Waziri Kigoda afariki dunia nchini India Archived 2019-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, Mwananchi
- ↑ Joan Leslie Caldwell Obituary. Legacy.com.
- ↑ "BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts dies". BBC News. 14 October 2015. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34522789.
- ↑ Ex-Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Nurlan Balgimbayev Passed Away (+UPDATE). Ақ Жайық.
- ↑ Benin's 'chameleon' ex-president Kerekou dies at 82. news.yahoo.com.
- ↑ Mostres de condol per la mort de Jordi Miralles, ex-coordinador general d’EUiA (in Catalan)
- ↑ Robert M. White, top weatherman under five presidents dies at 92
- ↑ 'A true hero': Former Canadian diplomat Ken Taylor dies at 81 - CTV News. www.ctvnews.ca (15 October 2015).
- ↑ Nate Huffman, star basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv dies at 40 - Israel News - Jerusalem Post. www.jpost.com.
- ↑ The cause of death of the former player of CSKA Filipenkova was called a heart attack. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ Chancellor Emeritus Vanderhoef dies at 74 (16 October 2015).
- ↑ Shea, John. Neill Sheridan dies — said to have hit 613-foot homer. SFGate (16 October 2015).
- ↑ Muere el ensayista y político valenciano Francesc de Paula Burguera Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ Ralph Andrews, Prolific Game Show Producer, Dies at 87. The Hollywood Reporter (16 October 2015).
- ↑ Muere a los 87 años el médico y etnógrafo Luciano García Alén (in Spanish)
- ↑ Legendary Everton FC manager Howard Kendall passes away. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ AP. Tom Smith, conservative who ran for US Senate, dies at 67. The Washington Times (2015-10-18).
- ↑ Anne-Marie Lizin overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Blabbermouth. Former OBITUARY Bassist FRANK WATKINS Dies At 47. BLABBERMOUTH.NET (18 October 2015).
- ↑ Award Winning Novelist Gamal Al Ghitani Dies At Age 70. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ وفاة وزير الخارجية الأسبق علي التريكي في القاهرة (in Arabic)
- ↑ ZMARŁ PROF. KAZIMIERZ ŁASKI (in Polish)
- ↑ BREAKING: Death of Michael Meacher, MP. www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk.
- ↑ http://www.wkbw.com/entertainment/three-dog-night-singer-cory-wells-dead-at-74 Archived 2015-10-23 at the Wayback Machine Three Dog Night singer, Cory Wells, dead at 74
- ↑ Marty Ingels, Actor and Shirley Jones' Husband, Dies at 79. The Hollywood Reporter (21 October 2015).
- ↑ Poslovil se je France Bučar, starosta slovenske politike (in Slovene)
- ↑ CNBC. Wires. www.cnbc.com.
- ↑ CDA-prominent Willem AAntjes overleden NOS (in Dutch)
- ↑ May 19, Lori Culbert Updated. Story of a shattered life: A single childhood incident pushed Dawn Crey into a downward spiral - Vancouver Sun (24 November 2001).
- ↑ Tužna vijest za hrvatski šah: Bio je omiljen... (in Croatian)
- ↑ E’ morto Paride Tumburus, vinse lo scudetto col Bologna nel 64 (in Italian)
- ↑ 'Original Blue' Jimmy Roberts dies at 75. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ Vo veku 91 rokov zomrel kardinál Ján Chryzostom Korec (in Slovak)
- ↑ Maureen O'Hara, Spirited Movie Star, Dies at 95. ABC News.
- ↑ Wolves coach Saunders dies of cancer at age 60. ESPN.com (25 October 2015).
- ↑ Rawlinson, Kevin. Renowned historian Lisa Jardine dies aged 71 (25 October 2015).
- ↑ Iconic Washington broadcaster, Ed Walker, dies at 83.
- ↑ Former Sen. Scott Barr dies at 99 - The Spokesman-Review. www.spokesman.com.
- ↑ Shoard, Catherine. Philip French, much-loved Observer film critic, dies at the age of 82 (27 October 2015).
- ↑ Selección peruana: Nicolás Fuentes, exmundialista de México 70, falleció a los 73 años Archived 2015-11-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ Ex-senator Ernesto Herrera dies at 73. GMA News Online.
- ↑ Al Molinaro, actor from Kenosha,' dies at 96. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ Former Pacers great Mel Daniels dies at 71. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ Willis Carto, Longtime Anti-Semite and Holocaust Denier, Dies Aged 89. Southern Poverty Law Center.
- ↑ Suri olümpiavõitja Ants Antson (in Estonian)
- ↑ Former U.S. Rep. Gus Savage, a trailblazer marred by controversies, dead at 90. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ↑ Thomas Blatt, survivor of mass escape from Sobibor and witness at Demjanjuk trial, dies at 88.
- ↑ B, Tom. Boot Hill: RIP Gregg Palmer (1 November 2015). Retrieved 15 February 2019.