Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Deaths in October 2014

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2014.

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

  • Lynsey de Paul, 64, English singer-songwriter ("Won't Somebody Dance with Me"), brain haemorrhage.
  • Sir Maurice Hodgson, 94, British business executive.
  • Shlomo Lahat, 86, Israeli general and politician, Mayor of Tel Aviv (1974–1993), lung infection.
  • José Martínez, 72, Cuban baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), coach (Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs) and executive (Atlanta Braves).
  • Oluremi Oyo, 61, Nigerian journalist, cancer.
  • Charlie Paulk, 68, American basketball player.
  • Matilde Pérez, 97, Chilean painter and kinetic artist.
  • Jerome Reppa, 89, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1972–1990).
  • George Savage, 72, British politician, MLA for Upper Bann (1998–2003, 2007–2011).
  • Robert Serra, 27, Venezuelan politician, MLA for Caracas, stabbed.
  • Guido van Gheluwe, 88, Belgian lawyer, founded Orde van den Prince.
  • Bob Young, 81, Scottish cricketer.

    • 2

  • Fyodor Bogdanovsky, 84, Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1956).
  • André Buffière, 91, French Olympic basketball player (1948, 1952).
  • Robert Flower, 59, Australian Hall of Fame VFL footballer (Melbourne).
  • Michael Goldberg, 55, American screenwriter (Cool Runnings, Snow Dogs, Little Giants), brain and sinus cancer.
  • Joanne M. Holden, 68, American nutritionist, cancer.
  • Vaughn O. Lang, 86, American Army lieutenant general.
  • György Lázár, 90, Hungarian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1975–1987).
  • Carlos Lopez, 26, American stunt performer (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, John Wick), fall.
  • N. Mahalingam, 91, Indian businessman.
  • Pedro Peña, 88, Spanish actor (Médico de familia), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Carolyn Rovee-Collier, 72, American professor of psychology, breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.
  • Yoshikazu Sakamoto, 87, Japanese political scientist, heart failure.
  • Frederic Tamler Sommers, 91, American philosopher.
  • The Spaceape, 44, British poet and disc jockey, cancer.

    • 3

  • Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, 83, British aristocrat and politician.
  • Peer Augustinski, 74, German actor and German-language dub artist (Robin Williams).
  • Comer Cottrell, 82, American businessman and baseball team part-owner (Texas Rangers).
  • Ewen Gilmour, 51, New Zealand comedian.
  • Nati Cano, 81, Mexican-born American mariachi musician (Mariachi los Camperos), recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship (1990).
  • 'Elisiva Fusipala Vaha'i, 65, Tongan royal.
  • Benedict Groeschel, 81, American Roman Catholic priest, author and television host, a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.
  • Alan Henning, 47, British humanitarian aid worker and ISIS hostage, beheading. (death reported on this date)
  • Peter Knecht, 78, American defense attorney, cancer.
  • Jean-Jacques Marcel, 83, French footballer (Olympique de Marseille).
  • Kevin Metheny, 60, American radio executive (WNBC (AM), WGN (AM)), suspected heart attack.
  • Ward Ruyslinck, 85, Belgian author, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Lori Sandri, 65, Brazilian football manager, brain tumor.
  • Christopher van Wyk, 57, South African writer.

    • 4

  • Konrad Boehmer, 73, German-born Dutch composer and writer, stroke.
  • Hugo Carvana, 77, Brazilian actor (Entranced Earth, Antonio das Mortes) and director (Casa da Mãe Joana).
  • Fyodor Cherenkov, 55, Russian footballer (FC Spartak Moscow, Soviet national team).
  • Jean-Claude Duvalier, 63, Haitian politician, President (1971–1986), heart attack.
  • Herman Mandui, 45, Papua New Guinean archaeologist.
  • Joan Molina, 73, Spanish actor (Doctor Mateo).
  • Jewel Joseph Newman, 93, American politician and community organizer.
  • Suhaila Noah, 82, Malaysian public figure, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (1977–1981), widow of Hussein Onn.
  • Gholamali Pouratayi, 73, Iranian musician.
  • Rajesh Sanghi, 42, Indian cricketer.
  • William Shija, 67, Tanzanian politician, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (since 2007).
  • Silver Deputy, 29, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
  • Gertjie Williams, 73, South African cricketer.

    • 5

  • John Best, 74, British-born American soccer player, coach and manager, lung infection.
  • Al Bruno, 87, American CFL player (Toronto Argonauts) and coach (Hamilton Tiger-Cats), heart failure.
  • David Chavchavadze, 90, British-born American author and CIA officer.
  • Andrea de Cesaris, 55, Italian racing driver (Formula One), traffic collision.
  • Jimmy Feix, 83, American football player and coach.
  • Anna Maria Gherardi, 74, Italian actress and voice actress (Lost Love, Petomaniac).
  • Regis Groff, 79, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (1974–1994).
  • Göte Hagström, 96, Swedish steeplechase runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
  • Geoffrey Holder, 84, Trinidadian actor (Live and Let Die, Annie) and Tony-winning director (The Wiz), pneumonia.
  • Philip Howard, 80, British journalist (The Times).
  • Ike Jones, 84, American producer (A Man Called Adam) and actor (The Joe Louis Story, About Mrs. Leslie).
  • Yuri Lyubimov, 97, Russian stage actor and director, founder of the Taganka Theatre.
  • Anna Przybylska, 35, Polish actress, pancreatic cancer.
  • Ronnie Spafford, 86, British army officer and philatelist.
  • Jack Turner, 84, American basketball player (New York Knicks).
  • Misty Upham, 32, American actress (Frozen River, August: Osage County, Django Unchained).
  • Tsai Wan-tsai, 85, Taiwanese financier.
  • David Watson, 74, British-American actor (Beneath the Planet of the Apes).

    • 6

  • Vic Braden, 85, American tennis player and instructor (University of Toledo), heart attack.
  • Feridun Buğeker, 81, Turkish footballer.
  • Bill Campbell, 91, American sportscaster.
  • Andrew Kerr, 80, British festival organiser (Glastonbury Festival).
  • Johnny Midnight, 73, Filipino radio and television host, prostate cancer.
  • Igor Mitoraj, 70, Polish sculptor.
  • Diane Nyland, 70, Canadian actress (The Trouble with Tracy), heart failure and COPD.
  • Mikhail Potylchak, 42, Russian footballer, suicide by hanging.
  • Marian Seldes, 86, American actress (A Delicate Balance, Affliction, August Rush).
  • Apiwan Wiriyachai, 65, Thai politician, lung cancer.
  • Serhiy Zakarlyuka, 38, Ukrainian football player (Dnipro, national team) and manager, traffic collision.

    • 7

  • Walter Bockmayer, 66, German writer and film director, lung cancer.
  • Federico Boido, 75, Italian actor and stuntman (Ace High, Superfly T.N.T.).
  • Ugo Carrega, 79, Italian artist and poet.
  • Cigar, 24, American thoroughbred racehorse, complications of neck surgery for osteoarthritis.
  • Nuno Miguel Cerqueira Dias, 37, Portuguese swimmer.
  • Nika Kiladze, 25, Georgian footballer, traffic collision.
  • Richard Laws, 88, British zoologist, Director of the British Antarctic Survey (1973–1987), Master of St Edmund's College, Cambridge (1987–1996).
  • Siegfried Lenz, 88, German writer.
  • Angus Macleod, 63, British journalist and editor.
  • Paul Margulies, 79, American philosopher and advertising executive.
  • Nancy Merki, 88, American swimmer.
  • Amos Mkhari, South African footballer.
  • David Samuel, 92, British-Israeli scientist and peer.
  • Zilpha Keatley Snyder, 87, American writer (The Egypt Game), stroke.
  • Brad Stanius, 68, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
  • Soviet Star, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
  • Ivor Wilks, 86, British historian.
  • Iva Withers, 97, Canadian-born American theatre actress and singer.

    • 8

  • Mark Bell, 43, British musician and house music producer (LFO), complications from surgery.
  • Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, Liberian courier, first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, Ebola virus disease.
  • Shon Harris, 46, American author.
  • Morris Lurie, 75, Australian writer, cancer.
  • Abdul Matin, 87, Bangladeshi language activist (Bengali Language Movement).
  • Alden E. Matthews, 93, American missionary.
  • Harden M. McConnell, 87, American chemistry professor (Stanford University).
  • Angelo Mottola, 79, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat.
  • Vi Robbins, 112, Australian supercentenarian, nation's oldest person.
  • Helmut Ruge, 74, German comedian, actor, and cabaret writer.
  • Jeen van den Berg, 86, Dutch Olympic speedskater (1956, 1960), winner of the Elfstedentocht (1954).
  • Mike Waugh, 58, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (1998–2014).

    • 9

  • Les Angell, 92, English cricketer (Somerset).
  • Henning Bjerregaard, 87, Danish footballer.
  • John Patrick Boles, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, titular bishop of Nova Sparsa.
  • Boris Buzančić, 85, Croatian actor and politician.
  • Sir Sydney Chapman, 78, English politician and architect, MP for Birmingham Handsworth (1970–1974) and Chipping Barnet (1979–2005).
  • Jan Hooks, 57, American comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live, Designing Women, Batman Returns), cancer.
  • M. V. Kamath, 93, Indian journalist.
  • Ana Karić, 73, Croatian actress.
  • Carolyn Kizer, 89, American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, complications of dementia.
  • Kim Koscki, 50, American stunt performer (The Mighty Ducks, Contact, Apollo 13), cardiac arrest.
  • Willy Matsanga, 45, Congolese politician.
  • Ray Metzker, 83, American photographer.
  • Peter A. Peyser, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House for New York's 25th (1971–1973) and 23rd (1973–1977, 1979–1983) districts, Parkinson's disease.
  • Tony Priday, 92, English bridge player.
  • David Rayvern Allen, 76, English cricket historian, cancer.
  • Style Scott, 58, Jamaican reggae drummer.
  • Rita Shane, 78, American operatic soprano, pancreatic and liver cancer.
  • Paul Allen Simmons, 93, American federal judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania (since 1978).
  • Robert Sproull, 96, American educator and physicist.
  • Sir Jocelyn Stevens, 82, English publishing executive.
  • Connell Thode, 103, New Zealand naval officer (HMS Scythian) and yachtsman.
  • Victor Winding, 85, British actor (Doctor Who, Emmerdale).

    • 10

  • Olav Dale, 55, Norwegian composer and jazz saxophonist.
  • Damiana Eugenio, 93, Filipino author and professor.
  • Richard Kanter, 79, American oboist.
  • Valeri Karpov, 43, Russian ice hockey player, world champion (1993), head injury.
  • Lari Ketner, 37, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers), colon cancer.
  • Matt Koehl, 79, American neo-Nazi. (body discovered on this date)
  • Pavel Landovský, 78, Czech actor and dissident, heart attack.
  • Roy Law, 77, English footballer (Wimbledon).
  • Finn Lied, 98, Norwegian military researcher and politician.
  • Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, 70, New Zealand art historian, curator and academic, pancreatic cancer.
  • Geoff Miller, 72, Australian public servant.
  • Amildo Morales, 76, Guatemalan politician, MP for Jalapa (since 2012), attacked by a bull.
  • Ed Nimmervoll, 67, Australian music journalist and author, brain cancer.
  • Donald Rawson, 89, American historian and academic.
  • Ichirō Satake, 86, Japanese mathematician, respiratory failure.
  • Marianne Sjöblom, 80, Finnish Olympic fencer (1952).
  • John Westcott, 93, British computer scientist.
  • Ernie Wiggs, 73, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).

    • 11

  • Abbas Ali, 94, Indian politician and independence activist.
  • Anita Cerquetti, 83, Italian soprano.
  • Tanhum Cohen-Mintz, 75, Israeli basketball player.
  • Elbert Drungo, 71, American football player (Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills).
  • Walter Fitzgerald, 78, Canadian politician, Mayor of Halifax (1971–1974, 1994–1996), MLA for Halifax Chebucto (1974–1981).
  • Donald Gauf, 87, Canadian ice hockey player.
  • Margaret Hillert, 94, American author.
  • Jazil, 11, American thoroughbred racehorse, injuries sustained in paddock accident.
  • Jason Jurman, 34, American actor (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Blue Bloods, Cougar Club).
  • Brian Lemon, 77, British jazz pianist.
  • Gary McLarty, 73, American stunt performer (The Terminator, Jurassic Park, Beverly Hills Cop), traffic collision.
  • Bob Orrison, 86, American stunt performer (Stargate, Road House, Speed), traffic collision.
  • Mats Rondin, 54, Swedish cellist and composer, heart attack.
  • Carmelo Simeone, 81, Argentine footballer (Vélez Sarsfield, Boca Juniors).
  • Bob Such, 70, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Fisher (since 1989), brain tumour.

    • 12

  • Tony Hibbert, 96, British army officer.
  • Louise Daniel Hutchinson, 86, American historian.
  • Aki Jones, 31, American football player (Washington Redskins), car accident.
  • Maurie Keane, 91, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Woronora (1973–1988).
  • Tommy Lewis, 83, American football player (University of Alabama, Ottawa Rough Riders).
  • Lojze Logar, 70, Slovene artist.
  • Tony Lynes, 85, British anti-poverty campaigner.
  • Ali Mazrui, 81, Kenyan professor and political writer.
  • Graham Miles, 73, English snooker player.
  • Hussein Mjalli, 77, Jordanian lawyer and politician, involved in legal defence of Saddam Hussein, Justice Minister (2011), heart attack.
  • Enrique Santiago Petracchi, 78, Argentine lawyer and judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 1983).
  • Emilio Picasso, 87, Italian physicist.
  • Robert Relf, 90, English political activist.
  • Roberto Telch, 70, Argentine footballer (San Lorenzo, national team), heart attack.

    • 13

  • Sir John Bradfield, 89, British biologist and entrepreneur, founder of Cambridge Science Park.
  • Antonio Cafiero, 92, Argentine politician, Governor of Buenos Aires (1987–1991), Senator (1993–2005), pneumonia.
  • Patricia Carson, 85, British historian and author.
  • Mario Mellado García, Mexican politician, Governor of Puebla (1972). (death announced on this date)
  • Elizabeth Norment, 61, American actress (House of Cards, Party of Five, Doogie Howser, M.D.), cancer.
  • Agnes Owens, 88, Scottish author.
  • José Hernán Sánchez Porras, 70, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Military Ordinariate (since 2001).
  • Mohammad Sarengat, 74, Indonesian sprinter, Asian Games champion (1962), complications from a stroke.
  • Pontus Segerström, 33, Swedish footballer (IF Brommapojkarna), cancer.
  • Kapil Krishna Thakur, 74, Indian politician, MP for Bangaon.
  • Deborah Warren, 55, Argentine actress, cancer.

    • 14

  • Art Best, 61, American football player.
  • Mary Downer, 89, Australian arts patron.
  • Encke, 5, American-bred British-trained thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
  • Humberto Lara Gavidia, El Salvadoran baseball player.
  • Ted Gullicksen, 60-61, American social justice activist.
  • Doğan Güreş, 88, Turkish general and politician.
  • A. H. Halsey, 91, British sociologist.
  • Bertha George Harris, 101, American tribal elder and potter, was oldest member of the Catawba people.
  • Paul Hubbert, 78, American educator and politician.
  • Leonard Liggio, 81, American libertarian author.
  • Ron Loewinsohn, 76, American poet.
  • Oriel Malet, 91, British novelist.
  • Heidrun Mohr-Mayer, 73, German jeweller and philanthropist.
  • Paul Muenzer, 82, American school administrator and politician, Mayor of Naples, Florida (1992–1996), liver and pancreatic cancer.
  • Joe H. Mulholland, 80, American politician, Mississippi State Senator (1964–1968, 1976–1984), cancer.
  • Bob Neilson, 91, New Zealand rugby league player (West Coast, national team).
  • Paul J. Olscamp, 77, Canadian university administrator.
  • Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, 38, American keyboardist, heart attack.
  • Elizabeth Peña, 55, American actress (The Incredibles, Rush Hour, Jacob's Ladder), cirrhosis.
  • John F. Stephenson, 77, Australian football player (Carlton), plane crash.
  • Dharmaraj Thapa, 92, Nepali folk singer.
  • Walter Victor, 97, American sports photographer.

    • 15

  • Sir James Balderstone, 93, Australian businessman and company director.
  • João Corso, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Campos (1990–1995).
  • Marie Dubois, 77, French actress (Shoot the Piano Player, Jules and Jim, Monte Carlo or Bust!), multiple sclerosis.
  • James Semple Kerr, 82, Australian architectural historian.
  • Mile Krajina, 90, Croatian gusle player.
  • José Refugio Mercado Díaz, 72, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Tehuantepec (2003–2009).
  • Giovanni Reale, 83, Italian philosophy historian.
  • Giorgio Rebuffi, 85, Italian comic book artist (Tiramolla, Cucciolo).
  • Jiří Reynek, 85, Czech graphic artist, poet and translator.
  • William J. Ronan, 101, American public servant, first chairman of MTA.
  • Sabir Shaikh, 71, Indian politician.
  • Sir Christopher Staughton, 81, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal, President of the Court of Appeal of Gibraltar (2005–2006).
  • Robert Tiernan, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House for Rhode Island's 2nd district (1967–1975).
  • Nobby Wirkowski, 88, American football player (Toronto Argonauts) and coach (York University).

    • 16

  • Brian Bath, 67, South African cricketer.
  • Ioannis Charalambopoulos, 95, Greek army officer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1985–1988).
  • Patrick Paul D’Souza, 86, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Varanasi (1971–2007).
  • James E. Defebaugh, 87, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1971–1982).
  • Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat, 91, Turkish composer, painter, and poet.
  • Allen Forte, 87, American music theorist and musicologist.
  • Sumi Haru, 75, American actress (MASH), Interim President of the Screen Actors Guild (1995).
  • Tim Hauser, 72, American musician (The Manhattan Transfer), cardiac arrest.
  • Seppo Kuusela, 80, Finnish basketball player.
  • David Shepherd Nivison, 91, American sinologist.
  • Shalom Schwartz, 63, Israeli footballer.
  • John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, 88, British peer, custodian of Blenheim Palace.

    • 17

  • John Andrew, 83, British-born American Anglican priest.
  • Edwards Barham, 77, American politician, Louisiana State Senator (1976–1980), plane crash.
  • Gero Bisanz, 78, German football player and coach.
  • Claude Brodin, 80, French Olympic fencer (1964).
  • Bill Diachuk, 85, Canadian politician, MLA (1971–1986).
  • Masaru Emoto, 71, Japanese author.
  • Hermione Hobhouse, 80, British architectural historian.
  • Joseph Hogan, 77, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly (since 2005).
  • Vladimír Hrivnák, 69, Slovak football player and manager.
  • Leigh Kamman, 92, American radio host.
  • José Luis Lobato, 76, Mexican politician, Senator for Veracruz (2006–2012), shot.
  • G. Dean Loucks, 79, American college football coach (Fordham Rams).
  • Mikhail Marynich, 74, Belarusian politician.
  • Anna Nakagawa, 49, Japanese actress (A Sign Days, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah), uterine cancer.
  • Daisuke Oku, 38, Japanese footballer (Júbilo Iwata, Yokohama F. Marinos), traffic collision.
  • Lawrence J. Quirk, 91, American writer, Hollywood reporter and film historian.
  • Jon Ramstad, 89, Norwegian politician.
  • Tom Shaw, 69, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Massachusetts (1995–2014), brain cancer.
  • Berndt von Staden, 95, German diplomat, Ambassador to the United States (1973–1979).

    • 18

  • Robert Barbour, 93, Scottish minister and author.
  • Joanne Borgella, 32, American singer (American Idol) and model (Mo'Nique's Fat Chance), endometrial cancer.
  • Paul Craft, 76, American musician and songwriter ("Brother Jukebox").
  • Choi Soon-dal, 83, South Korean scientist.
  • Efua Dorkenoo, 65, Ghanaian-born British campaigner against female genital mutilation, cancer.
  • Luigi Gnocchi, 81, Italian Olympic sprinter.
  • Kenneth House, 78, English cricket player (Dorset).
  • Danny Light, 66, English footballer (Crystal Palace, Colchester United).
  • Lou Lucier, 96, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies).
  • Rachel Makinson, 97, Australian research scientist.
  • R. C. Mehta, 96, Indian musician and musicologist.
  • Claude Ollier, 91, French nouveau roman author.
  • Bruce Phillips, 85, Australian football player (St Kilda).
  • Rick S. Piltz, 71, American climate analyst, metastasized liver cancer.
  • Edward Regan, 84, American politician, New York State Comptroller (1979–1993).
  • Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, 92, Dominican author and academic.
  • Sidney Shapiro, 98, American-born Chinese author and translator.
  • Melford Spiro, 94, American cultural anthropologist.
  • Rebel Steiner, 87, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
  • Veandercross, 26, New Zealand Thoroughbred horse.
  • Paul Henry Walsh, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (2003–2012).
  • Mervyn Winfield, 81, English cricket player (Nottinghamshire).

    • 19

  • A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed, 90, Bangladeshi historian.
  • Horst Arndt, 80, German rower.
  • Frank Barnes, 88, American Major League Baseball player.
  • William Barrington-Coupe, 83, Welsh record producer.
  • Lynda Bellingham, 66, Canadian-born British actress (Doctor Who, General Hospital, The Bill), colon cancer.
  • Gloria Casarez, 42, American civil rights activist, cancer.
  • Kathryn M Chaloner, 60, British-born American statistician, Professor of Biostatistics (University of Iowa).
  • Edward Donno, 79, American stunt performer (Daredevil, The Untouchables, Star Trek).
  • Stuart Gallacher, 68, Welsh rugby player (national union and league teams) and executive.
  • John Holt, 67, Jamaican singer (The Paragons) and songwriter ("The Tide Is High").
  • Ed Keegan, 75, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Athletics).
  • James Levesque, 52, American bassist (Agent Orange).
  • Arnold Mitchell, 84, English footballer (Exeter City).
  • Étienne Mourrut, 74, French politician, MP for Gard's 2nd constituency (2002–2012), Mayor of Le Grau-du-Roi (1983–2014).
  • Francis Nkwain, 84, Cameroonian senator.
  • Gerard Parkes, 90, Irish-born Canadian actor (Fraggle Rock, The Boondock Saints).
  • Stephen Paulus, 65, American composer, complications from a stroke.
  • Imre Pichler, 67, Hungarian politician, MP for Szigetvár.
  • Don Ratcliffe, 79, English footballer (Stoke City).
  • Raphael Ravenscroft, 60, British saxophonist ("Baker Street") and author, suspected heart attack.
  • Miloslava Rezková, 64, Czech high jumper, Olympic champion (1968).
  • Jim Sharkey, 80, Scottish footballer (Celtic).
  • Serena Shim, 30, Lebanese-born American journalist (Press TV), traffic collision.
  • Ken Short, 87, Australian Anglican prelate, Assistant Bishop of Sydney.
  • Bob Spear, 94, American naturalist, founder of Birds of Vermont Museum.

    • 20

  • Ox Baker, 80, American professional wrestler and actor (Escape from New York), heart attack.
  • Raymond Beadle, 70, American Hall of Fame drag racer, heart attack.
  • Dennis Biodrowski, 74, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).
  • Gerd Bonk, 63, German weightlifter, Olympic bronze (1972) and silver (1976) medalist.
  • René Burri, 81, Swiss photographer, cancer.
  • Lilli Carati, 58, Italian actress (Being Twenty, La compagna di banco), brain tumor.
  • L. M. Kit Carson, 73, American screenwriter and actor (Paris, Texas, Running on Empty).
  • Peter Daland, 93, American swimming coach (University of Southern California, 1964 Olympic women, 1972 Olympic men).
  • Jim Dunegan, 67, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
  • Rodney Fitch, 76, English designer, cancer.
  • Sir John Hoskyns, 87, British businessman, policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher.
  • Rajam Krishnan, 89, Indian writer.
  • Ursula Lingen, 86, Austrian actress (The Model Husband).
  • Pete Livermore, 73, American politician, member of the Nevada Assembly (since 2011), heart attack.
  • David Malcolm, 76, Australian judge, Chief Justice of Western Australia (1988–2006).
  • Christophe de Margerie, 63, French businessman, CEO of Total S.A. (since 2007), plane crash.
  • Pavle Merkù, 87, Slovene composer.
  • Gary Plauche, 68, American murderer.
  • Oscar de la Renta, 82, Dominican fashion designer, cancer.
  • Tom Slade, Jr., 78, American lobbyist, Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (1993–1999), member of the Florida Legislature, heart failure.
  • John Solomon, 82, English croquet player.
  • Arthur Trestrail, 93, Trinidad cricketer.

    • 21

  • Jim Barrett, Jr., 83, English footballer (West Ham).
  • Ben Bradlee, 93, American journalist, Executive Editor of The Washington Post (1968–1991), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Chen Ziming, 62, Chinese democracy activist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Johnny Lee Clary, 55, American professional wrestler, preacher and reformed Ku Klux Klan leader.
  • Dale Dorman, 71, American radio disc jockey (WODS).
  • Seth Gaaikema, 75, Dutch comedian and writer, heart failure.
  • Nelson Bunker Hunt, 88, American oil company executive, cancer and dementia.
  • Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, 83, Iranian politician, Acting Prime Minister (1981), Minister of Interior (1980–1981), heart failure.
  • George Kline, 93, American translator and philosopher.
  • Yasumasa Narasaki, 86, Japanese politician, member of the House of Councilors (1992–1998), pneumonia.
  • Jean Packard, 91, American politician.
  • Joan Quigley, 87, American astrologer.
  • Tuna Scanlan, 80, Samoan boxer.
  • Rudolf Schmid, 63, Austrian luger, Olympic bronze medalist (1976), traffic collision.
  • Peter Trotter, 58, Australian Paralympic wheelchair racer.
  • Gough Whitlam, 98, Australian politician, Prime Minister (1972–1975).

    • 22

  • Murad Ashurly, 41, Azerbaijani mountaineer, fall from height.
  • Anatoly Chertkov, 78, Russian footballer.
  • Elizabeth Forbes, 90, British writer and musicologist.
  • George Francis, 80, English footballer (Brentford).
  • John-Roger Hinkins, 80, American author and public speaker, founder of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.
  • Ashok Kumar, 72, Indian cinematographer and film director (Abhinandana).
  • Barry McSweeney, Irish scientist, Chief Science Advisor (2004–2005).
  • Paul Nabor, 86, Belizean musician.
  • John Postgate, 93, British microbiologist and writer, professor at University of Sussex.
  • David Redfern, 78, English photographer, cancer.
  • Sonia Rolt, 95, British canal conservationist.
  • Rinnat Safin, 74, Soviet biathlete, Olympic champion (1972).

    • 23

  • Ghulam Azam, 91, Bangladeshi convicted war criminal, Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami (1969–2000), stroke.
  • Jeanne Black, 76, American country singer.
  • John Bramlett, 73, American football player (Boston Patriots).
  • Clarence Addison Brimmer, Jr., 92, American federal judge, Wyoming Attorney General (1971–1974).
  • Sir Ronald Grierson, 93, British banker.
  • Göran Johansson, 69, Swedish politician and union leader, Chairman of the Gothenburg Municipality Executive Board (1988–1991, 1994–2009), cancer.
  • Terry Keenan, 53, American financial news anchor and journalist (CNN, FNC, New York Post), cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Frederic S. Lee, 64, American economist.
  • Clyde T. Lusk, 81, American coast guard officer, Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (1988–1990).
  • Frank Mankiewicz, 90, American journalist and political adviser, press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy.
  • Bernard Mayes, 85, British-born American broadcaster and academic.
  • André Piters, 83, Belgian footballer (Standard Liège).
  • Tullio Regge, 83, Italian theoretical physicist.
  • Denma Locho Rinpoche, 86, Tibetan lama.
  • Alvin Stardust, 72, English singer ("My Coo Ca Choo").
  • Raleigh Trevelyan, 91, British author.

    • 24

  • Lorenzo Albacete, 73, American theologian and Roman Catholic priest.
  • Kim Anderzon, 71, Swedish film and theatre actress (Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?, Rederiet), spinal cancer.
  • Vic Ash, 84, English jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
  • Ted Beniades, 91, American actor (Scarface, Serpico, The Jackie Gleason Show).
  • Jacksel M. Broughton, 89, American air force officer and fighter pilot.
  • Reuben Cohen, 93, Canadian lawyer, Chancellor of Dalhousie University (1990–1994).
  • Mike Dorsey, 84, English-born Australian actor (Number 96).
  • Allison J. Doupe, 60, Canadian neuroscientist.
  • Martin Garratt, 34, English footballer (York City).
  • James F. Hastings, 88, American politician.
  • Shirley Hooper, 78, American politician, Secretary of State of New Mexico (1979–1982).
  • Gajanan Kathaley, 67, Indian cricketer.
  • Gordon MacWilliam, 91, British Anglican priest.
  • Pat McGlothin, 93, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
  • Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, 34, South African middle-distance runner, Olympic silver medalist (2004), traffic collision.
  • S. S. Rajendran, 86, Indian actor, lung infection.
  • Creighton Leland Robertson, 70, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of South Dakota.
  • Emily Ruto, 25, Kenyan cricketer (national women's team), leukemia.
  • Marcia Strassman, 66, American actress (Welcome Back, Kotter, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) and singer, breast cancer.
  • Malcolm Thompson, 68, English footballer (Scarborough).
  • Tugela, 19, American-born Australian thoroughbred horse.
  • Alvin Wiederspahn, 65, American lawyer and politician, Wyoming State Senator (1985–1988).

    • 25

  • Jack Bruce, 71, Scottish bassist (Cream, Manfred Mann) and composer, liver disease.
  • Ari Hoogenboom, 86, American historian.
  • Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, 93, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Naha (1972–1997).
  • Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, Iranian convicted murderer, subject of international campaign against her execution, execution by hanging.
  • Peter Maxey, 83, British diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations (1984–1986).
  • Carlos Morales Troncoso, 74, Dominican politician, Vice President (1986–1994), Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1994–1996, 2004–2014), leukemia.
  • Sheila Shulman, 77, American-born British rabbi.
  • David Somerset, 84, British banker, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England (1980–1988).
  • Jim Stangeland, 92, American football player and coach.

    • 26

  • Genpei Akasegawa, 77, Japanese author and artist, sepsis.
  • Vic Allen, 91, British academic, sociologist, historian and trade unionist (National Union of Mineworkers).
  • David Armstrong, 60, American photographer, liver cancer.
  • Françoise Bertin, 89, French actress.
  • Mo Collins, 38, American football player (Oakland Raiders), kidney failure.
  • Katrina Edwards, 46, American geomicrobiologist.
  • Rémi Fraisse, 21, French botanist, hit by stun grenade.
  • Germain Gagnon, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders).
  • Michael Hawkins, 86, British actor (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Doctor Who).
  • Dudley Knowles, 67, British philosopher.
  • Rod Love, 61, Canadian political strategist.
  • Senzo Meyiwa, 27, South African footballer (Orlando Pirates, national team), shot.
  • Brian Moore, 70, Australian rugby league player (Newtown Jets).
  • Hisahiko Okazaki, 84, Japanese diplomat and political commentator.
  • Oscar Orefici, 68, Italian journalist and writer.
  • Manuel Revollo Crespo, 89, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bolivian Military (2000–2012).
  • Jeff Robinson, 52, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
  • Gavin Smith, 59, American film studio executive, missing since 2012. (body discovered on this date)
  • Gordy Soltau, 89, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
  • Oscar Taveras, 22, Dominican baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), traffic collision.
  • Antonio Terenghi, 92, Italian comic book artist (Pedrito el Drito, Tarzanetto).
  • Sir Tay Wilson, 89, New Zealand sports official.
  • Bob Wood, 93, American basketball player (Sheboygan Red Skins).

    • 27

  • Daniel Boulanger, 92, French actor and screenwriter.
  • Norman Hansen, 90, American public official, Town Manager of Saugus, Massachusetts (1987–1992).
  • Bob Kenney, 83, American basketball player, Olympic champion (1952).
  • Kåre Langvik-Johannessen, 95, Norwegian philologist, literary historian and translator.
  • Charles McCullough, 91, Northern Irish politician, member of the Senate (1968–1972).
  • Ian Monro, 87, New Zealand naval officer (HMNZS Lachlan).
  • Chris Nance, 74, American conductor.
  • William Orchard, 84, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist.
  • Dan Peters, 60, American college basketball coach (Youngstown State), pancreatic cancer.
  • Shin Hae-chul, 46, South Korean pop singer (N.EX.T), heart attack.
  • Leif Skiöld, 79, Swedish footballer and ice hockey player.
  • Richard Stretch, 61, South African cricketer.
  • Reidar Sundby, 88, Norwegian footballer (Larvik Turn).
  • Starke Taylor, 92, American politician, Mayor of Dallas (1983–1987).
  • Dub Williams, 87, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1995–2009).

    • 28

  • Romualdas Granauskas, 75, Lithuanian writer.
  • Mansour Hobeika, 72, Lebanese Maronite Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zahlé (since 2002).
  • Koichiro Kimura, 44, Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, pneumonia.
  • Galway Kinnell, 87, American poet, Pulitzer Prize winner, leukemia.
  • James William Lair, 90, American CIA case officer.
  • J. Ross Mackay, 98, Canadian geographer.
  • Jim Paxson, Sr., 81, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers, Cincinnati Royals).
  • Michael Sata, 77, Zambian politician, President (since 2011), heart attack.
  • Hans Schneider, 87, Austrian-born American mathematician and journal editor (Linear Algebra and its Applications), cancer.
  • Clark S. Smith, 102, American politician.
  • David Trendell, 50, British organist and musical director.
  • Carroll Waller, 87, American historic preservationist, First Lady of Mississippi (1972–1976), restored the Mississippi Governor's Mansion, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Charlie Watkins, 91, British audio engineer (Watkins Electric Music).

    • 29

  • Alfred Biehle, 87, German politician.
  • Don Bracken, 52, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams).
  • Frans De Bruyn, 90, Belgian Flemish writer.
  • Roger Freeman, 48, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives, colon cancer.
  • Rainer Hasler, 56, Liechtenstein footballer. (death announced on this date)
  • Roderick M. Hills, 83, American lawyer and business executive, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1975–1977), surgical complications.
  • Klas Ingesson, 46, Swedish footballer (national team), multiple myeloma.
  • Mary Jolliffe, 90, Canadian theatre publicist.
  • H. Gary Morse, 77, American real estate developer (The Villages, Florida).

    • 30

  • Elijah Malok Aleng, 77, South Sudanese public servant.
  • Renée Asherson, 99, English actress (Caesar and Cleopatra, Henry V, The Others).
  • Joe Brown, 85, English football player and manager (Burnley).
  • Geoffrey Clarke, 89, British artist.
  • Xavier de Villepin, 88, French politician.
  • Harcourt Dowsley, 95, Australian cricket and football player.
  • Juan Flavier, 79, Filipino politician, Secretary of Health (1992–1995), member of the Senate (1995–2007), multiple organ failure.
  • Bob Geigel, 90, American professional wrestler and promoter (Central States Wrestling), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Max Homer, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1974).
  • Mohamed Sheikh Ismail, 50s, Somali military commander, Chief of the Police Force (2014).
  • Amin Kamil, 90, Indian poet.
  • Thomas Menino, 71, American politician, Mayor of Boston (1993–2014), cancer.
  • Andy Natowich, 95, American football player.
  • Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, 98, Australian radio broadcaster, founder of the ABC's Argonauts Club.
  • Clay Stapleton, 93, American football player and coach (Iowa State Cyclones).
  • Christopher J. Turner, 81, British diplomat, Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (1982–1987) and Montserrat (1987–1990).

    • 31

  • David Manker Abshire, 88, American diplomat, Permanent Representative to NATO (1983–1987).
  • Michael Alsbury, 39, American test pilot and engineer (Scaled Composites), spaceplane crash.
  • Armando Cavazzuti, 85, Italian footballer.
  • Carlos Duque, 84, Panamanian politician.
  • John Forzani, 67, Canadian businessman (Forzani Group) and football player (Calgary Stampeders), heart attack.
  • Ian Fraser, 81, English composer and conductor (Scrooge, Christmas in Washington), cancer.
  • Brad Halsey, 33, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics).
  • Sir Henry Harris, 89, Australian cell biologist.
  • Angel Jordanov Kapsov, 57, Bulgarian Chalga singer.
  • Käbi Laretei, 92, Estonian concert pianist.
  • Mal MacDougall, 86, American advertising executive and speechwriter.
  • Hitoshi Motoshima, 92, Japanese politician, Mayor of Nagasaki (1979–1995).
  • Walter North, 81, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1995–2002).
  • Sofron Stefan Mudry, 90, Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk (1997–2005).
  • Pat Partridge, 81, British football referee.
  • Jim Sauter, 71, American stock car racing driver.
  • Bibbi Segerström, 71, Swedish Olympic swimmer (1960).
  • Renato Sellani, 88, Italian jazz pianist and composer.
  • John V. Shields, 82, American chief executive (Trader Joe's).
  • Ross H. Trower, 92, American naval officer, Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy (1979–1983).

    • References

    Deaths in October 2014 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA