The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2020.
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 2020 1 Simonluca Agazzone, 39, Italian footballer (SPAL, Carrarese, Novara), traffic collision.Cinghiali sulla A26 contro un’auto, due calciatori morti e un ferito nella notte a Carpignano Sesia Serhiy Atelkin, 48, Ukrainian footballer (Shakhtar Donetsk, Lecce, national team), heart attack.Умер Сергей Ателькин. Ему было 48 лет Arnie Bench, 89, Australian footballer (Fitzroy).Arnold Bench Tony Blue, 84, Australian Olympic athlete (1960, 1964).Anthony Arthur Crampton 'Tony' Blue Gord Brooks, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals).Gord Brooks Robbie Brunton, 47, Irish footballer (Sligo Rovers, Coleraine, Bohemians). Joe DeMeo, 79, American wrestling coach.Legendary U.S. Greco-Roman Coach and Leader Joe DeMeo, 79, Passed Away Glen Despins, 56, Canadian curler, traffic collision.Curling community mourns death of former Saskatchewan men's champion Glen Despins Zef Eisenberg, 47, British motorcycle racer, health supplement executive and television presenter, offroad racing crash. Hans Eriksen, 84, Norwegian Sámi politician, teacher, and radio broadcaster (NRK Sámi Radio), member of the Sámi Parliament of Norway (2009–2013).Erkke Hánssa Hánsa har gått bor Michel Forget, 93, French aviator.Décès du GCA Michel Forget (EA46-de Saint-Exupéry) le 1er octobre 2020. Khurto Hajji Ismail, 87, Iraqi Yazidi religious leader.Yezidi spiritual leader dies at 87 Maud Hansson, 82, Swedish actress (Emil i Lönneberga).”Emil i Lönneberga”-stjärnan Maud Hansson Fissoun är död Gary Hayman, 69, American football player (Buffalo Bills).Gary Wesley Hayman Maurice Houdayer, 89, French Olympic rower (1956).Maurice Houdayer Franck André Jamme, 72, French poet.Décès du poète et spécialiste d'art brut Franck André Jamme Lou Johnson, 86, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers).'Sweet' Lou Johnson passes away at 86 Derek Mahon, 78, Irish poet.Derek Mahon, one of Ireland’s leading poets, has died, aged 78 Barry Mahy, 78, English-American soccer player (New York Generals, New York Cosmos, U.S. national team).Goodbye, Barry: Former Cosmos Mahy, Pele’s 1st captain on the Cosmos, passes away Alfredo Marañon, 84, Filipino politician, mayor of Sagay City (2001–2010) and Governor of Negros Occidental (2010–2019), heart disease.Ex-gov of Negros Occidental Alfredo Marañon, Jr.; 84 Dan Muhlbauer, 62, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (2011–2015).Daniel Muhlbauer Winfred Peppinck, 74, Dutch-born Australian author and diplomat.Winfred Peppinck Murray Schisgal, 93, American playwright (Luv, Jimmy Shine) and screenwriter (Tootsie).Murray J. Schisgal Michael Spivak, 80, American mathematician.Michael D. Spivak, 1940–2020 Ray Styles, 31, Ghanaian pencil artist, liver cancer.Penciled Celebrities artist Ray Styles is dead
2 Shaher Abdulhak, 81–82, Yemeni businessman.من هو شاهر عبدالحق وفاة رجل الأعمال شاهر عبدالحق Fadma Abi, Moroccan surgeon and professor, COVID-19. Alan Abraham, 89, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1984–1989).The Honourable Alan Rockwell Abraham John Joseph Campion, 57, Irish-American entrepreneur, leukemia.John Campion, co-founder of APR Energy, dies at age 57 Héctor Cavallero, 81, Argentine politician, mayor of Rosario, Santa Fe (1989–1995) and Deputy (1999–2003).Murió el ex intendente socialista de Rosario Héctor “El Tigre” Cavallero Riley Darnell, 80, American politician, Tennessee Secretary of State (1993–2009), member of the Tennessee Senate (1981–1993) and House of Representatives (1971–1981).Riley Darnell, Tennessee secretary of state for 16 years, dies in Clarksville Zeki Ergezen, 70, Turkish politician, Minister of Public Works and Housing (2002–2005).Bayındırlık ve İskan eski Bakanı Zeki Ergezen son yolculuğuna Edward S. Feldman, 91, American film producer (Witness, The Truman Show, The Golden Child).Edward S. Feldman Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘Witness’ Producer Was 91 Bob Gibson, 84, American Hall of Fame baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), Cy Young Award (1968, 1970), World Series champion (1964, 1967), pancreatic cancer.Bob Gibson, Hall of Famer and Cardinals legend, dies at 84 Bette Greene, 86, American novelist (Summer of My German Soldier, Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe), heart failure.Bette Greene, novelist whose ‘Summer of My German Soldier’ became a young-adult hit, dies at 86 Martin Havelka, 62, Czech actor.Czech actor Martin Havelka has died at age 62 Anne-Marie Hutchinson, 63, British lawyer.Anne-Marie Hutchinson obituary: Internationally renowned Irish lawyer Seiuemon Inaba, 95, Japanese roboticist.FANUC founder Dr. Seiuemon Inaba passed away Heinz Kördell, 88, German footballer (Schalke 04, Schwarz-Weiß Essen, West Germany national team).Königsblau trägt schwarz: Meisterspieler Heiner Kördell verstorben Liew Vui Keong, 60, Malaysian politician, MP (2008–2013, since 2018) and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (2018–2020), pneumonia.Former de facto law minister Liew Vui Keong succumbs to lung infection Danny Malloy, 91, Scottish boxer.Daniel Malloy Ron Perranoski, 84, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins) and coach (San Francisco Giants), World Series champion (1963, 1965, 1981, 1988).Ron Perranoski, 2-time World Series champ with Los Angeles Dodgers, dies at 84 Mukarrama Qosimova, 87, Tajik linguist and academic.Мукаррама Қосимова. Забондони шинохта ва мухолифи рисолаҳои "тезпазак" даргузашт Chris Ryder, 73, Northern Irish journalist and author.Chris Ryder obituary Irina Slavina, 47, Russian news editor (Open Russia), suicide by self-immolation.Russian editor dies after setting herself on fire Sprangalang, 71, Trinidadian actor (Lord Have Mercy!, A Winter Tale) and comedian.Dennis "Sprangalang" Hall has died Claude Vigée, 99, French poet.Le poète alsacien Claude Vigée est décédé Mirjana Vukićević-Karabin, 86, Serbian astrophysicist.Life, educational and scientific activities of professor Mirjana Vukićević-Karabin (1933-2020) Victor Zalgaller, 99, Russian-Israeli mathematician.Скончался В.А.Залгаллер
3 Anthony S. Abbott, 85, American educator and author.Remembering Tony Abbott: Poet, Beloved Professor and Founder of the Abbott Honors Program Mark Andrews, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1963–1981) and Senate (1981–1987).Mark Andrews, former U.S. senator from North Dakota, dies at 94 Haji Hussain Ansari, 73, Indian politician, Jharkhand MLA (1995–2004, 2009–2015, since 2019), cardiac arrest from COVID-19.Jharkhand Minister Haji Hussain Ansari Dies At 73 JeAnne Burg, 82, American environmental statistician.JeAnne Rae Burg Thomas Jefferson Byrd, 70, American actor (Clockers, Bulworth, Ray), shot.Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Actor in Numerous Spike Lee Films, Was Murdered Overnight, Director Says Karel Fiala, 95, Czech operatic tenor and actor (Dalibor, Lemonade Joe, Amadeus).Opera singer, ‘Lemonade Joe’ star Karel Fiala dies at 95 Anthony Galindo, 41, Venezuelan singer (Menudo, MDO), suicide by hanging. P. Wayne Goode, 83, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1963–1985) and Senate (1985–2005), leukemia.Wayne Goode Jr. Charlie Haeger, 37, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers), suicide by gunshot.Ex-pro baseball player sought in woman's killing found dead Sandy Keith, 91, American jurist and politician, Lieutenant Governor (1963–1967), state senator (1959–1963) and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1990–1998) of Minnesota.Former Minnesota Lt. Governor Sandy Keith Passes Away At 91 Armelia McQueen, 68, American actress (Adventures in Wonderland, Ain't Misbehavin', Ghost).Armelia McQueen Dies: ‘Ain’t Misbehavin”, ‘Ghost’ Actress Was 68 Wendell Tangborn, 93, American glaciologist.Wendell Verner Tangborn Karsten Thielker, 54, German photographer, esophageal cancer.Karsten Thielker, Pulitzer-winning AP photographer, dies Dick Van Raaphorst, 77, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers).Richard Van Raaphorst Bob Wilson, 77, English footballer (Cardiff City, Exeter City).Robert John Wilson Richard Woitach, 85, American conductor and pianist.Remembering Richard Woitach
4 Rosemary Aluoch, 44, Kenyan footballer (Kampala Capital City Authority FC, OC Bukavu Dawa, national team).Shock as former Harambee Starlets ace dies Vishal Anand, 82, Indian actor (Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa, Hindustan Ki Kasam, Chalte Chalte), film director and producer.Chalte Chalte actor Vishal Anand dies due to prolonged illness Jean-Marc Avocat, 71–72, French actor (Verdict, Kaamelott).Mort de Jean-Marc Avocat, comédien unique Aldridge Bousfield, 79, American mathematician. Jan des Bouvrie, 78, Dutch designer.Interieurontwerper Jan des Bouvrie (78) overleden Günter de Bruyn, 93, German author.Günther de Bruyn ist tot Giovanni D'Alise, 72, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia (2004–2014) and Caserta (since 2014), COVID-19.Coronavirus, è morto il vescovo di Caserta, monsignor Giovanni D'Alise Louis Fortier, 66, Canadian biologist and oceanographer, leukemia.Louis Fortier, pionnier de la recherche en Arctique, s’éteint à 66 ans Mike Foster, 90, American politician, Governor of Louisiana (1996–2004) and member of the Louisiana Senate (1988–1996).Former Louisiana Gov. Mike Foster dies at 90 Jérôme Gendre, 43, French rugby union player (RC Narbonne), heart attack.Disparition - Rugby à XV : Jérôme Gendre, ancien du RC Narbonne et ex-coach de Prades, est décédé Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer, 64, American-born Israeli Hasidic rabbi, rebbe of the Pittsburgh Dynasty (since 1990), COVID-19. Pradeep Maharathy, 65, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (1985–1995, since 2000), COVID-19.BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy passes away at 65 due to COVID-19 infection Zuza Homem de Mello, 87, Brazilian journalist and musicologist, heart attack.Zuza Homem de Mello morre em São Paulo, aos 87 anos Paula Menyuk, 91, American linguist.Paula Menyuk Clark Middleton, 63, American actor (Sin City, Snowpiercer, Twin Peaks), West Nile virus.Clark Middleton, Actor in ‘The Blacklist,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ Dies at 63 Carla Federica Nespolo, 77, Italian politician, MP (1976–1992) and President of ANPI (since 2017).È morta Carla Nespolo, presidente dell'Anpi Marietta Roberts, 77, Canadian politician.Marietta Roberts Philippe Salaün, 77, French photographer, cancer.Philippe Salaün (1943-2020) Ibnu Saleh, 58, Indonesian politician, Regent of Central Bangka (since 2017), COVID-19.Positif COVID-19, Bupati Bangka Tengah Meninggal Dunia Richard Schifter, 97, American attorney and diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1985–1992).Former US diplomat and presidential adviser Richard Schifter dead at 97 Kenzō Takada, 81, Japanese-French fashion designer and painter, founder of Kenzo, COVID-19.Kenzo è morto, vittima del Covid-19 Sir Peregrine Worsthorne, 96, British journalist and newspaper editor (The Sunday Telegraph).Sir Peregrine Worsthorne obituary Mulayam Singh Yadav, 92, Indian politician.Samajwadi Party leader and former MLC Mulayam Singh Yadav dies aged 92 Renzo Zaffanella, 90, Italian politician, mayor of Cremona (1980–1990).Morto alla vigilia del 91esimo compleanno l'ex sindaco Renzo Zaffanella
5 Pedro Aderito, 44, Angolan chess player. David Andahl, 55, American politician and rancher, COVID-19.Legislative candidate who won heated primary dies from virus Béatrice Arnac, 89, French actress and singer.Dordogne : Béatrice Arnac, la chanteuse des années 1960, est décédée Franco Bolelli, 70, Italian philosopher.Morto Franco Bolelli, se ne va a 70 anni lo scrittore e saggista milanese