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Deaths in October 2012

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The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2012.

Contents

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

    • 1

  • Dirk Bach, 51, German comedy actor, probable heart failure.
  • Berkant, 73, Turkish singer.
  • Walter G. Church, Sr., 85, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1992–2008), acute myeloid leukemia.
  • Madhav Dalvi, 87, Indian cricketer.
  • Sahara Davenport, 27, American drag queen, reality show contestant (RuPaul's Drag Race) and singer, heart failure.
  • Abdelkader Fréha, 69, Algerian footballer (MC Oran).
  • Octavio Getino, 77, Spanish-born Argentine film director, cancer.
  • Eric Hobsbawm, 95, British historian.
  • Russell Jones, 86, Australian Olympic (1960) ice hockey player.
  • Kwan Shan, 79, Chinese-born Hong Kong film actor, lung cancer.
  • Chronox Manek, Papua New Guinean lawyer and Chief Ombudsman (2008–2012).
  • Ali Hussein Nassif, Lebanese militant, member of Hezbollah, killed.
  • Armand Russell, 91, Canadian politician, MNA for Shefford (1956–1973) and Brome-Missisquoi (1976–1980); Minister of Public Works (1967–1970).
  • Moshe Sanbar, 86, Hungarian-born Israeli economist, Governor of the Bank of Israel (1971–1976).
  • Heinrich Schultz, 88, Estonian cultural functionary.
  • Neville Thiele, 91, Australian audio engineer.
  • Shlomo Venezia, 88, Greek-born Italian writer and Holocaust survivor.

    • 2

  • Nicholas C. Handy, 71, British chemist.
  • Konrad B. Knutsen, 87, Norwegian civil servant, State Conciliator of Norway (1975–1981).
  • Marjorie Lane, 100, American singer.
  • David N. Martin, 82, American advertising executive, founder of The Martin Agency, creator of the Virginia is for Lovers slogan, cancer.
  • Mohammed Mushaima, 24, Bahraini political activist, sickle cell anemia.
  • Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar, 78, Indian Muslim scholar.
  • Nguyễn Chí Thiện, 73, Vietnamese poet and activist, pneumonia.
  • Hideji Ōtaki, 87, Japanese actor, lung cancer.
  • Charles Roach, 79, Trinidadian-born Canadian civil rights lawyer, brain cancer.
  • J. Philippe Rushton, 68, Canadian psychology academic and intelligence theorist, cancer.
  • Erwin Steinberg, 91, American academic.
  • Big Jim Sullivan, 71, British guitarist, complications of heart disease and diabetes.

    • 3

  • Abdul Haq Ansari, 81, Indian Islamic scholar, cardiac arrest.
  • Basilios Blatsos, 89, Greek-born Israeli Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Caesarea (since 1975).
  • Bob Brooks, 84, American film director and advertising creative. (death announced on this day)
  • Robert F. Christy, 96, American theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, member of the Manhattan Project.
  • Billy Hullin, 70, Welsh rugby union player.
  • Jean-Louis Lagadec, 79, French footballer (Le Havre AC, SC Bastia) and coach (FC Chalon). (French)
  • Kathi McDonald, 64, American singer.
  • Boo Morcom, 91, American Olympic athlete.
  • Alfonso Orueta, 82, Chilean politician and football manager.
  • Albie Roles, 91, English footballer.
  • Kidar Nath Sahani, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Sikkim (2001–2002) and Goa (2002–2004).
  • Peter J. Schmitt, 62, American politician, member of the Nassau County, New York, legislature (since 1996), heart attack.

    • 4

  • David Atkinson, 90, Canadian opera singer.
  • Günter Böttcher, 58, German Olympic handball player, injuries sustained in traffic collision.
  • Razia Butt, 88, Pakistani novelist.
  • Jim Galley, 68, English cricket player (Somerset).
  • K. C. N. Gowda, 84, Indian film producer and distributor, after short illness.
  • Bernard Holden, 104, British railway preservationist (Bluebell Railway).
  • Stan Mudenge, 70, Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–2005), Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education (since 2005).
  • Helen Elizabeth Nash, 91, American pediatrician.
  • Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club).
  • Zwelakhe Sisulu, 61, South African newspaper editor and journalist.
  • Daphne Slater, 84, English actress.
  • Tom Stannage, 68, Australian historian, cardiac arrest.
  • Gloria Taylor, 64, Canadian right to die activist, infection from a perforated colon.
  • Pramote Teerawiwatana, 45, Thai badminton player, lung cancer.
  • Erhard Wunderlich, 55, German Olympic silver medal-winning (1984) handball player, cancer.

    • 5

  • Keith Campbell, 58, Scottish biologist, participant in the cloning of Dolly the Sheep.
  • Pierre Chaulet, 82, Algerian doctor, stomach cancer.
  • Vojin Dimitrijević, 80, Serbian human rights activist.
  • James W. Holley, III, 85, American politician, Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia (1984–1987, 1996–2010), complications of a stroke.
  • Edvard Mirzoyan, 91, Georgian-born Armenian composer.
  • Claude Pinoteau, 87, French film director (La Boum), cancer.

    • 6

  • Chadli Bendjedid, 83, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (1979–1992), cancer.
  • Antonio Cisneros, 69, Peruvian poet, lung cancer.
  • Anthony John Cooke, 80, English organist.
  • Nick Curran, 35, American musician, oral cancer.
  • Irene DeLaby, 90, American baseball player.
  • Préfète Duffaut, 89, Haitian painter.
  • Ulrich Franzen, 91, German-born American architect.
  • Gérard Gropaiz, 69, French Olympic (1960, 1964) swimmer.
  • Raoul De Keyser, 82, Belgian painter.
  • Albert, Margrave of Meissen, 77, German noble, disputed head of the Royal House of Saxony.
  • Joseph Meyer, 71, American politician, Wyoming State Treasurer (since 2007), Secretary of State of Wyoming (1999–2007).
  • R. Nagarathnamma, 86, Indian theatre artiste.
  • B. Satya Narayan Reddy, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Uttar Pradesh (1990–1993) and Orissa (1993–1995), lung disease.
  • J. J. C. Smart, 92, British-born Australian philosopher.

    • 7

  • Mersad Berber, 72, Bosnian painter.
  • Larry Block, 69, American actor (Slap Shot, Cocktail, Don't Say a Word).
  • Andrew Brimmer, 86, American economist, Federal Reserve Board of Governors (1966–1974).
  • Georges Casolari, 71, French footballer (AS Monaco).
  • John Cleary, 80, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1987–2003).
  • Roman Danylak, 81, Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Administrator of Toronto and Eastern Canada (1992–1998).
  • Mervyn M. Dymally, 86, Trinidadian-born American politician, Lieutenant Governor of California (1975–1979), member of the House of Representatives (1981–1993).
  • Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, 37, Mexican drug lord (Los Zetas), shooting.
  • Ivo Michiels, 89, Belgian writer.
  • Hank Moonjean, 82, American film producer (Dangerous Liaisons, Child's Play, The Great Gatsby), pancreatic cancer.
  • Wiley Reed, 68, American-born Australian blues musician, complications from a fall.
  • André Saint-Mleux, 92, Monegasque politician, Minister of State (1972–1981).

    • 8

  • Varsha Bhosle, 56, Indian journalist and singer, suicide by gunshot.
  • Donnie Butcher, 76, American basketball player and coach (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons).
  • Bidit Lal Das, 74, Bangladeshi folk singer.
  • Marilou Diaz-Abaya, 57, Filipina film director, breast cancer.
  • Bill Drake, 81, British rugby league player.
  • Leopoldo García-Colín, 81, Mexican physicist.
  • James Kinsella, 88, American politician, Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (1957–1960).
  • Rafael Lesmes, 85, Spanish footballer.
  • Eric Lomax, 93, Scottish author.
  • José Merino del Río, 63, Costa Rican politician, kidney cancer.
  • Ken Sansom, 85, American voice actor (Winnie the Pooh, Transformers, The Chipmunk Adventure), stroke.
  • Hans Kristian Seip, 92, Norwegian forester.
  • Nawal Kishore Sharma, 87, Indian politician, Governor of Gujarat (2004–2009).
  • John Tchicai, 76, Danish jazz saxophonist and composer, brain hemorrhage.
  • Eduard Volodarsky, 71, Russian scriptwriter (At Home Among Strangers, My Friend Ivan Lapshin).

    • 9

  • Luna Alcalay, 83, Austrian pianist, music educator and composer.
  • Ken Bartholomew, 92, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) speed skater.
  • Paddy Roy Bates, 91, British pirate radio broadcaster, founder of the Principality of Sealand, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Mark Brovun, 66, Ukrainian art director.
  • Federico A. Cordero, 84, Puerto Rican classical guitarist.
  • Eddie Harvey, 86, British jazz musician.
  • Sammi Kane Kraft, 20, American child actress (Bad News Bears), traffic collision.
  • Stefan Leletko, Polish Olympic weightlifter
  • Budd Lynch, 95, Canadian-born American public address announcer (Detroit Red Wings).
  • George Paciullo, 78, Australian politician.
  • Kenny Rollins, 89, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) basketball player.
  • Elo Romančík, 89, Slovak actor, cardiac failure.
  • Harris Savides, 55, American cinematographer (Zodiac, Milk, American Gangster), brain cancer.

    • 10

  • Ilse Maria Aschner, 94, Austrian journalist.
  • Kevin Curran, 53, Zimbabwean cricketer, suspected heart attack.
  • Sam Gibbons, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1963–1997).
  • Marina Golub, 54, Russian actress, traffic collision.
  • Jos Huysmans, 70, Belgian racing cyclist, heart attack.
  • Alex Karras, 77, American football player (Detroit Lions) and actor (Blazing Saddles, Webster), kidney failure.
  • Piotr Lenartowicz, 78, Polish Jesuit and philosopher.
  • Robert Litz, 62, American playwright, natural causes.
  • Jonas Mačys, 74, Lithuanian politician.
  • Carla Porta Musa, 110, Italian essayist, poet, and supercentenarian, pneumonia.
  • Leo O'Brien, 41, American actor (The Last Dragon).
  • Basil L. Plumley, 92, American Army command sergeant major, cancer.
  • Mark Poster, 71, American philosopher.
  • Peter Ross-Edwards, 90, Australian politician, leader of the Victorian Country Party (1970–1988).
  • Malcolm Sampson, 72, English rugby league player.
  • Mike Singleton, 61, British video game developer, cancer.
  • Kyaw Zaw, 92, Burmese military officer and politician.

    • 11

  • Balu Alaganan, 87, Indian cricketer. [3]
  • Frank Alamo, 70, French singer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Seamus Bonner, 63, Irish Gaelic footballer (Donegal), short illness.
  • Pier Ugo Calzolari, 74, Italian academic, Rector of University of Bologna (2000–2009).
  • Beano Cook, 81, American college football historian and television sports analyst (ESPN).
  • Patrick Dignan, 92, Irish-born British Army surgeon.
  • Bill Ezinicki, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins).
  • Charles E. Fritch, 85, American writer and editor.
  • Helmut Haller, 73, German footballer, Parkinson's disease and dementia.
  • Robert Hughes, 81, American Olympic water polo player and swimmer.
  • Edward Kossoy, 99, Polish lawyer, publicist and activist for victims of Nazism.
  • Ernst Lindner, 77, German international footballer.
  • Clarence M. Mitchell, III, 72, American politician, Maryland Senate (1967–1986) and House member (1963–1967), cancer.
  • Édgar Negret, 92, Colombian sculptor, cancer and heart failure.
  • Sher Afgan Niazi, 66, Pakistani politician, liver cancer.
  • Champ Summers, 66, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers), kidney cancer.

    • 12

  • Bob Aynsley, 90, New Zealand rugby league player.
  • Britton Chance, Jr., 72, American yacht designer, complications of a stroke.
  • James Coyne, 102, Canadian banker, Governor of the Bank of Canada (1955–1961).
  • William C. Friday, 92, American educator, President of the University of North Carolina (1956–1986).
  • Ray Gietzelt, 90, Australian trade union leader.
  • Norm Grabowski, 79, American actor (The Towering Inferno) and hot rod builder.
  • Jean-Pierre Hautier, 56, Belgian television presenter and broadcaster, cancer.
  • Sukhdev Singh Kang, 81, Indian jurist and politician, Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court (1989–1993), Governor of Kerala (1997–2002).
  • Ervin Kassai, 87, Hungarian basketball referee.
  • Jim Kremmel, 63, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
  • Torkom Manoogian, 93, Iraqi-born Armenian Apostolic hierarch, Patriarch of Jerusalem (since 1990).
  • Varinder Singh Minhas, 57, Indian Army officer, awarded Vir Chakra.
  • Erik Moseholm, 82, Danish jazz musician.
  • Henry Moyo, Malawian football coach (national team, 1984).
  • Geraldine Mucha, 95, Scottish composer.
  • Steve Newman, 58, American football player and coach, heart attack.
  • Jorun Askersrud Nygaard, 83, Norwegian cross country skier.
  • Tony Pawson, 91, English cricketer and writer (Kent).
  • Břetislav Pojar, 89, Czech animator and film director.
  • David Trosch, 76, American Roman Catholic priest, advocate of justifiable homicide for murderers of abortion providers, after long illness.
  • Harry Valérien, 88, German sports journalist.

    • 13

  • Sir Stuart Bell, 74, British politician, MP for Middlesbrough (since 1983), pancreatic cancer.
  • Paul Brown, 43, American race car driver (Pirelli World Challenge), melanoma.
  • Gary Collins, 74, American actor (The Sixth Sense, The Wackiest Ship in the Army) and television host (Miss America), natural causes.
  • Dileepan, 32, Indian actor.
  • Tomonubu Imamichi, 89, Japanese philosopher.
  • Saiichi Maruya, 87, Japanese author and literary critic, heart failure.
  • Joey Pal, 85, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes).
  • Jim Rollo, 75, Scottish footballer, cancer.
  • Hisham Al-Saedni, 47, Palestinian militant, air strike.
  • Frank Sando, 81, British cross-country runner.
  • Harihar Swain, 73, Indian politician, MP for Aska (2004–2009), cancer.
  • Szeto Kam-Yuen, 48, Hong Kong screenwriter, lung cancer.
  • Manuel Torres Félix, 58, Mexican drug trafficker for the Sinaloa Cartel, shooting.

    • 14

  • Kyle Bennett, 33, American BMX cyclist, traffic collision.
  • S. Ward Casscells, 60, American cardiologist, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (2007–2009), prostate cancer.
  • John Clive, 79, English actor (A Clockwork Orange, The Italian Job, Yellow Submarine).
  • Max Fatchen, 92, Australian journalist and children's writer.
  • James R. Grover, Jr., 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1963–1975), heart failure.
  • Sir John Moreton, 94, British diplomat.
  • Buster Pearson, 71, Jamaican musician, father and manager of Five Star.
  • Joseph Rosenmiller, 87, American businessman and philanthropist.
  • Eddie Russo, 86, American race car driver.
  • Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, 100, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Requena (1973–1987).
  • Larry Sloan, 89, American publisher (Mad Libs), co-founder of Price Stern Sloan, after brief illness.
  • Arlen Specter, 82, American politician, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1981–2011), complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
  • Marc Swayze, 99, American comic book artist (Captain Marvel).
  • Elizabeth Watkins, 89, English author, short illness.
  • Dody Weston Thompson, 89, American photographer.
  • Gart Westerhout, 85, Dutch-born American astronomer.

    • 15

  • Margaret Alington, 92, New Zealand historian.
  • Michael Asher, 69, American conceptual artist.
  • Abba Bina, Papua New Guinean businessman. (death announced on this date)
  • Axel Borup-Jørgensen, 87, Danish composer.
  • Claude Cheysson, 92, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981–1984).
  • Vladimir Čonč, 84, Croatian footballer.
  • Patrick R. Cooney, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gaylord (1989–2009).
  • Joseph W. Eaton, 93, German-born American sociologist.
  • Robert T. Francoeur, 80, American biologist and sexologist.
  • Erol Günaydın, 79, Turkish actor, heart failure.
  • Trevor Kemp, Scottish footballer (Berwick Rangers).
  • María Rosa Menocal, 59, Cuban-born American academic, melanoma.
  • Norodom Sihanouk, 89, Cambodian royal, King (1941–1955, 1993–2004) and nine-term Prime Minister, heart attack.
  • Susan Parkinson, 87, British potter and charity worker.
  • Maria Petrou, 59, Greek-born British computer scientist.
  • Alberto Reif, 66, Italian footballer.
  • Pat Ward, 55, American politician, Iowa State Senator (since 2004), breast cancer.

    • 16

  • James Conte, 53, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 1988), cancer.
  • Frank Moore Cross, 91, American biblical scholar.
  • John A. Durkin, 76, American politician, Senator for New Hampshire (1975–1980).
  • Mario Gallegos, Jr., 62, American politician, Texas State Senator (since 1995), complications of liver disease.
  • Wava Banes Turner Henry, 92, American teacher, founded Tau Beta Sigma.
  • Aleksandr Koshkyn, 53, Russian Soviet-era Olympic silver medal-winning (1980) boxer.
  • Ethel Person, 77, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
  • Bódog Török, 88, Hungarian handball player, coach and sports official, complications of surgery.
  • Eddie Yost, 86, American baseball player and coach (Washington Senators), cardiovascular disease.

    • 17

  • Milija Aleksic, 61, English football player (Tottenham Hotspur).
  • Émile Allais, 100, French Olympic bronze medal-winning (1936) alpine ski racer.
  • René-Marie Ehuzu, 68, Beninese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Abomey (2002–2007) and Porto Novo (since 2007).
  • Henry Friedlander, 82, German-born American historian of the Holocaust.
  • Bandya Kakade, 67, Indian footballer, heart attack.
  • Harry E. Luther, 60, American botanist.
  • Bertie Marshall, 76, Trinidadian musician and steelpan maker.
  • Stanford R. Ovshinsky, 89, American inventor and scientist, prostate cancer.
  • Pépito Pavon, 71, Spanish footballer (Olympique de Marseille).
  • Karin Stoltenberg, 80, Norwegian geneticist and politician.
  • Kōji Wakamatsu, 76, Japanese film director, traffic collision.

    • 18

  • Christopher Allen, 68, English cricket player (Dorset).
  • Borah Bergman, 85, American free jazz pianist, dementia.
  • Brain Damage, 34, American professional wrestler, suicide.
  • E. K. Fretwell, 88, American teacher and university administrator.
  • Zdzislaw Kotla, 63, Polish Olympic sailor.
  • Sylvia Kristel, 60, Dutch actress (Emmanuelle), model, and singer, throat and liver cancer.
  • Mihály Lukács, 57, Hungarian Romani politician, member of the National Assembly (2002–2006), after long illness.
  • Bob Martin, 87, American Olympic rower.
  • Slater Martin, 86, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, St. Louis Hawks).
  • George Mattos, 83, American Olympic (1952, 1956) pole vaulter, prostate cancer.
  • Jack McGaw, 76, Canadian broadcaster.
  • John Rigby, 89, Australian artist.
  • Otto Richard Skopil, Jr., 93, American federal judge (9th Circuit Court of Appeals).
  • Albert Lee Ueltschi, 95, American aviation trainer, founder of FlightSafety International.
  • David S. Ware, 62, American jazz saxophonist, complications of a kidney transplant.

    • 19

  • Wissam al-Hassan, 47, Lebanese police officer, head of the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces, car bomb.
  • Wiyogo Atmodarminto, 89, Indonesian general, Governor of Jakarta (1987–1992).
  • Lincoln Alexander, 90, Canadian politician, MP for Hamilton West (1968–1980), Minister of Labour (1979–1980), and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1985–1991).
  • Raymond Dumais, 62, Canadian Roman Catholic ex-prelate, Bishop of Gaspé (1993–2001).
  • Mike Graham, 61, American professional wrestler, suicide by gunshot.
  • Walter Harrison, 91, British politician, MP for Wakefield (1964–1987), Government Deputy Chief Whip (1974–1979).
  • Jack Hirst, 75, British rugby league player.
  • Dessie Kane, 60, Irish cricketer. [4]
  • Johann Kniewasser, 61, Austrian alpine skier, liver disease.
  • Thomas Madigage, 41, South African footballer and coach, traffic collision.
  • Fiorenzo Magni, 91, Italian racing cyclist, Giro d'Italia winner (1948, 1951, 1955), aneurysm.
  • Manuel António Pina, 68, Portuguese journalist and writer.
  • John Radford, 65, British writer, heart failure.
  • Barbara Sowers, 80, American baseball player.
  • Raúl Valencia, 36, Spanish footballer, following a long illness.

    • 20

  • Oli Ahad, 84 or 85, Bangladeshi politician and language activist, lung infection.
  • Jaouad Akaddar, 28, Moroccan footballer, cardiac arrest.
  • Przemysław Gintrowski, 60, Polish composer and musician.
  • William Goad, 68, British businessman and convicted paedophile.
  • Paul Kurtz, 86, American skeptic and secular humanist.
  • Daniel Enele Kwanairara, 65, Solomon Islands politician, MP for North Malaita (1997–2001, 2004–2010), Minister for Agriculture and Livestock (2005–2006).
  • Dave May, 68, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles), complications from cancer and diabetes.
  • John McConnell, 97, American peace activist, designed the Earth Day flag.
  • Joe Melia, 77, British actor.
  • Mataiasi Ragigia, Fijian politician, MP for Suva City Urban (since 2001) and minister.
  • Daphne Skillern, 84, British police officer.
  • Kirdy Stevens, 92, American pornographic film director.
  • E. Donnall Thomas, 92, American physician, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1990), heart disease.
  • Raymond Watson, 86, American business executive (Walt Disney Productions), complications of Parkinson's disease.

    • 21

  • Raja Ali, 36, Indian cricketer. [5]
  • Harvie Andre, 72, Canadian politician, MP for Calgary Centre (1972–1993) and cabinet minister, cancer.
  • Jan Barnard, 83, South African Olympic (1956) marathon runner.
  • Chacha Pakistani, 90, Pakistani nationalist.
  • Yash Chopra, 80, Indian director, filmmaker, script writer, and producer (Kabhi Kabhie, Deewaar, Veer-Zaara), dengue fever and multiple organ failure.
  • J Duncan M Derrett, 90, British academic.
  • Antoni Dobrowolski, 108, Polish Holocaust survivor, oldest known Auschwitz survivor.
  • Hans Fichtner, 95, German rocket scientist.
  • Rochelle Inman Davis, 39, American doctor, physician suicide.
  • Tim Johnson, 52, American country music songwriter, cancer.
  • Ted Kazanoff, 90, American actor (Law & Order).
  • Alf Kumalo, 82, South African photographer, suspected kidney failure.
  • Jaroslav Kozlík, 105, Czech pedagogue and volleyball player, natural causes.
  • George McGovern, 90, American politician and USAAF pilot, U.S. Representative (1957–1961) and Senator (1963–1981), 1972 Democratic Party presidential nominee.
  • Steve Paul, 71, American nightclub owner (The Scene) and artist manager (Johnny Winter).
  • William Walker, 99, British fighter pilot (Battle of Britain), stroke.
  • Run Wrake, 46, British animator and film director, cancer.You

    • 22

  • Bidushi Dash Barde, 23, Indian actress and model, bleeding from lacerations. (body discovered on this date)
  • Betty Binns Fletcher, 89, American federal judge (9th Circuit Court of Appeals).
  • Carolyn Conwell, 82, American actress (Torn Curtain, The Young and the Restless).
  • Claire Dan, 92, Australian philanthropist, Founder and Life President of the Sydney International Piano Competition.
  • Ahmad Ghabel, 58, Iranian religious scholar and political dissident, brain tumor.
  • Arthur Jensen, 89, American psychologist, educator and author, Parkinson's disease.
  • Russell Means, 72, American Ogala Lakota activist and actor (Pocahontas, The Last of the Mohicans), esophageal cancer.
  • Salvatore Merlino, 73, American mobster (Philadelphia crime family).
  • Mike Morris, 66, British television presenter (TV-am).
  • Shubha Phutela, 21, Indian film actress and model, multiple organ failure.
  • Gabrielle Roth, 71, American dancer and musician, lung cancer.
  • Donald Takayama, 68, American surfer, member of the International Surfing Hall of Fame (1991).
  • Sir Wilson Whineray, 77, New Zealand rugby union player and businessman (Carter Holt Harvey).

    • 23

  • Barouh Berkovits, 86, Czech-born American bioengineer.
  • William Joel Blass, 95, American judge and politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1953–1960).
  • Wilhelm Brasse, 94, Polish photographer, prisoner in Auschwitz during World War II.
  • Roland de la Poype, 92, French fighter pilot.
  • Philippe Di Santo, 62, Belgian footballer (R. Charleroi S.C., Sint-Truiden, Delfino Pescara 1936) and coach (K.A.S. Eupen), following a long illness.
  • Sunil Gangopadhyay, 78, Indian writer and poet, cardiac arrest.
  • Hughie Hay, 80, Scottish footballer.
  • Jozef Mannaerts, 89, Belgian footballer (K.R.C. Mechelen).
  • Michael Marra, 60, Scottish musician and songwriter, throat cancer.

    • 24

  • Peggy Ahern, 95, American child actress (Our Gang).
  • Janet Berliner, 73, South African-born American science fiction author.
  • Anita Björk, 89, Swedish actress.
  • Jeff Blatnick, 55, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1984) wrestler and sports commentator, complications following heart surgery.
  • Bill Dees, 73, American musician and songwriter ("Oh, Pretty Woman", "It's Over"), brain tumor.
  • Margaret Osborne duPont, 94, American tennis player, winner of 37 Grand Slam titles.
  • Yevseviy Politylo, 84, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Rivne and Ostroh (2005–2012).
  • Alfred Schakron, 51, Lebanese-born Belizean businessman, shot.
  • Hans-Hermann Sturm, 85, German army officer, awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1944).
  • Peter Wright, 78, English footballer (Colchester United F.C.).

    • 25

  • Jacques Barzun, 104, French-born American historian.
  • Dimitris Beis, 84, Greek politician, Mayor of Athens (1979–1986), cancer.
  • Jaspal Bhatti, 57, Indian actor (Flop Show) and comedian, traffic collision.
  • Cesare Canevari, 85, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (Matalo!, A Man for Emmanuelle).
  • John Connelly, 74, English footballer (Burnley F.C.), cancer.
  • Piermassimiliano Dotto, 42, Italian rugby union player, heart attack.
  • Jacques Goimard, 78, French writer, Parkinson's disease.
  • Aung Gyi, 93, Burmese politician, cardiac arrest.
  • Balázs Győrffy, 74, Hungarian-born American physicist.
  • Olga Jančić, 83, Serbian sculptor.
  • James Gibson Lorimer, 89, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Burnaby-Willingdon (1960–1975; 1979–1983).
  • Les Mueller, 93, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
  • Emanuel Steward, 68, American Hall of Fame boxing trainer and HBO boxing commentator, complications of diverticulitis.
  • Joop Stokkermans, 75, Dutch composer.
  • Ronald John Yates, Australian businessman, CEO of Qantas.

    • 26

  • Mac Ahlberg, 81, Swedish cinematographer (Beverly Hills Cop III, The Brady Bunch Movie, Oscar), heart failure.
  • Carlos Azevedo, 63, Portuguese composer and pianist.
  • Richard N. Current, 100, American historian and biographer.
  • Luigi Dadda, 89, Italian computer scientist (Dadda multiplier).
  • Arnold Greenberg, 80, American businessman, co-founder of Snapple, cancer.
  • Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo, 77, Spanish-born Cuban dissident (Alpha 66), heart attack.
  • Joža Horvat, 97, Croatian writer.
  • John M. Johansen, 96, American architect, last surviving member of the Harvard Five, heart failure.
  • Alan Kirschenbaum, 51, American television writer/producer (Coach, My Name Is Earl, Raising Hope), suicide.
  • Naoki Miyamoto, 77, Japanese professional Go player, hepatocellular carcinoma.
  • Natina Reed, 31, American singer/rapper (Blaque) and actress (Bring It On), traffic collision.
  • Björn Sieber, 23, Austrian alpine skier, traffic collision.
  • Alan Stretton, 90, Australian major general, disaster recovery leader (Cyclone Tracy) and AFL player (St. Kilda), haemorrhage.
  • Georges Van Straelen, 55, French footballer (FC Nantes, Girondins de Bordeaux, Toulouse FC, RC Strasbourg) and coach, lung cancer.
  • Frank Weddig, 67, American politician, Colorado Senate (1994–2000) and House of Representatives (2000–2004).

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  • Anatoly Betekhtin, 81, Russian military commander.
  • Ian Buist, 82, British diplomat.
  • Terry Callier, 67, American singer-songwriter, cancer.
  • Robert W. Castle, 83, American Episcopal priest and actor (Philadelphia), natural causes.
  • Angelo Maria Cicolani, 60, Italian politician, Senator for Rieti (since 2001).
  • Dick de Fegely, 84, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1985–1999).
  • Regina Dourado, 59, Brazilian actress, breast cancer.
  • Jacques Dupin, 85, French poet and critic.
  • Dmitry Gayev, 61, Russian civil servant, head of Moscow Metro, cancer.
  • Hans Werner Henze, 86, German composer (Symphony No. 9, Elegy for Young Lovers, The Raft of the Medusa).
  • Eduardo Herrera Riera, 85, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Carora (1994–2003), cancer.
  • John LoVetere, 76, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants).
  • Felix Eugenio Mkhori, 81, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chikwawa (1979–2001) and Lilongwe (2001–2007).
  • Terry Owens, 68, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
  • Rodney S. Quinn, 89, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1974–1978), Secretary of State of Maine (1979–1988), pneumonia.
  • Alan Shaxon, 78, British magician.
  • Göran Stangertz, 68, Swedish actor and director, throat cancer.
  • Ray Torres, 54, Mexican baseball player.
  • Bill White, 51, American animator, after brief illness.

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  • Merry Anders, 78, American actress (Maverick, Bonanza).
  • Gordon Bilney, 73, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives for Kingston (1983–1996).
  • Bob Brunner, 78, American television writer and producer (Diff'rent Strokes, Happy Days, The Odd Couple), heart attack.
  • John Cheffers, 76, Australian sports administrator and footballer.
  • Jack Dellal, 89, British property investor, natural causes.
  • Ernst Heinrich Karlen, 90, Swiss-born Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Bulawayo (1974–1997).
  • Susan Murphy-Milano, 52, American author, cancer.
  • Kevin Reilly, 84, American businessman and politician, Louisiana House of Representatives (1972–1988).
  • George Riashi, 78, Lebanese Melkite Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Tripoli (1995–2010).
  • Mel Spence, 76, Jamaican Olympic sprinter.
  • Tie the Knot, 18, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Sydney Cup (1998, 1999) and Chipping Norton Stakes (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002). (death announced on this date)
  • Gaetano Tumiati, 94, Italian novelist and journalist, won 1976 Premio Campiello.

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  • Warsame Shire Awale, 60s, Somali poet and writer, shooting.
  • Letitia Baldrige, 86, American etiquette expert, White House Social Secretary, osteoarthritis with cardiac complications.
  • J. Bernlef, 75, Dutch writer.
  • George Bossy, 85, Canadian Olympic sprint canoer and football player.
  • Claudene Christian, 42, American entrepreneur and sailor.
  • Cordelia Edvardson, 83, Swedish journalist and Holocaust survivor.
  • Albano Harguindeguy, 85, Argentine general.
  • Susumu Ishikawa, 79, Japanese voice actor and singer, stomach cancer and emphysema.
  • Kenneth G. Ryder, 88, American academic, President of Northeastern University (1975–1989).
  • Wallace L. W. Sargent, 77, British-born American astronomer, prostate cancer.
  • Jack Vaughn, 92, American public servant and diplomat, Director of the Peace Corps (1966–1969), cancer.

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  • Franck Biancheri, 51, French politician.
  • Samina Raja, 51, Pakistani poet, writer, educationist, and broadcaster, cancer.
  • Leonard Termo, 77, American actor (Fight Club, Johnny Dangerously).
  • Dan Tieman, 71, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals), cancer.
  • Wayland Tunley, 75, British architect.
  • Trevor West, 74, Irish academic and politician, Senator for University of Dublin (1970–1981, 1982–1983).
  • Lebbeus Woods, 72, American architect and artist.

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  • Gae Aulenti, 84, Italian architect and designer.
  • June Blundell, Lady Blundell, 90, New Zealand charity patron, widow of former governor-general Sir Denis Blundell.
  • Nona Byrne, 90, British Building Society founder and philanthropist.
  • Brian Cobby, 83, British actor, voice of the speaking clock (1985–2007).
  • Alfons Demming, 84, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (1976–1998).
  • Jack Finck, 82, Australian football player (Collingwood).
  • John Fitch, 95, American racing driver, Merkel cell carcinoma.
  • Alexander Kibrik, 73, Russian linguist (Moscow State University), after long illness.
  • John H. Reed, 91, American politician, Governor of Maine (1959–1966), pneumonia.
  • Faustino Sainz Muñoz, 75, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain (2004–2010), cancer.
  • Teri Shields, 79, American model and actress, mother and manager of actress Brooke Shields, illness related to dementia.
  • Bernard John Smith, 61, British geologist.
  • Fergie Sutherland, 81, British–born Irish horse trainer.
  • Konstantin Vyrupayev, 82, Russian Olympic medal-winning (1956, 1960) wrestler.

    • References

    Deaths in October 2012 Wikipedia
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