The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2011.
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 2011
1 Hans Christian Alsvik, 75, Norwegian television presenter. Butch Ballard, 92, American jazz drummer. David Bedford, 74, British composer and musician. Georgina Cookson, 92, British actress. Philo Dibble, 60, American diplomat. Robert Finigan, 68, American wine critic. Ruby Langford Ginibi, 77, Australian author and Aboriginal historian. J. Willis Hurst, 90, American cardiologist. José Ángel Ibáñez, 61, Mexican educator and politician, MP (2003–2006). Paulos Mantovanis, 65, Cypriot Orthodox hierarch, metropolitan bishop of Kyrenia (since 1994). Sholom Rivkin, 85, American rabbi, last chief rabbi of St. Louis. Johnny Schmitz, 90, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers). George Smith, 84, American baseball and basketball player. Sven Tumba, 80, Swedish ice hockey player (world champion 1953, 1957, 1962), footballer and golfer, prostate cancer.
2 Anna Adams, 85, English poet and artist. Vasily Aleksanyan, 39, Russian lawyer and businessman, Executive Vice President of Yukos, complications from AIDS. Andrija Fuderer, 80, Croatian-born Belgian chess player. Taha Muhammad Ali, 80, Palestinian poet. Peter Przygodda, 69, German film editor, cancer. Efraín Recinos, 83, Guatemalan architect, muralist and artist, designer of the Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias. John Romonosky, 82, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators). Cindy Shatto, 54, Canadian Olympic diver (1976), lung cancer. Pavlos Tassios, 69, Greek film director. Piero Weiss, 83, Italian pianist and author, pneumonia. Moshe Wertman, 87, Israeli politician.
3 Kay Armen, 95, American Armenian singer. Anésio Argenton, 80, Brazilian Olympic cyclist. Aryeh Leib Baron, 99, Canadian rabbi. Jim Conroy, 73, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders). George Harrison, 72, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1960) swimmer, cancer. Ovidio de Jesús, 78, Puerto Rican Olympic sprinter (1956, 1960). Héctor Martínez Arteche, 77, Mexican painter. Aden Meinel, 88, American astronomer and optical scientist. Jim Neal, 81, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Baltimore Bullets). Zakaria Zerouali, 33, Moroccan footballer.
4 Bhagwat Jha Azad, 88, Indian politician. Doris Belack, 85, American actress (Law & Order, One Life to Live, Tootsie). Yelena Chernykh, 32, Russian actress, traffic collision. Ruth Currier, 85, American dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. Vittorio Curtoni, 61, Italian science fiction writer and translator. Kenneth H. Dahlberg, 94, American businessman and World War II fighter ace, natural causes. Di Gribble, 69, Australian publisher, pancreatic cancer. Martha Haines, 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). Ralph Hodgin, 96, American baseball player (Boston Bees, Chicago White Sox). Hanan Porat, 67, Israeli rabbi, educator and politician, cancer. Shmuel Shilo, 81, Israeli actor and director, cancer. Muzaffer Tema, 92, Turkish actor. Géza Tóth, 79, Hungarian Olympic silver medal-winning (1964) weightlifter.
5 Edward Acquah, 76, Ghanaian Olympic footballer (1964). Níver Arboleda, 43, Colombian footballer, heart attack. Derrick Bell, 80, American law professor (Harvard University), originated critical race theory, carcinoid cancer. Anita Caspary, 95, American Catholic nun, founder of the Immaculate Heart Community. Graham Dilley, 52, British cricketer, cancer. Enver Faja, 77, Albanian architect and diplomat, Ambassador to Poland (1992–1996), after long illness. Richard Holmlund, 47, Swedish football manager, car accident. Peter Jaks, 45, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1988 Winter Olympics, 1992 Winter Olympics), suicide by train. Bert Jansch, 67, Scottish folk guitarist, singer and songwriter (Pentangle), cancer. Steve Jobs, 56, American computer entrepreneur and inventor, co-founder of Apple Inc., pancreatic cancer. Pietro Lombardi, 89, Italian Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) wrestler. Charles Napier, 75, American actor (Philadelphia, The Blues Brothers, Austin Powers). Fred Shuttlesworth, 89, American civil rights leader. Sarkis Soghanalian, 82, Syrian-born Armenian arms dealer. Leon Walter Tillage, 74, American writer.
6 Luis Proto Barbosa, 84, Indian politician. Zdravko Ceraj, 91, Serbian Olympic athlete. Diane Cilento, 78, Australian actress (Tom Jones, The Wicker Man, Hombre), cancer. William S. Dietrich II, 73, American industrialist and philanthropist. Mathur Krishnamurthy, 82, Indian arts patron. Daniel Lind Lagerlöf, 42, Swedish director, presumed drowned. Marilyn Nash, 84, American actress (Monsieur Verdoux, Unknown World). Birgit Rosengren, 98, Swedish actress. Igor Shmakov, 26, Russian actor, leukemia. Neil Street, 80, Australian speedway rider. Alasdair Turner, 41, British scientist, stomach cancer. Phil Walker, 67, British newspaper editor.
7 Zaheer Ahmad, 63, Pakistani-born American doctor, brain hemorrhage. John Alderson, 89, British police officer and media commentator, Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Constabulary (1973–1982). George Alexander, 93, Canadian football player. Ramiz Alia, 85, Albanian politician, First Secretary of the Party of Labour (1985–1991), President (1991–1992), lung disease. Julien Bailleul, 23, French footballer. George Baker, 80, British actor (I, Claudius, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries), pneumonia following a stroke. Frederick Cardozo, 94, British soldier and SOE veteran. Fernando Charrier, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alessandria della Paglia (1989–2007). *Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer, 95, Puerto Rican major general. David Hess, 75, American actor (The Last House on the Left), singer and songwriter, heart attack. Haji Amir Bux Junejo, 95, Pakistani politician. Paul Kent, 80, American actor (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, T. J. Hooker), multiple myeloma. Fred Kingsbury, 84, American Olympic bronze medal-winning (1948) rower. Andrew Laszlo, 85, Hungarian-born American cinematographer (First Blood, The Warriors, Newsies). David Macey, 62, British historian, complications of lung cancer. Lulama Masikazana, 38, South African cricketer. Enrique Monsonís, 80, Spanish politician, President of the Generalitat Valenciana (1979–1982). Gianni Musy, 80, Italian actor and voice actor. Michel Peissel, 74, French explorer and author, heart attack. Milan Puskar, 77, American pharmacist, co-founder of Mylan, cancer. *Julio Mario Santo Domingo, 88, Colombian businessman (SABMiller). Mildred Savage, 92, American author (Parrish). Bill Smith, 75, British fell runner and author. (body discovered on this date) Avner Treinin, 83, Israeli poet and chemist.
8 Dragutin Aleksić, 64, Serbian sculptor. Terry Cashion, 90, Australian rules football player. Al Davis, 82, American football coach and team owner (Oakland Raiders), heart failure. José de las Fuentes Rodríguez, 91, Mexican politician and lawyer, Governor of Coahuila (1981–1987). Dorothy Heathcote, 85, British drama teacher and academic. Arthur F. Holmes, 87, American professor of philosophy. Gregory Possehl, 70, American archaeologist. Shirley Prestia, 64, American actress (Home Improvement, Dharma & Greg, What Women Want). Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, 55, Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament (1994–2000), shot. Harold W. Rood, 89, American political scientist and author. Nina Sorokina, 69, Russian principal dancer. Mikey Welsh, 40, American artist and musician (Weezer). Roger Williams, 87, American pianist (Autumn Leaves), pancreatic cancer. Ingvar Wixell, 80, Swedish opera singer.
9 Kei Aoyama, 32, Japanese manga artist, suicide by hanging. Ray Aranha, 72, American actor (Dead Man Walking, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Married People). Robert Boochever, 94, American federal judge. Rob Buckman, 63, British-born Canadian oncologist and comedian. Antonis Christeas, 74, Greek basketball player (AEK Athens) and coach. Chauncey Hardy, 23, American basketball player, heart attack following beating. Pavel Karelin, 21, Russian ski jumper, traffic accident. Mark Kingston, 77, British actor. Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao, 58, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh. Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, 88, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Trujillo (1976–1999). James Worrall, 97, Canadian Olympic athlete (1936) and administrator.
10 Ray Aghayan, 83, Iranian-born American costume designer (Funny Lady, Doctor Dolittle). Milton Castellanos Everardo, 91, Mexican politician, President of Chamber of Deputies (1951), Governor of Baja California (1971–1977). Alan Fudge, 67, American actor (7th Heaven, Matlock, Hawaii Five-O), lung and liver cancer. Rod McGaughy, 87, American actor. Nakamura Shikan VII, 83, Japanese kabuki performer, Living National Treasure. Uno Röndahl, 87, Swedish author. Albert Rosellini, 101, American politician, Governor of Washington (1957–1965), complications from pneumonia. Jagjit Singh, 70, Indian musician, brain haemorrhage. Otto Tausig, 89, Austrian writer, director and actor.
11 Amin al-Shami, Yemeni air force colonel, car bomb. Yerahmiel Assa, 92, Israeli politician. Kim Brown, 66, British-born Finnish musician, cancer. George "Mojo" Buford, 81, American blues harmonica player. Cy Buker, 92, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). Justin Canale, 68, American football player.Ode to Justin Canale: A Gentle Giant of Sport is Dead Adrian Cowell, 77, British documentary film maker. Ion Diaconescu, 94, Romanian politician, President of Chamber of Deputies (1996–2000), heart failure. Doctor X, 43, Mexican professional wrestler, shot. Bob Galvin, 89, American businessman, CEO of Motorola (1959–1986). Freddie Gruber, 84, American jazz drummer. Nauman Habib, 32, Pakistani cricketer, murdered. Henk Hofs, 60, Dutch footballer (Vitesse Arnhem). Keith Holman, 84, Australian rugby league player and referee. Dieudonné Kabongo, 61, Congolese-born Belgian comedian, musician and actor (Lumumba). Frank Kameny, 86, American gay rights activist. Paul Martin, 79, American baseball player. Ewald Osers, 94, Czech translator and poet. František Sokol, 72, Czech Olympic bronze medal-winning (1968) volleyball player. Derrick Ward, 76, English footballer. Dino Zucchi, 83, Italian Olympic basketball player.
12 Franz Jozef van Beeck, 81, Dutch author and Christian theologian. Heinz Bennent, 90, German actor. Patricia Breslin, 85, American actress (The People's Choice, Peyton Place, The Twilight Zone), wife of Art Modell, pancreatitis. Joel DiGregorio, 67, American keyboardist (The Charlie Daniels Band), car crash. Peter Hammond, 87, British actor and television director. Lowell H. Harrison, 88, American historian. János Herskó, 85, Hungarian film director and actor. Vitali Kuznetsov, 70, Russian Olympic silver medal-winning (1972) judoka. Paul Leka, 68, American pianist, arranger and songwriter ("Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", "Green Tambourine"). Lewis Mills, 74, American college basketball coach (University of Richmond) and athletic director. Dennis Ritchie, 70, American computer scientist, developer of the C programming language and the Unix operating system. (body discovered on this date) Dick Thornett, 71, Australian triple international sportsman (water polo, rugby union and rugby league), heart disease. Martin White, 102, Irish hurler. Winstone Zulu, 47, Zambian AIDS and tuberculosis activist.
13 Sheila Allen, 78, British actress (Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Love Actually, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). Irén Daruházi-Karcsics, 84, Hungarian Olympic silver (1948, 1952) and bronze (1952) medal-winning gymnast.