Deaths In October 2017

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2017.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

October 2017

1

*Olivier Baudry, 44, French footballer ( Sochaux), cancer.
*Hansje Bunschoten, 59, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1972) and television presenter, complications from breast cancer.
*Pierluigi Cappello, 50, Italian poet, Viareggio Prize laureate (2010).
*Dao Shixun, 89, Chinese politician.
*Bob Deacon, 73, British social scientist.
*Edward B. Giller, 99, American USAF major general.
*Robert D. Hales, 85, American religious leader ( LDS Church).
* Andy Hopkins, 67, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
* Arthur Janov, 93, American psychologist (''The Primal Scream''), complications from a stroke.
* Hugh Kearney, 93, British historian.
*Butch Lenton, 61, Australian councillor and community advocate, mayor of the Shire of Winton (since 2012), cancer.
*František Listopad, 95, Czech-born Portuguese poet, prose writer and director.
*Donald James Mackinnon, 88, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Box Hill (1976–1982).
* Edmond Maire, 86, French labor union leader, secretary general of CFDT (1971–1988).
* István Mészáros, 86, Hungarian Marxist philosopher (''Socialism or Barbarism)'' and professor ( University of Sussex).
* Muktar Muhammed, 72, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Kaduna (1977–1978), cancer.
*Angelika Muharukua, 59, Namibian Herero politician, MP (since 1995).
* Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr., 89, American publisher (Advance Publications) and businessman.
* Stephen Paddock, 64, American gunman (2017 Las Vegas shooting), suicide by gunshot.
* José Pratas, 59, Portuguese football referee.
*Philippe Rahmy, 52, Swiss poet and writer, Swiss Literature Awards laureate (2017).
*Eliu Rivera, 73, Puerto Rican activist and politician.
* Dave Strader, 62, American sportscaster ( Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes), cholangiocarcinoma.
* John Swinburne, 87, Scottish politician, founder of SSCUP and member of Parliament (2003–2007).
* Larissa Volpert, 91, Russian-Estonian philologist and chess Woman Grandmaster, Soviet women's chess champion (1954, 1958, 1959).

2

* Peter Burke, 90, New Zealand rugby union player ( Taranaki, national team).
*Warren Burton, 72, American actor (''All My Children'', '' Gettysburg'', '' Green Lantern'').
* Evangelina Elizondo, 88, Mexican actress, artist and singer.
* Robert Elsie, 67, Canadian-born German Albanologist, linguist and translator, motor neuron disease.
* Solly Hemus, 94, American baseball player and manager ( St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies).
*Klaus Huber, 92, Swiss composer and academic.
*Azra Kolaković, 40, Bosnian pop singer, uterine cancer.
*Edwin N. Lightfoot, 92, American biochemical engineer.
* Friedrich von Löffelholz, 62, German Olympic time trials cyclist (1976) and university lecturer.
* Hanumant Moreshwar Marathe, 77, Indian writer and journalist.
*Edward Mhinga, 89, South African politician, Chief Minister of Gazankulu (1993).
*Øyvin Norborg, 78, Norwegian newspaper editor.
*Simon Ostrach, 93, American scientist.
* Paul Otellini, 66, American businessman, CEO of Intel (2005–2013).
*Antonio Pantojas, 68, Puerto Rican actor, dancer, playwright and female impersonator, heart attack.
* Jim Patterson, 67, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (since 2010), heart attack.
*Marcel Germain Perrier, 84, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pamiers (2000–2008).
* Tom Petty, 66, American Hall of Fame musician (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys) and voice actor ('' King of the Hill''), accidental drug overdose.
*Jean Roesser, 87, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1995–2003), complications of leukemia.
* Patrocinio Samudio, 42, Paraguayan footballer, heart attack.
*Neil Smelser, 87, American sociologist.
* Barbara Tisserat, 66, American lithographer, lung cancer.
* Robert Yates, 74, American racing team owner (Yates Racing), NASCAR Winston Cup champion (1999), liver cancer.

3

* Rodney Bickerstaffe, 72, British trade unionist, General Secretary of NUPE (1982–1993) and UNISON (1996–2001).
* Robert Henry Bragg Jr., 98, American physicist.
* Ming Chang, 85, Chinese-born American naval officer.
* Curtis Ford Jr., 95, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1953–1957).
*Bob Gannon, 58, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (since 2015).
* Chittani Ramachandra Hegde, 84, Indian Yakshagana artist, stroke.
*John Herrnstein, 79, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves).
*Norm Jamison, 67, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1990–1995), liver cancer.
* Ninja Jorgensen, 77, American Olympic volleyball player.
*Michel Jouvet, 91, French oneirologist and neurobiologist, developer of Modafinil and discoverer of REM sleep.
* Isabella Karle, 95, American scientist, brain tumor.
* Kim Un-yong, 86, South Korean sports administrator, President of World Taekwondo Federation (1973–2004).
*Jack Laver, 100, Australian cricketer.
* André Lévy, 91, French sinologist and translator.
* Victorino Martín Andrés, 88, Spanish breeder of fighting bulls, stroke.
* Francesco Martino, 80, Italian politician, President of Sicily (1993–1995).
* Les Mutrie, 66, English footballer ( Hull City), cancer.
*Dieter Nörr, 86, German scholar of ancient law.
*Lance Russell, 91, American professional wrestling announcer and commentator (CWA, USWA, WCW), complications from a broken hip.
* Jalal Talabani, 83, Iraqi-Kurdish politician, Prime Minister (2003) and President (2005–2014), cerebral hemorrhage.
* Norma Williams, 88, New Zealand swimmer, British Empire Games silver medallist (1950).

4

* Davoud Ahmadinejad, 67, Iranian politician, heart attack.
*Lawrence Argent, 60, British-born American sculptor, cardiac arrest.
*Atiqa Bano, 77, Indian educationist and curator.
*Vivian Castleberry, 95, American journalist and newspaper editor.
*Bronisław Chromy, 92, Polish sculptor ( Wawel Dragon).
*Liam Cosgrave, 97, Irish politician, Taoiseach (1973–1977).
* Lyudmila Gureyeva, 74, Ukrainian-born Russian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
*Rufus Hannah, 63, American advocate for homeless rights, traffic collision.
* Janis Hansen, 74, American singer and author, myelofibrosis and acute myeloid leukemia.
*Karel Kolář, 61, Czech athlete, European Indoor champion (1979).
*Edward Mazurek, 78, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (2004–2012), and Maine Senate (2012–2014).
* John Miller, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Washington's 1st congressional district (1985–1993), cancer.
*Jesús Mosterín, 76, Spanish anthropologist and philosopher of science, lung cancer.
* Richard Paris, 75, Australian Olympic cyclist (1964).
* Jerry Ross, 84, American producer and songwriter (" I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"), founder of Heritage and Colossus Records, prostate cancer.
* Keith Schmidt, 95, Australian cricketer.
*Yosihiko H. Sinoto, 93, Japanese-born American anthropologist ( Hane excavation).
*William Tepper, 69, American actor ('' Bachelor Party'', '' Drive, He Said'') and screenwriter ('' Grilled''), heart attack.
* Barry Thomas, 85, American sound engineer ('' Days of Heaven'', '' Witness'', '' 7th Heaven''), stroke.

5

*Heley de Abreu Silva Batista, 43, Brazilian teacher (Janaúba Tragedy), burns.
*Armin Delong, 92, Czech physicist.
*Ruth Escobar, 81, Portuguese-born Brazilian actress (''The Jew'') and politician, founder of Teatro Ruth Escobar.
*Kelly Gage, 92, American attorney and politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1967–1972).
*Toon Geurts, 85, Dutch sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist (1964).
* Georges Griffiths, 27, Ivorian footballer ( Lombard-Pápa, Diósgyőr, national U-23 team), shot.
* Ted Haley, 96, American politician and surgeon.
*Dan Hanganu, 78, Romanian-born Canadian architect.
*Nora Johnson, 84, American author.
*Eberhard van der Laan, 62, Dutch politician and lawyer, Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration (2008–2010), Mayor of Amsterdam (since 2010), lung cancer.
* António de Macedo, 86, Portuguese filmmaker, esotericism writer and professor.
*Trevor Martin, 87, Scottish actor (''Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday'', ''Coronation Street'', ''Babel'').
*Kurt Mislow, 94, German-born American chemist.
*Peter Plouviez (1974–1991).
*Giorgio Pressburger, 80, Hungarian-born Italian writer, Viareggio Prize laureate (1998).
* Anna Stewart, 53, British businesswoman, CEO of Laing O'Rourke (2013–2015), non-executive director of Babcock International (since 2012).
*Sylke Tempel, 54, German journalist and writer, struck by a tree.
*François Xavier Nguyên Van Sang, 85, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Thái Bình (1990–2009).
*Bilat Paswan Vihangam, 77, Indian writer and politician.
* Anne Wiazemsky, 70, French actress (''Au hasard Balthazar'', '' La Chinoise'') and writer, breast cancer.

6

* Roberto Anzolin, 79, Italian footballer (Juventus, national team).
* Tarnia Baker, 50, South African politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2014), traffic collision.
*Brian Bannon, 87, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Rockdale (1959–1986).
*Holly Block, 58, American museologist, gallery director in Art in General (1988–2004) and Director of Bronx Museum of the Arts (since 2006), breast cancer.
*Terry Downes, 81, British boxer, world champion (1961–1962) and actor ('' The Fearless Vampire Killers'', ''Caravaggio'').
*Darsi Ferrer Ramírez, 47, Cuban journalist, doctor and Castro dissident, prisoner of conscience (2009–2010).
*Gao Mang, 90–91, Chinese translator.
* Lou Gare, 78, English jazz saxophonist.
* Marek Gołąb, 77, Polish weightlifter, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
* Connie Hawkins, 75, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters, Pittsburgh Pipers, Phoenix Suns).
* Hervé L. Leroux, 60, French fashion designer, founder of Hervé Leger, ruptured aneurysm.
* David Marks, 64, British architect and entrepreneur, co-designer of London Eye and British Airways i360 observation tower.
*Ralphie May, 45, American comedian ('' Last Comic Standing''), cardiac arrest.
*Ian McNeill, 85, Scottish football player ( Aberdeen) and manager ( Ross County, Wigan Athletic).
* Mary Moore, 87, British author and diplomat.
* Angelo Munzone, 84, Italian politician, Mayor of Catania (1982–1984).
*Dick Roeding, 86, American politician, member of the Kentucky Senate (1991–2009).
*Bunny Sigler, 76, American songwriter and record producer (The O'Jays, The Roots, Patti LaBelle), heart attack.
* Judy Stone, 93, American film critic and author ('' San Francisco Chronicle'', '' The New York Times'', '' Los Angeles Times'').
* Ray Turnbull, 78, Canadian curler, world championship silver medalist (1965), pneumonia.

7

*Kazys Almenas, 82, Lithuanian physicist, engineer and publisher.
* Hugo Budinger, 90, German field hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
* George Dempsey, 88, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors).
* Hugo Dollheiser, 90, German field hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
* Vyacheslav Ivanov, 88, Russian philologist and semiotician, co-developer of glottalic theory.
*Jan Arvid Johansen, 70, Norwegian musician, cancer.
*Ole Krarup, 82, Danish politician, MEP (1994–2007).
* Jim Landis, 83, American baseball player ( Chicago White Sox), cancer.
* Óscar Lara Aréchiga, 65, Mexican politician.
* Cosimo Mele, 60, Italian politician, Deputy (2006–2008), Mayor of Carovigno (2013–2015), stroke.
*Patrick Nair, 85, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Meerut (1974–2008).
*Antun Rudinski, 80, Serbian football manager and player ( Red Star Belgrade).
*Konstantin Sarsania, 49, Russian football player and manager.
* Kundan Shah, 69, Indian film director ('' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro''), heart attack.
* Gaya Singh, 74, Indian politician, Senator (1992–2004).
*Jane Slowey, British charity worker, cancer.
* Wacław Świerzawski, 90, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sandomierz (1992–2002).
*Washington SyCip, 96, Filipino accountant, founder of the Asian Institute of Management and SGV & Company.

8

*Henedina Abad, 62, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives for Batanes (2004–2007, since 2010), cancer.
* Coriún Aharonián, 77, Uruguayan electroacoustic music composer and musicologist.
*Loula Anagnostaki, 88, Greek dramatist.
*László Aradszky, 82, Hungarian pop singer.
* Aldo Biscardi, 86, Italian football broadcaster ('' Il processo di Biscardi'').
* Mike Boland, 62, Canadian ice hockey player ( Kansas City Scouts, Buffalo Sabres).
* Gianni Bonagura, 91, Italian actor and voice actor (''Sherlock Holmes'', ''In Prison Awaiting Trial'').
*Slim Chaker, 56, Tunisian politician, Minister of Youth and Sports (2011), Minister of Finance (2015–2016) and Minister of Public Health (since 2017), heart disease.
*Michel Fernando Costa, 36, Brazilian footballer ( SK Slavia Prague), leukemia.
*Lee Delano, 86, American actor ('' The Birdcage'').
*Mlondi Dlamini, 20, South African footballer (Maritzburg United), traffic collision.
* Edna Dummerth, 93, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
*Darryl Edestrand, 71, Canadian ice hockey player ( Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings).
* Merrill Heatter, 91, American screenwriter and producer ('' Hollywood Squares'', ''Wacky Races'', '' Gambit'').
*Mark S. Joshi, 48, British mathematician, heart attack.
* Jerry Kleczka, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 4th congressional district (1984–2005).
*Don Lock, 81, American baseball player ( Washington Senators, Philadelphia Phillies).
*Gary Lowe, 83, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins).
*Beverly Reid O'Connell, 52, American federal judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2013–2017).
* Grady Tate, 85, American jazz drummer and singer (''Schoolhouse Rock!'').
*Y. A. Tittle, 90, American football player (Baltimore Colts, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants).
* Birgitta Ulfsson, 89, Finnish-Swedish actress (''Rederiet'').

9

*Manuel Busto