The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2014.
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 2014
1 Michel Baranger, 87, Franco-American theoretical physicist. Lynsey de Paul, 66, English singer-songwriter ("Sugar Me", "Won't Somebody Dance with Me"), brain haemorrhage.Singer Lynsey De Paul dies aged 64 H. Patrick Glenn, 74, Canadian legal scholar.H. Patrick Glenn Sir Maurice Hodgson, 94, British business executive.Notice of death: Sir Maurice Hodgson Greg Hyder, 66, American basketball players (Cincinnati Royals).Gregory P. Hyder Shlomo Lahat, 86, Israeli general and politician, Mayor of Tel Aviv (1974–1993), lung infection.Former Tel Aviv mayor Shlomo Lahat dies aged 86 Fran Lynch, 68, American football player (Denver Broncos).Francis Xavier Lynch José Martínez, 72, Cuban baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), coach (Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs) and executive (Atlanta Braves). Ronald McKinnon, 79, Canadian-born American applied economist, complications from a fall.Ronald McKinnon has died Oluremi Oyo, 61, Nigerian journalist, cancer.Oluremi Oyo, former News Agency of Nigeria boss dies Charlie Paulk, 68, American basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks), heart attack.Charles Charlie Paulk Matilde Pérez, 97, Chilean painter and kinetic artist.Muere la artista visual Matilde Pérez, pionera del arte cinético chileno William Benjamin Polk, 84, American politician.William Benjamin Polk Jerome Reppa, 89, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1972–1990).Jerome J. (Jerry) Reppa Hans Sauter, 89, Austrian Olympic gymnast.Hans Sauter George Savage, 72, British politician, MLA for Upper Bann (1998–2003, 2007–2011).George Savage: Former Ulster Unionist MLA dies at 72 Robert Serra, 27, Venezuelan politician, MLA for Caracas, stabbed. Guido van Gheluwe, 88, Belgian lawyer, founded Orde van den Prince.Guido van Gheluwe James I. West Jr., 84, American politician.James Ira West, Jr. Bob Young, 81, Scottish cricketer.Bob Young
2 David Banfield, 81, British priest. Fyodor Bogdanovsky, 84, Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1956).Олимпийский чемпион по тяжелой атлетике Богдановский скончался в Петербурге на 85-м году жизни André Buffière, 91, French Olympic basketball player (1948, 1952).Basket-ball. André Buffière est décédé Priscilla Coolidge, 72–73, American recording artist, shot. Bill Crane, 90, Australian footballer. Joseph Cranston, 90, American actor (The Gale Storm Show, Dragnet) and film producer (The Crawling Hand).Bryan Cranston opens up about his father leaving to pursue ‘futile’ Hollywood dream Harold "Deacon" Duvall, 97, American football coach. Herbert Eiteljörge, 79, German football player. Robert Flower, 59, Australian Hall of Fame VFL footballer (Melbourne).Robbie Flower, Melbourne legend and AFL Hall of Famer, passes away aged 59 Michael Goldberg, 55, American screenwriter (Cool Runnings, Snow Dogs, Little Giants), brain and sinus cancer.'Cool Runnings' cowriter Michael Goldberg, 55 Joanne M. Holden, 68, American nutritionist, cancer.In Memory of Joanne M. Holden Vaughn O. Lang, 86, American Army lieutenant general.(Ret.) Lt. Gen. Vaughn O. Lang György Lázár, 90, Hungarian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1975–1987).Elhunyt a volt magyar kormányfő Carlos Lopez, 25, American stunt performer (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, John Wick), fall.'Hunger Games' stuntman dies in freak Parkour accident in Portugal: reports N. Mahalingam, 91, Indian businessman.Pollachi N Mahalingam dies at 91 Pedro Peña, 88, Spanish actor (Médico de familia), Alzheimer's disease.Muere Pedro Peña, el abuelo de 'Médico de Familia' Carolyn Rovee-Collier, 72, American professor of psychology, breast cancer and multiple sclerosis.Obituary for Dr. Carolyn Rovee-Collier Yoshikazu Sakamoto, 87, Japanese political scientist, heart failure. Fred Sommers, 91, American philosopher.In Memoriam: Fred Sommers (1923-2014) The Spaceape, 44, British poet and disc jockey, cancer.Jerry Dammers pays tribute to late Hyperdub MC the Spaceape
3 Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, 83, British aristocrat and politician.Allenby Peer Augustinski, 74, German actor and German-language dub artist (Robin Williams), complications from epilepsy.Schauspieler Peer Augustinski ist tot Nati Cano, 81, Mexican-born American mariachi musician (Mariachi los Camperos), recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship (1990).Tribute to Natividad “Nati” Cano (1933-2014) Comer Cottrell, 82, American businessman and baseball team part-owner (Texas Rangers).Comer Cottrell, Who Got Rich on Hair Curling, Dies at 82 Gordon Younger Craig, 89, Scottish geologist.Prof Gordon Craig FRSE George DeCicco, 85, American mobster.Former Gotti Capo Died Last Week Bill Fiore, 74, American actor (The Corner Bar).Fiore, Bill Elisiva Fusipala Vahai, 65, Tongan royal.OBITUARY: Princess Fusipala passes away in San Francisco Ewen Gilmour, 51, New Zealand comedian.Comedian Ewen Gilmour dies suddenly at home Benedict Groeschel, 81, American Roman Catholic priest, author and television host, a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.Father Benedict Groeschel Dies at 81 Alan Henning, 47, British humanitarian aid worker and ISIS hostage, beheading.ISIS video claims to show beheading of Alan Henning; American threatened (death reported on this date) Seaborn Jones, 71, American poet.Seaborn Jones, Poet Peter Knecht, 78, American defense attorney, cancer.Attorney Peter Knecht Dies at 78 Jean-Jacques Marcel, 83, French footballer (Olympique de Marseille).Ex France international Jean-Jacques Marcel dies Kevin Metheny, 60, American radio executive (WNBC (AM), WGN (AM)), heart attack.Kevin Metheny, former WGN-AM 720 boss and "Pig Virus" to Howard Stern, dead at 60 Ward Ruyslinck, 85, Belgian author, Alzheimer's disease.Schrijver Ward Ruyslinck overleden Lori Sandri, 65, Brazilian football manager, brain tumor.Lori Sandri morre aos 65 anos em Curitiba, vítima de tumor cerebral Christopher van Wyk, 57, South African writer.RIP Chris van Wyk, 1957 – 2014
4 Louise Terry Batties, 103, American clubwoman.Louise Terry Batties Konrad Boehmer, 73, German-born Dutch composer and writer, stroke.Componist Konrad Boehmer (73) overleden Hugo Carvana, 77, Brazilian actor (Entranced Earth, Antonio das Mortes) and director (Casa da Mãe Joana).Morre o ator Hugo Carvana Fyodor Cherenkov, 55, Russian footballer (FC Spartak Moscow, Soviet national team).Скончался знаменитый футболист "Спартака" Федор Черенков Bill Cummings, 85, American politician.William F. Cummings Dorothy Davids, 91, American educator and activist.Dorothy "Aunt Dot" Davids Thom Dickerson, 65, American journalist. Jean-Claude Duvalier, 63, Haitian politician, President (1971–1986), heart attack.Former Haiti president Duvalier dies Judith Edelman, 91, American architect, heart attack. Herman Mandui, 45, Papua New Guinean archaeologist. Joan Molina, 73, Spanish actor (Doctor Mateo).Muere Joan Molina, el alcalde de L'Alqueria Blanca Jewel J. Newman, 93, American politician.Jewel Joseph Newman Suhailah Noah, 82, Malaysian public figure, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (1977–1981), widow of Hussein Onn.Tun Suhailah, widow of 3rd PM Tun Hussein Onn, dies at 82 Gholamali Pouratayi, 73, Iranian musician.غلامعلی پورعطایی، خواننده 'نوایی نوایی'، درگذشت Paul Revere, 76, American musician, cancer. Morton Salkind, 82, American politician.Morton Salkind Rajesh Sanghi, 42, Indian cricketer, heart attack.Rajesh Sanghi 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.Gertjie Williams
5 John Best, 74, British-born American soccer player, coach and manager, lung infection.John Best, first coach of the Sounders, dies at 74 Al Bruno, 87, American CFL player (Toronto Argonauts) and coach (Hamilton Tiger-Cats), heart failure.Al Bruno brought Grey Cup to Hamilton in 1986 Charlie Butler, 94, American basketball player. David Chavchavadze, 90, British-born American author and CIA officer. Andrea de Cesaris, 55, Italian racing driver (Formula One), traffic collision.Andrea De Cesaris: Italian former Formula 1 driver dies aged 55 Brahm Dutt, 88, Indian politician. Jimmy Feix, 83, American football player and coach. Anna Maria Gherardi, 74, Italian actress and voice actress (Lost Love, Petomaniac).Anna Maria Gherardi (1939–2014) Regis Groff, 79, American politician, member of the Colorado Senate (1974–1994).Colorado's second black state senator Regis Groff dies at 79 Göte Hagström, 96, Swedish steeplechase runner, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).Göte Hagström Geoffrey Holder, 84, Trinidadian actor (Live and Let Die, Annie) and theatre director (The Wiz), Tony winner (1975), pneumonia.Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Actor, Artist and Much More, Dies at 84 Philip Howard, 80, British journalist (The Times).Philip Howard obituary Ike Jones, 84, American producer (A Man Called Adam) and actor (The Joe Louis Story, About Mrs. Leslie).Ike Jones dies at 84; pioneering African American film producer Adalberto Lepri, 84, Italian Olympic wrestler.Adalberto Lepri Yuri Lyubimov, 97, Russian stage actor and director, founder of the Taganka Theatre.Yuri Lyubimov, founder of Moscow’s Taganka Theatre, dies aged 97 Anna Przybylska, 35, Polish actress, pancreatic cancer.Anna Przybylska nie żyje. Aktorka przegrała walkę z rakiem Ronnie Spafford, 86, British army officer and philatelist.FIA Vice-President Ronnie Spafford has died Jack Turner, 84, American basketball player (New York Knicks). Misty Upham, 32, American actress (Frozen River, August: Osage County, Django Unchained), blunt force trauma.Misty Upham's Body Officially Identified by Washington Coroners Tsai Wan-tsai, 85, Taiwanese financier.Fubon Group Chairman Tsai Wan-tsai dies David Watson, 74, British-American actor (Beneath the Planet of the Apes), heart attack.Obituary: David Watson
6 King Block, 85, American football player. Veniamin Borisov, 79, Soviet Russian painter.Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Vol. 1. Moscow, Soviet artist, 1979, p. 142. Vic Braden, 85, American tennis player and instructor (University of Toledo), heart attack.Vic Braden, tennis instructor, dies at 85 Feridun Buğeker, 81, Turkish footballer.Vefat ve Başsağlığı Bill Campbell, 91, American sportscaster.Voice of Philadelphia sports broadcaster Bill Campbell dies at 91 Philip J. Carroll, 76–77, American businessman. Chen Chi-lu, 91, Taiwanese politician, historian and anthropologist, multiple organ failure. Carlos César Delía, 91, Argentine equestrian and a brigade general. Denis Juneau, 89, Canadian painter, pneumonia.Mort du peintre Denis Juneau Andrew Kerr, 80, British festival organiser (Glastonbury Festival).Andrew Kerr, organiser of the 1971 Glastonbury Fair dies at 80 Johnny Midnight, 73, Filipino radio and television host, prostate cancer.Radio host Johnny Midnight dies at 73 Igor Mitoraj, 70, Polish sculptor.Polish artist Mitoraj dies in Paris Diane Nyland, 70, Canadian actress (The Trouble with Tracy), heart failure and COPD.Diane Nyland Proctor dead at 70 Mikhail Potylchak, 42, Russian footballer, suicide by hanging.повесился из-за долгов Marian Seldes, 86, American actress (A Delicate Balance, Affliction, August Rush), Tony winner (1967), complications from Alzheimer's disease.Broadway insiders horrified by documentary on theater icon’s sad final days Apiwan Wiriyachai, 65, Thai politician, lung cancer.Apiwan dies while on the run Serhiy Zakarlyuka, 38, Ukrainian football player (Dnipro, national team) and manager, traffic collision.Погиб Сергей Закарлюка
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