The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2016.
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 2016
1 Edda Heiðrún Backman, 58, Icelandic actress (101 Reykjavík), motor neurone disease.Beloved Icelandic Actress Passes Away Brian Bell, 86, New Zealand ornithologist.Brian Bell death notice Johney Brooks, 83, American educator.Johney Brooks Bobby Burnett, 73, American football player (Buffalo Bills), pancreatic cancer.Burnett, star Hog, dies at 73 Aladár Dobsa, 84, Hungarian Olympic sports shooter.Aladár Dobsa William Dumbrell, 90, Australian biblical scholar.Moore veteran called home David Herd, 82, Scottish footballer (Arsenal, Manchester United, national team).David Herd – United legend passes away Anton Jeyanathan, 68, Sri Lankan politician, traffic collision. Jagoda Kaloper, 69, Croatian actress (W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism).Umrla Je Jagoda Kaloper Erol Keskin, 89, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, Adaletspor, national team).Erol Keskin, hayatını kaybetti Niki Massey, 35, American atheist blogger.Niki Massey, and Why Some Humanist Voices Don’t Get Heard Daphne Odjig, 97, Canadian First Nations artist.Canadian Indigenous artist Daphne Odjig dead at 97 Vittorio Scantamburlo, 86, Italian football manager and scout.Lutto biancoscudato: è morto Vittorio Scantamburlo Roger Theder, 77, American football player and coach, Parkinson's disease. Lowell Thomas Jr., 92, English-born American film producer and politician, member of the Alaska Senate (1967–1974), Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (1974–1978).Former Lt. Governor Lowell Thomas Jr. Has Died Toni Williams, 77, Cook Islands-born New Zealand singer.Country crooner Toni Williams dies
2 David Abdulai, 65, Ghanaian physician. Georg Apenes, 76, Norwegian politician and jurist.Georg Apenes er død Walter Darby Bannard, 82, American painter.Walter Darby Bannard (1934–2016) Betty Blayton, 79, American artist, arts administrator, and co-founder of the Studio Museum in Harlem. Steve Byrd, 61, English guitarist (Gillan, Kim Wilde), heart attack. Gordon Davidson, 83, American stage and film director.Gordon Davidson, Mark Taper Forum founder and L.A.'s 'Moses of theater,' dies at 83 Pierre Durand, 84, French Olympic equestrian. Inez Fischer-Credo, 88, Canadian Olympic equestrian.Inez Fischer-Credo Mary Hesse, 91, British academician and educator.Hesse,- Professor Mary Brenda ScD FBA Ed McHugh, 86, American Olympic soccer player.Ed McHugh Sir Neville Marriner, 92, British conductor (Amadeus), founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.Leading British conductor Sir Neville Marriner dies at 92 Bobby Molloy, 80, Irish politician, TD (1965–2002).Progressive Democrats founding member Bobby Molloy dies Jeroen Oerlemans, 46, Dutch photojournalist, shot.Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans shot dead in Libya by sniper Gary Reed, 60, American comic book writer (Deadworld, Baker Street), heart attack.Gary Reed, Founder Of Caliber, Dies Aged 60 Thomas Round, 100, British opera singer.World class Gilbert and Sullivan tenor dies, aged 100 Hanna Zora, 77, Iraqi-born Iranian-Canadian Chaldean Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Ahwaz (1974–2011) and Mar Addai of Toronto (2011–2014).Archbishop Hanna Zora
3 Cai Qirui, 102, Chinese chemist, educator and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).中国催化化学奠基人蔡启瑞辞世 享年104岁 Alain Chevallier, 68, French motorcycle designer, cancer.Alain Chevallier est décédé, les Voxan sont orphelines Ljupka Dimitrovska, 70, Macedonian-born Croatian singer.Preminula pevačica Ljupka Dimitrovska Kalogjera David Donald, 83, New Zealand cricketer (Northern Districts).David Lindsay Donald Isobel Finnerty, 86, Canadian politician, Senator (1999–2005).Obituary for The Late Honourable Isobel Finnerty José González, 91, Puerto Rican sport shooter.José González Anthony Goodman, 80, British medieval historian.Anthony Erick "Tony Edinburgh" Goodman K. David Van Hoesen, 90, American bassoonist.Karl David Van Hoesen Jan Kozák, 87, Czech Olympic basketball player.Jan Kozák Ahmad Salama Mabruk, 59, Egyptian leader of Jabhat al-Nusra, drone strike.Airstrike in Syria kills al-Qaida-linked commander once held over 1981 Sadat assassination Andrew Vicari, 84, British painter.Tributes as Saudi royal artist Andrew Vicari dies at home Wales Mário Wilson, 86, Portuguese football player and manager (Sporting, Académica, Benfica).Faleceu Mário Wilson
4 Gair Allie, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), heart disease.Gair Allie Obituary Mario Almada, 94, Mexican actor (La Viuda Negra). Kenneth Angell, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Burlington (1992–2005).Former Burlington bishop dies Yusuf Arakkal, 70, Indian painter.Yusuf Arakkal passes away Bertrand M. Bell, 86, American physician, key figure in the Libby Zion Law legislation, kidney failure.Bertrand M. Bell, Who Strove to Reduce Medical Trainees' Grueling Shifts, Dies at 86 Terry Butler, 58, Australian rugby league player, lung cancer.Former Maroons player Terry Butler has died from lung cancer, aged 58 Elaine Lustig Cohen, 89, American graphic designer.Elaine Lustig Cohen, Designer Who Left Her Mark Everywhere, Dies at 89 Caroline Crawley, 53, British singer and musician (Shelleyan Orphan, This Mortal Coil).R.I.P. Caroline Crawley Stephen de Mowbray, 91, British counterintelligence officer.Stephen de Mowbray, last of the great Cold War molehunters Burt Freeman, 92, American physicist.Distinguished physicist Burton Edgar Freeman dead at 92 Melvin M. Grumbach, 90, American pediatrician.Melvin Malcolm Grumbach, Renowned Pediatric Endocrinologist, Dies at 90 Brigitte Hamann, 76, German-Austrian historian and author.Historikerin Brigitte Hamann gestorben Pieter Hintjens, 53, Belgian software developer, euthanasia.SD Times Blog: ZeroMQ founder Pieter Hintjens dies Merfyn Jones, 85, Welsh footballer (Scunthorpe United, Crewe Alexandra, Chester City). Hso Khan Pha, 78, Burmese-born Canadian geologist and exiled prince of Yawnghwe.Exiled Burmese prince dies in small Alberta town Ivan C. Lafayette, 86, American soldier, civic activist and politician.Ivan Lafayette, pillar of Jacson Heights, dies at 86 Fred Osam-Duodu, 78, Ghanaian football manager.Veteran Ghanaian Coach Fred Osam-Doudu is Dead Jim Parrott, 74, Canadian politician, MLA for Fundy-River Valley (2010–2014). Doug Slaten, 36, American baseball player (Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates).Doug Slaten Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong-born Canadian architect, brain aneurysm.Celebrated B.C. architect Bing Thom dies at the age of 75 Harsh Vardhan, 68, Indian politician.Former Congress MP Harshwardhan dies Donald H. White, 95, American composer.
5 Girma Asmerom, 66, Eritrean politician.Ambassador Girma Asmerom Tesfay has passed away in New York Georges Balandier, 95, French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist.La mort de Georges Balandier, sociologue, spécialiste de l'Afrique Jarlath Carey, 74, Irish Gaelic football player.The late Jarlath Carey Ernst Chervet, 76, Swiss Olympic boxer.Ernst Chervet Pompeiu Hărășteanu, 81, Romanian opera singer.Basul Pompeiu Harasteanu a murit la varsta de 81 de ani Dick Haugland, 73, American biochemist, brain cancer.Richard Haugland, Eugene biotech firm founder and philanthropist, dies at 74 in Thailand Austin Kalish, 95, American television writer (Family Affair, My Three Sons, Good Times).Austin Kalish Dies: Legendary Sitcom Writer Was 95 Michal Kováč, 86, Slovak politician, President (1993–1998), complications of Parkinson's disease. György Márkus, 82, Hungarian philosopher.Meghalt Márkus György Luisa Massimo, 87, Italian pediatrician.Addio a Luisa Massimo, pioniera della pediatria oncologica Herb McMath, 62, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers).Herbert Louis McMath Sr. Yasmin Modassir, Indian zoologist. Conxita Mora Jordana, 61, Andorran politician and businesswoman, Mayor of Andorra la Vella (1999-2003) and MP (2009-2011).L’excònsol Conxita Mora mor als 61 anys Cameron Moore, 25, American basketball player (Reyer Venezia Mestre).Cameron Moore passed away at the age of 25 Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma, 69, Congolese politician, vice-president of the transitional government (2003–2007).Arthur Z'ahidi Ngoma, ancien vice-président de RD Congo, est mort à Paris Donald M. Phillips, 87, Canadian politician, MLA for South Peace River.Obituary: ‘Old Leather Lungs,’ one of B.C.’s most colourful politicians Josh Samman, 28, American mixed martial artist (UFC).Ultimate fighter Josh Samman dies after coma Michiyo Yasuda, 77, Japanese animator (Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke).保田道世さん77歳=スタジオジブリ色彩設計担当 Brock Yates, 82, American automotive journalist (Car and Driver) and screenwriter (Smokey and the Bandit II, The Cannonball Run), Alzheimer's disease.Brock Yates, legendary automotive journalist, dies at 82
6 Hans W. Becherer, 81, American businessman, president of John Deere (1987).Hans W. Becherer, Former Deere CEO/Chair, has died James Colaianni, 94, American lay theologian.James F. Colaianni, a theologian opposed to priest celibacy, dies at 94 Peter Denton, 70, English footballer (Coventry, Luton). Per Axel Eriksson, 91, Swedish Olympic decathlete.Per Eriksson Walter Greiner, 80, German theoretical physicist.Walter Greiner : Traueranzeige Hidipo Hamutenya, 77, Namibian politician, Foreign Minister (2002–2004). Alan Hodgson, 64, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).Tributes pour in for former Northants bowler Alan Hodgson Heisnam Kanhailal, 75, Indian art theatre personality.Theatre veteran Heisnam Kanhailal dies after brief illness Eva Lokko, Ghanaian engineer and politician.Former GBC Director General Ms Eva Lokko has died Tony Mottram, 96, British tennis player. Barbara Oliver Hagerman, 73, Canadian music teacher and public servant, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (2006–2011), cancer.Former P.E.I. Lieutenant-Governor Barbara Hagerman dies George Pernicano, 98, American businessman, co-owner of the San Diego Chargers.Former Chargers' Owner Dies at Age 99 Marina Sanaya, 57, Russian Olympic figure skater (1972).Судья ISU Марина Саная, работавшая на ОИ, скончалась на 58-м году жизни Fred Slaughter, 74, American college basketball player (UCLA).Bruin Legend Fred Slaughter Passes Away Nello Sforacchi, 94, Italian cyclist.Nello Sforacchi Mike Tomkies, 88, British nature writer.Obituary: Mike Tomkies, nature writer who immersed himself in the wildest of terrain Ken Wilburn, 72, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls).Kenneth Eugene Wilburn
7 Abdul-Rab al-Shadadi, 52-53, Yemeni Army major general, missile strike.Top general in Yemen's Saudi-backed army killed John Gleeson, 78, Australian Test cricketer.Former 'mystery' spinner John Gleeson dies aged 78 Ross Higgins, 85, Australian actor (Kingswood Country, Bullpitt!).Kingswood Country star Ross Higgins dies Lyudmila Ivanova, 83, Russian actress (Office Romance).Скончалась актриса Людмила Иванова Barbara Kisseler, 67, German culture manager and politician.Hamburgs Kultursenatorin Barbara Kisseler gestorben Kathleen Miller, 71, American actress (Sirota's Court, Coming Home, Shampoo).Kathleen Miller, Actress in Three Hal Ashby Films, Dies at 71 Frederick C. Neidhardt, 85, American microbiologist.Frederick C. Neidhardt (1931 − 2016) An Obituary Anne Pashley, 80, British athlete and opera singer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).Anne Pashley, Olympic athlete and opera singer – obituary Gonzalo Peralta, 36, Argentine footballer (Almirante Brown, Platense), cancer.Falleció el ex jugador de Unión, Gonzalo Peralta Martha Roth, 84, Italian-born Mexican actress (A Family Like Many Others).Italian born Mexican actress Martha Roth passes away at 84