The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2012.
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.
October 2012
1 Gordon Audley, 84, Canadian speed skater. Dirk Bach, 51, German actor, comedian and television presenter, heart failure. Donald E. Bently, 87, American entrepreneur and engineer. Berkant, 73, Turkish singer, cancer. Walter G. Church Sr., 85, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1992–2008), acute myeloid leukemia.Former N.C. Rep. Walter Church dies at 85 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. Hassan Ghul, 35, Pakistani al-Qaeda member, drone strike. 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.Boot Hill: RIP Kwan Shan 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.Haudi Neville Thiele, 91, Australian audio engineer. Shlomo Venezia, 88, Greek-born Italian writer and Holocaust survivor.
2 Afrasheem Ali, Maldivian politician, stabbed. John W. Gallivan, 97, American newspaper publisher, cable television pioneer, and civic leader. Nicholas C. Handy, 71, British chemist, pancreatic cancer. 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 Mohammad Ali, 70, Bangladeshi physician and politician. 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) Francis Burt, 86, British composer and academic teacher. Warren Canning, 85, Australian football player. 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. Jörg Wischmeier, 77, German Olympic athlete.Jörg Wischmeyer
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. Bernard Holden, 104, British railway preservationist (Bluebell Railway).Bernard Holden obituary, telegraph.co.uk, 4 Oct 2012 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.Helen Elizabeth Nash M.D. Rudolf Oslansky, 81, Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club).Trauer um Rudolf Oslansky 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, asphyxiation. Pierre Chaulet, 82, Algerian doctor, stomach cancer. Jack Clark, 88, Australian footballer. Joyce Currie, 80, New Zealand cricketer. Vojin Dimitrijević, 80, Serbian human rights activist. John Evans, 80, American artist. James W. Holley III, 85, American politician, Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia (1984–1987, 1996–2010), complications of a stroke.Former Portsmouth Mayor James Holley dies at 85 Edvard Mirzoyan, 91, Georgian-born Armenian composer. Claude Pinoteau, 87, French film director (La Boum), cancer.
6 Phil Bagwell, American computer scientist. Chadli Bendjedid, 83, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (1979–1992), cancer. Antonio Cisneros, 69, Peruvian poet, lung cancer. Anthony John Cooke, 80, English organist.Organist Anthony Cooke has died, The Times, 15 January 2013 Nick Curran, 35, American musician, oral cancer. Irene DeLaby, 90, American baseball player. Jeanne Delay, 92, French table tennis player. Rasbihari Desai, 77, Indian composer. Dal Dozzi, 75, Australian football player. Préfète Duffaut, 89, Haitian painter. J. Rufus Fears, 67, American historian, scholar, educator, and author. Ulrich Franzen, 91, German-born American architect. Gérard Gropaiz, 69, French Olympic (1960, 1964) swimmer. Raoul De Keyser, 82, Belgian painter. Barry Laight, 92, British aerospace engineer. Joseph Meyer, 71, American politician, Wyoming State Treasurer (since 2007), Secretary of State of Wyoming (1999–2007). R. Nagarathnamma, 86, Indian theatre artiste.Well-known theatre artiste Nagarathnamma no more 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. Albert von Sachsen, 77, German noble and historian.
7 Mersad Berber, 72, Bosnian painter.Mersad Berber: Inspirirala ga je mistika Bosne, a crtao je zadivljujućom vještinom 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). Anant Dave, 74, Indian politician, cancer. Mervyn Dymally, 86, Trinidadian-born American politician, Lieutenant Governor of California (1975–1979), member of the House of Representatives (1981–1993). Clive Emmanuel, 64–65, British academic. 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. Donnis Butcher, 76, American basketball player and coach (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons). Walter Carsen, 100, German-born Canadian businessman and philanthropist. 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.Rafa Lesmes, muere la última leyenda 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. Bill Gardner, 83, Australian rugby player. Marina Golub, 54, Russian actress, traffic collision. Eddie Harvey, 86, British jazz musician.Eddie Harvey, The Telegraph, 14 October 2012 Sammi Kane Kraft, 20, American child actress (Bad News Bears), traffic collision. Stefan Leletko, 59, Polish Olympic weightlifterStefan Letetko 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. Ram Narayan Bishnoi, 80, Indian politician. Mamia Chentouf, 89–90, Algerian midwife and independence activist. Deborah Chessler, 88–89, American songwriter. Kevin Curran, 53, Zimbabwean cricketer, suspected heart attack. Enrico di Robilant, 87–88, Italian philosopher. Sam Gibbons, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1963–1997). Andrey Gonchar, 80, Soviet and Russian mathematician. Derek Hutchinson, 79, British sea kayaker, author and designer 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. Amanda Todd, 15, Canadian high school student and cyberbullying victim, suicide by hanging. Kyaw Zaw, 92, Burmese military officer and politician.
11 Avraham Abutbul, 51, Israeli actor, singer and musician (Ushpizin), brain tumor. Balu Alaganan, 87, Indian cricketer.Balu Alaganan Frank Alamo, 70, French singer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (French) Johannes Bastiaan, 101, German violinist.[Obituary in the Tagesspiegel dated 21 October 2012.] Seamus Bonner, 63, Irish Gaelic footballer (Donegal), short illness.