The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2010.
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), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
October 2010 1 Georgy Arbatov, 87, Russian political scientist. Dezső Bundzsák, 82, Hungarian football player and coach. Ian Buxton, 72, English footballer and cricketer, natural causes. Charles Caruana, 77, Gibraltarian Roman Catholic bishop of Gibraltar (1998–2010), complications from a fall. Bobby Craig, 75, Scottish footballer. Audouin Dollfus, 85, French astronomer. Marshall Flaum, 85, American Emmy Award-winning director (The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau), complications from hip surgery. Kilian Hennessy, 103, Irish patriarch of the Hennessy cognac company. Gerard Labuda, 93, Polish historian. Michel Mathieu, 66, French diplomat, cancer. David Aldrich Nelson, 78, American jurist, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.Judge David Nelson a "truly good man" William W. Norton, 85, American screenwriter (Gator, Brannigan), heart attack. William C. Patrick III, 84, American scientist, expert on germs, bladder cancer. Pamela Rooks, 52, Indian film director and screenwriter, brain injury sustained in traffic collision. Mikhail Roshchin, 77, Russian playwright. Phillips Talbot, 95, American diplomat, Ambassador to Greece (1965–1969), President of the Asia Society (1970–1981). Lan Wright, 87, British science fiction writer.
2 David M. Bailey, 44, American singer-songwriter, glioblastoma. Brenda Cowling, 85, British actress. Maurice Foster, 77, Canadian politician, MP for Algoma (1968–1993), pulmonary fibrosis.Ex-Liberal MP Maurice Foster dies Robert Goodnough, 92, American abstract expressionist painter, pneumonia. Stephen Griew, 82, Canadian gerontologist. Ruby Heafner, 86, American baseball player. Art Jarvinen, 54, American composer, teacher and musician (The California EAR Unit). *Kwa Geok Choo, 89, Singaporean lawyer, wife of Lee Kuan Yew, mother of Lee Hsien Loong. Sam Lesser, 95, British journalist. Gillian Lowndes, 74, British ceramicist.
3 Maury Allen, 78, American sportswriter (The New York Post), lymphoma. Violet Biever, 98, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives. João Costa, 90, Portuguese Olympic fencer. Philippa Foot, 90, British philosopher. Sir Louis Le Bailly, 95, British admiral, Director-General of Intelligence. Claude Lefort, 86, French philosopher. Ben Mondor, 85, American baseball executive (Pawtucket Red Sox). Eddie Platt, 88, American saxophonist. Abraham Sarmiento, 88, Filipino jurist, Supreme Court Associate Justice (1987–1991). Dianne Whalen, 59, Canadian politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA for Conception Bay East and Bell Island (2003–2010), cancer.N.L. cabinet minister Dianne Whalen dies of cancer Ed Wilson, 65, Brazilian singer-songwriter, founder of Renato e Seus Blue Caps, cancer.
4 William Birenbaum, 87, American educator (Antioch College), heart failure. Maurice Broomfield, 94, British photographer. Paula Escarameia, 50, Portuguese jurist (International Law Commission).Especialista de Direito Internacional da ONU e ex-juíza do Tribunal de Haia, Paula Escarameia morreu Henrique de Senna Fernandes, 86, Macanese author. Gordon Lewis, 86, British aeronautical engineer. Rajan Mehra, 76, Indian cricket umpire. Reinhard Oehme, 82, German-born American particle physicist. (body found on this date) Peter Warr, 72, British racing driver and Formula One team principal (Lotus), heart attack. Brian Williams, 54, British fantasy illustratorIn Memoriam: Brian Williams Sir Norman Wisdom, 95, British comedian and actor, after long illness.
5 Yakov Alpert, 99, Soviet-born American physicist. Roy Axe, 73, British car designer (Talbot Horizon, Rover 800), cancer. Roy Ward Baker, 93, British film director (A Night To Remember). Jack Berntsen, 69, Norwegian folk singer. Stan Bisset, 98, Australian rugby union player and World War II veteran. Alba Bouwer, 90, South African writer (Afrikaans children's literature), natural causes. Bernard Clavel, 87, French writer, natural causes. Mary Leona Gage, 71, American pageant queen, stripped of Miss USA (1957) title, heart failure. Karel Hardeman, 96, Dutch Olympic rower. Josephine Drivinski Hunsinger, 95, American politician. Member of the Michigan House of Representatives for District 1 (1973-1976).Michigan Legislative Biography: Josephine Drivinsky Hunsinger Moss Keane, 62, Irish rugby union player, bowel cancer. Jānis Klovāns, 75, Latvian chess master. Steve Lee, 47, Swiss musician (Gotthard), motorcycle accident. Julio Parise Loro, 90, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Napo (1978–96). Karen McCarthy, 63, American politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri (1995–2005), Alzheimer's disease. Børge Raahauge Nielsen, 90, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) rower. William Shakespeare, 61, Australian glam rock singer, heart attack.
6 Norman Christie, 85, Scottish football player and manager (Montrose F.C.). Jean Debuf, 86, French weightlifter, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).Le déces de Jean Debuf : un grand nom du sport disparaît Don Goodsir, 73, Australian educator, author, and environmentalist. Ivor Hale, 88, English cricketer. Rhys Isaac, 72, Australian historian, cancer. Antonie Kamerling, 44, Dutch actor and singer, suicide. Ralph Kercheval, 98, American football player. Gran Naniwa, 33, Japanese professional wrestler, myocardial blockage. Colette Renard, 85, French singer and actress, after long illness. Henry Sommerville, 82, Australian Olympic fencer. Piet Wijn, 81, Dutch comics creator.
7 Ashab-ul-Haq, Bangladeshi politician. Metring David, 90, Filipino actress and comedian. Gail Dolgin, 65, American documentary filmmaker (Daughter from Danang), breast cancer. Kristin Johannsen, 52, American author, educator and environmentalist.Kristin Lisa Johannsen Ljupčo Jordanovski, 57, Macedonian seismologist and politician, Acting President (2004). Chuck Leo, 76, American football player (Boston Patriots). Ian Morris, 53, New Zealand musician (Th' Dudes) and record producer. Milka Planinc, 85, Yugoslavian politician, Prime Minister (1982–1986). Guy Rouleau, 87, Canadian politician. A. Venkatachalam, 55, Indian politician, stabbed.Ex-AIADMK minister Venkatachalam killed
8 Frank Bourgholtzer, 90, American television reporter, first full-time NBC News White House correspondent. S. S. Chandran, 69, Indian comic actor and politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (2001–2007), heart attack. Jim Fuchs, 82, American shot putter, Olympic bronze medalist (1948, 1952). Nils Hallberg, 89, Swedish actor. John Huchra, 61, American astronomer, heart attack. Ryō Ikebe, 92, Japanese actor (Gorath), blood poisoning. Reg King, 65, British singer (The Action), cancer. Simbara Maki, 71, Ivorian Olympic hurdler. Malcolm Mencer Martin, 89, Austrian-British pediatric endocrinologist, injuries sustained after being hit by car. Sue Miles, 66, British counter-culture activist and restaurateur. David F. Musto, 74, American drug control expert, heart attack. Maurice Neligan, 73, Irish surgeon, performed Ireland's first heart transplant. Linda Norgrove, 36, British aid worker and hostage, killed during rescue attempt. Mohammad Omar, Afghan politician, Governor of Kunduz Province, bomb blast. Pleasant Tap, 23, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized due to laminitis. Melvin Lane Powers, 68, American real estate developer, acquitted of murdering his uncle. Karl Prantl, 86, Austrian sculptor, stroke. Neil Richardson, 80, English composer, arranger and conductor. Dale Roberts, 70, American baseball player (New York Yankees). Albertina Walker, 81, American gospel music singer (The Caravans), respiratory failure.
9 Maurice Allais, 99, French economist, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1988). Mashallah Amin Sorour, 79, Iranian cyclist. Werner Buck 85, Dutch politician. Edmund Chong Ket Wah, 54, Malaysian politician, Member of Parliament (since 2004), motorcycle accident. Les Fell, 89, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace). Aleksandr Matveyev, 84, Russian linguist, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, natural causes. Isaia Rasila, 42, Fijian rugby player. Zecharia Sitchin, 90, Azerbaijani-born American author.
10 Louis F. Bantle, 81, American chairman of U.S. Tobacco Company, lung cancer and emphysema. Reinhold Brinkmann, 76, German musicologist. Solomon Burke, 70, American R&B singer-songwriter ("Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"), natural causes. Ger Feeney, Irish Gaelic footballer. Les Gibbard, 64, New Zealand-born British political cartoonist, during routine operation. John Graysmark, 75, British production designer and art director (Ragtime, Gorillas in the Mist, Flash Gordon). *Hwang Jang-yop, 87, North Korean politician and defector, apparent heart attack. Éric Joisel, 53, French wet-folding origami artist, lung cancer. Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, 69, British politician. David H. McNerney, 79, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, lung cancer. Adán Martín Menis, 66, Spanish politician, President of the Canary Islands (2003–2007). Rex Rabanye, 66, South African jazz, fusion and soulful pop musician. Franz Xaver Schwarzenböck, 87, German Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Munich and Freising (1972–1998). Solly Sherman, 93, American football player (Chicago Bears). A. Edison Stairs, 85, Canadian businessman and politician, New Brunswick MLA (1960–1978) and Minister of Finance (1974–1976), natural causes. Walter Staley, 77, American Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) equestrian. Alison Stephens, 40, British classical mandolinist, cervical cancer. Dame Joan Sutherland, 83, Australian dramatic coloratura soprano. Richard S. Van Wagoner, 64, American historian of Mormonism and Utah. Frank Verpillat, 63, French director and inventor.
11 Tomislav Franjković, 79, Croatian Olympic silver medal-winning (1956) water polo player. Bill Harsha, 89, American politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio (1961–1981). Janet MacLachlan, 77, American actress (Sounder, Tightrope, Cagney & Lacey), cardiovascular complications. Richard Morefield, 81, American embassy worker, hostage during Iran Hostage Crisis. Marian P. Opala, 89, American jurist, Associate Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court (1978–2010), stroke. Claire Rayner, 79, British author. Georges Rutaganda, 51, Rwandan Hutu paramilitary leader, convicted war criminal, after long illness. Robert Tishman, 94, American real estate developer (Tishman Speyer). Donald H. Tuck, 87, Australian science fiction bibliographer. Ian Turner, 85, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) rower.
12 Abul Hasnat Md. Abdul Hai, Bangladeshi politician. Manuel Alexandre, 92, Spanish actor, cancer. Jorge Ardila Serrano, 85, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Girardot (1988–2001). Austin Ardill, 93, British politician, member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for Carrick. Challenger, 51, Bangladeshi actor.Cultural Personalities We Lost This Year Michael Galloway, 85, American actor. Michel Hugo, 79, French-born American cinematographer (Dynasty, Melrose Place, Mission: Impossible), lung cancer. Angelo Infanti, 71, Italian actor, cardiac arrest. Lionel W. McKenzie, 91, American economist. Dick Miles, 85, American table tennis player, natural causes. Woody Peoples, 67, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles). Pepín, 78, Spanish footballer. Belva Plain, 95, American novelist (Evergreen).
13 Juan Carlos Arteche, 53, Spanish footballer, cancer. Eddie Baily, 85, English footballer (Tottenham Hotspur). Vernon Biever, 87, American photographer. General Johnson, 69, American musician and record producer (Chairmen of the Board), complications of lung cancer.