The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2018.
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 2018 1 Shirin Aliabadi, 45, Iranian visual artist, cancer.In Loving Memory of Shirin Aliabadi Charles Aznavour, 94, French-Armenian singer ("La Bohème", "She"), lyricist and actor (Shoot the Piano Player), complications from pulmonary edema.Charles Aznavour, French singing star, dies at 94 Peter C. Bjarkman, 77, American baseball historian and author.Cuban Baseball Expert Peter Bjarkman Remembered For His Passion John H. Bryan, 81, American business executive and philanthropist (Millennium Park), CEO of Sara Lee (1975–2001), complications from lung cancer.John H. Bryan Jr., renowned Chicago philanthropist, longtime Sara Lee CEO, dies Mario Castellazzi, 82, Italian footballer (Spezia, Catania, Livorno).Morto Mario Castellazzi: il suo gol ispirò il "Clamoroso al Cibali" Caroline Charrière, 57, Swiss composer, conductor and flautist.La compositrice et musicienne Caroline Charrière s'est éteinte Stelvio Cipriani, 81, Italian composer, complications from a stroke.Morto Stelvio Cipriani, il compositore di "Anonimo Veneziano" Ben Daglish, 52, British composer (The Last Ninja), lung cancer.Legendary C64 composer Ben Daglish has died Đỗ Mười, 101, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997), Prime Minister (1988–1991), respiratory and kidney failure.Former Party General Secretary Đỗ Mười passes away Carlos Ezquerra, 70, Spanish comics artist (Judge Dredd, Preacher, Strontium Dog), lung cancer.Judge Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra dies aged 70 Michael Freedland, 83, British journalist and biographer.Journalist Michael Freedland, 83, dies 'doing what he loved' Jerry González, 69, American bandleader and trumpeter, heart attack.Muere en un incendio en Madrid el músico de jazz Jerry González Terry Gooding, 87, British Olympic boxer.Terry Gooding Francesco Greco, 75, Italian politician, Senator (1983–1994).Siracusa, è morto il Senatore Franco Greco Darryl Greenamyer, 82, American aviator and record holder.Gone West: Reno Air Race Pilot Darryl Greenamyer Ronnie Leitch, 64, Sri Lankan singer and actor (Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor, Re Daniel Dawal Migel, Onna Babo), heart attack.All-round Superstar Ronnie Leitch passes away M. V. V. S. Murthi, 76, Indian academic, businessman and politician, founder of GITAM, MP for Visakhapatnam (1991–1996, 1999–2004), traffic collision.Former member of India parliament among dead in Parks Highway crash Donald Read, 88, British historian.Obituary: Donald Read Graciano Rocchigiani, 54, German boxer, WBC (1988–1989) and IBF world champion (1998–2000), traffic collision.Graciano "Rocky" Rocchigiani Dead: Former World Champion Dies in Car Crash in Italy Johnny Rogers, 78, British basketball coach.Jimmy Rogers Gord Rowland, 88, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).Gordon Rowland Meeri Saari, 93, Finnish Olympic shot putter.Meeri Saari Franco Sar, 84, Italian Olympic decathlete (1960, 1964), heart attack.Atletica in Lutto, è morto Franco Sar, Olimpico e Padre della SNIA Antoine Sfeir, 69, Lebanese journalist and professor.Le journaliste et politologue spécialiste du Moyen-Orient Antoine Sfeir est mort María Teresa Sosa, 88, Guatemalan politician and activist, First Lady (1982–1983).Fallece a los 89 años Teresa Sosa, esposa de Efraín Ríos Montt Chris Wilkins, 74, South African cricketer (Border, Derbyshire, Natal).Chris Wilkins, the original pinch-hitter, dies aged 74 Élaine Zakaïb, 59, Canadian politician, brain cancer.Décès de l'ex-ministre péquiste Élaine Zakaïb
2 Wendy Atkin, 71, British epidemiologist.Obituary: Professor Wendy Atkin Smilja Avramov, 100, Serbian academic and educator.Професорка Смиља Аврамов преминула у 101. години Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer, heart attack.Violinist Balabhaskar dies a week after car crash that killed his daughter Ron Casey, 89, Australian broadcaster and sports journalist.Controversial TV presenter and talk-back radio host Ron Casey dead, aged 89 Geoff Emerick, 72, English recording engineer (Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles), multi-Grammy winner, heart attack.Geoff Emerick, Beatles Chief Recording Engineer, Dies at 72 William H. Helfand, 92, American writer.Longtime AIHP Member William Helfand Dies Dorothy Hukill, 72, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2004–2012) and Senate (since 2012), cancer.Florida state Sen. Dorothy Hukill dies at 72 Bob Jones, 91, American cartoonist and illustrator, pulmonary fibrosis.The society mourns the loss of Robert Goodhue Jones Thampi Kannanthanam, 64, Indian film director (Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar).Filmmaker Thampi Kannanthanam passes away Roman Kartsev, 79, Russian actor (Heart of a Dog, Promised Heaven, Old Hags). Jamal Khashoggi, 59, Saudi Arabian journalist, strangled.Saudi Arabia Says Jamal Khashoggi Was Killed in Consulate Fight Józef Kokot, 89, Polish footballer.Józef Kokot Barry Linton, 71, New Zealand cartoonist.Barry Desmond Linton Wilhelmus Luxemburg, 89, Dutch mathematician. Utu Abe Malae, American Samoan businessman, banker and politician.Utu Abe Malae passes away — territory mourns loss of a great man Cosimo Ennio Masiello, 88, Italian politician, Mayor of Brindisi (1987–1989) and Senator (1992–1994).Brindisi, scomparsa di Ennio Masiello, il cordoglio del Sindaco e della Giunta comunale Ceri Peach, 78, Welsh geographer.Professor Ceri Peach Hermenegildo Sábat, 85, Uruguayan comic book artist.Murió Hermenegildo Sábat, uno de los dibujantes mas reconocidos en la historia argentina José Lorenzo Sartori, 86, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (1994–2008).Murió Mons. José Lorenzo Sartori, obispo emerito de San Roque Jiggy Smaha, 72, American football player (BC Lions).Jiggy E. Smaha, II Ole E. Storlien, 83, Norwegian politician.Storlien, Ole E. (1935-2018) Geoffrey Tudor, 94, British Olympic runner.Geoffrey Tudor Burhan Uray, 87, Chinese-Indonesian timber tycoon and philanthropist.Prominent businessman Burhan Uray laid to rest
3 Elisabeth Andersen, 98, Dutch actress.Actrice Elisabeth Andersen (98) overleden Jiří Bis, 77, Czech politician, Senator (2008–2014).Plzeňská politická scéna smutní. Zemřel zastupitel Jiří Bis Julien Bogaert, 94, Belgian Olympic sprint canoeist (1948).Julien Bogaert Fang Nanjiang, 75, Chinese novelist and major general of the People's Armed Police.武警原政治部副主任方南江逝世 系著名军旅作家 David Fergusson, 74, British-born New Zealand psychologist, lung cancer.Influential and groundbreaking Christchurch health researcher David Fergusson dies Wen Fong, 88, Chinese-American art historian, leukemia.方闻先生辞世，半个世纪美国亚洲艺术史学界的开拓者与领航者 Sir Roger Gibbs, 83, British financier.Gibbs Heo Su-gyeong, 54, South Korean poet.독일서 눈 감은 허수경 시인...향년 54세(종합2보) Ludie Jones, 102, American dancer.Tribute to Tap Dancer Ludie Jones (1916-2018) Joseph Kamaru, 79, Kenyan benga musician and political activist, complications from Parkinson's disease.Musician Joseph Kamaru, 79, dies at MP Shah Hospital Saak Karapetyan, 58, Russian attorney, Deputy Attorney General, helicopter crash. Jay I. Kislak, 96, American businessman.Deaths in South Florida: 10/5 Leon M. Lederman, 96, American experimental physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1988), dementia.Leon Lederman, 96, Explorer (and Explainer) of the Subatomic World, Dies Bent Lorentzen, 83, Danish composer.Dansk musikpioner død: Han var en af de helt store fritænkere Marty Pattin, 75, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals).Former Royals pitcher/Kansas baseball coach Marty Pattin dies at age of 75 Hollie Pihl, 90, American judge.Hollie M. Pihl Jr. Hugo Raspoet, 77, Belgian singer and guitarist ("Helena", "Evviva Il Papa").Kleinkunstzanger Hugo Raspoet, bekend van 'Helena', overleden Agnes Scanlon, 94, American politician.Agnes M. Scanlon Felix Smith, 100, American aviator.Friends remember life of Fort Smith-born veteran Bror Stefenson, 89, Swedish navy admiral.Ubåtsamiralen Bror Stefenson är död Keiichiro Takahara, 87, Japanese businessman, founder of Unicharm.ユニ・チャーム創業者の高原慶一朗さん死去 Antonio Valero, 86, Spanish footballer.Fallece Antonio Valero, Dorsal de Leyenda de los años 50 John Von Ohlen, 77, American jazz drummer (Blue Wisp Big Band).John Von Ohlen, acclaimed jazz drummer, dies at 77 Peter Wales, 89, English cricketer.Profile of Peter Wales Prosper Weil, 92, French lawyer.Prosper Weil Edward E. Williams, 73, American economist.Edward Williams
4 Dave Anderson, 89, American sportswriter (The New York Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1981).Dave Anderson, longtime New York Times columnist, dies at 89 Jeanne Ashworth, 80, American speed skater, Olympic bronze medalist (1960), pancreatic cancer.Olympic Champion Ashworth Dies Jack Avina, 89, American college basketball coach (Portland Pilots).Jack Avina, former University of Portland basketball coach, dies at 89 Jinx Beers, 84, American activist and newspaper editor, renal failure.Jinx Beers — pioneering feminist, Lesbian News founder — dies at 84 Hamiet Bluiett, 78, American jazz saxophonist, complications from a series of strokes.Hamiet Bluiett, Giant Of The Baritone Sax, Has Died At 78 Penny Bright, 64, New Zealand political activist, ovarian cancer.'Hard-boiled' Auckland activist Penny Bright has died in hospital this evening Jeannine Smith Clark, 89, American educator and activist.Jeannine Clark Kevin Ellison, 31, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Spokane Shock), traffic collision.Former USC safety Kevin Ellison dies at 31 Barrie Frost, 79, New Zealand-born Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist.Barrie Frost Takumi Furukawa, 101, Japanese film director (Season of the Sun, Cruel Gun Story), heart failure.「太陽の季節」監督の古川卓己さんが死去 José Lluis, 80, Spanish Olympic basketball player (1960).Fallece Josep Lluís, el eterno ayudante de Díaz-Miguel Kurt Malangré, 84, German politician, Lord Mayor of Aachen (1973–1989) and MEP (1979–1999).Alt-Oberbürgermeister Kurt Malangré gestorben Karl Mildenberger, 80, German boxer, European heavyweight champion (1964–1968).Box-Europameister Karl Mildenberger stirbt mit 80 Jahren Lewis V. Morgan, 88, American politician.Hon. Lewis V. Morgan, Jr. Walter Paine, 95, American journalist and publisher (Valley News).Former 'Valley News' Publisher Walter Paine Dies at 95 Bert Romp, 59, Dutch equestrian, Olympic champion (1992), kicked by horse.Voormalig springruiter Bert Romp overleden na trap van paard José Sacal, 74, Mexican surrealist sculptor.Fallece el escultor mexicano José Sacal Neville Sayers, 91, Australian Olympic modern pentathlete (1956, 1960) and sports shooter (1960).Sayers. – Neville. Sir John Swinton, 93, British military officer. John Tyrrell, 76, British musicologist.Zemřel John Tyrrell, přední odborník na tvorbu Leoše Janáčka Will Vinton, 70, American animator (The California Raisins, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Return to Oz), Oscar winner (1974), multiple myeloma.Portland's Will Vinton, creator of famous Claymation characters, dies Scott Weir, 65, Scottish cricketer. Audrey Wells, 58, American film director and screenwriter (Under the Tuscan Sun, The Hate U Give, The Truth About Cats & Dogs), cancer.'The Hate U Give' Screenwriter Audrey Wells Dies at 58 Raymond L. White, 74, American geneticist.Raymond White Konisi Yabaki, 77, Fijian politician, Minister for Fisheries and Forests (2001–2006).
5 Wayne Berry, 86, American football player (New York Giants).Wayne C. Berry John Deeble, 87, Australian health economist.John Deeble