The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2016 . For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months ". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym . Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.
Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.
Jim Prentice 1956 – 2016
Georg Apenes , 76, Norwegian politician and jurist, MP (1977–1989).[4]
Sir Neville Marriner , 92, British conductor (Amadeus ), founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields .[5]
Gary Reed , 60, American comic book writer (Deadworld , Baker Street ), heart attack.[6]
Mario Almada , 94, Mexican actor (La Viuda Negra ).[9]
Brigitte Hamann , 76, German-Austrian historian and author.[10]
Pieter Hintjens , 53, Belgian software developer, assisted suicide by euthanasia .[11]
Merfyn Jones , 85, Welsh footballer (Scunthorpe United , Crewe Alexandra , Chester City ).[12]
Hso Khan Pha , 78, Burmese-born Canadian geologist and exiled prince of Yawnghwe .[13]
Ned Randolph , 74, American politician, Mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana (1986–2006), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[14]
Bing Thom , 75, Hong Kong-born Canadian architect, cerebral aneurysm.[15]
Georges Balandier , 95, French sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist.[16]
Dick Haugland , 73, American biochemist, brain cancer.[17]
Michal Kováč , 86, Slovakian politician, President (1993–1998), complications of Parkinson's disease.[18]
Luisa Massimo , 87, Italian pediatrician.[19]
Josh Samman , 28, American mixed martial artist (UFC ).[20]
Rod Temperton , 66, English keyboardist (Heatwave ) and songwriter ("Rock with You ", "Give Me the Night ", "Thriller "), cancer.[21] (death announced on this date)
Fred Slaughter , 74, American college basketball player (UCLA ).[22]
John Gleeson , 78, Australian Test cricketer.[23]
Ross Higgins , 85, Australian actor (Kingswood Country , Bullpitt! ).[24]
Lyudmila Ivanova , 83, Russian actress (Office Romance ).[25]
Barbara Kisseler , 67, German culture manager and politician, Senator of Hamburg .[26]
Frederick C. Neidhardt , 85, American microbiologist.[27]
Wolfgang Suschitzky , 104, Austro-Hungarian-born British photographer and cinematographer (Get Carter ).[28]
Alistair Urquhart , 97, Scottish author and soldier (Gordon Highlanders ).[29]
Rebecca Wilson , 54, Australian sports journalist, breast cancer.[30]
Guillaume Bieganski , 83, French footballer (Lens ).[31]
Lyn Chevli , 84, American underground comics artist (Tits & Clits Comix ).[32]
Dickie Jeeps , 84, English rugby union player (Northampton Saints ) and administrator (Sports Council ).[33]
Stylianos Pattakos , 103, Greek military officer and coup leader , Deputy Prime Minister (1967–1973).[34]
Pierre Tchernia , 88, French screenwriter and voice actor (Asterix ).[35]
Worth H. Bagley , 92, American Navy admiral, Vice Chief of Naval Operations (1974–1975).[36]
Mamadou Dembelé , 82, Malian physician and politician, Prime Minister (1986–1988).[37]
Sir Anthony Grant , 91, British politician, MP (1964–1997).[38]
Kenneth P. Thompson , 50, American lawyer, Kings County District Attorney (since 2014), cancer.[39]
Andrzej Wajda , 90, Polish movie director (Ashes and Diamonds , Man of Iron , Katyń ), respiratory failure.[40]
Gerry Gow , 64, Scottish footballer (Bristol City , Manchester City , Rotherham ), cancer.[41]
Graham C. Greene , 80, British publisher (Jonathan Cape ).[42]
Tamme Hanken , 56, German television personality (Der XXL-Ostfriese ).[43]
Marnix Kappers , 73, Dutch actor (De Familie Knots ), suicide.[44]
Hans Petter Langtangen , 54, Norwegian computer scientist.[45]
Eddie O'Hara , 80, Scottish footballer (Falkirk , Everton , Barnsley ).[46]
Patricia Barry , 93, American actress (All My Children , The Guiding Light , Days of Our Lives ).[47]
Matti Hagman , 61, Finnish ice hockey player (Boston Bruins , Edmonton Oilers , HIFK ).[48]
Pia Hallström , 55, Swedish politician, MP for Värmland (since 2010), breast cancer.[49]
Lars Huldén , 90, Finnish writer and translator.[50]
Steve Lemmens , 44, Belgian snooker player, suicide.[51]
Marju , 28, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse.[52] (death announced on this date)
Peter Reynolds , 58, Welsh composer.[53]
Teatao Teannaki , 80, I-Kiribati politician, Vice-President (1979–1991) and President (1991–1994), heart attack.[54]
Ewen Whitaker , 94, British astronomer.[55]
Shahlyla Baloch , 20, Pakistani footballer (national team ), car crash.[56]
Frank Fischl , 89, American air force pilot and politician, Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania (1978–1982).[57]
Thomas Mikal Ford , 52, American actor (Martin , Harlem Nights , Across the Tracks ) and comedian, stomach aneurysm.[58]
Jack Greenberg , 91, American lawyer and civil rights activist.[59]
Leo Harrison , 94, English cricketer (Hampshire ).[60]
Ma Jiang Bao , 74, Chinese martial arts teacher.[61]
Bryan Pearson , 82, British-born Canadian politician.[62]
Bhumibol Adulyadej , 88, Thai monarch, King (since 1946), world's longest-serving head of state.[63]
William Gilbert Chaloner , 87, British palaeobotanist.[64]
Curt Engelhorn , 90, German billionaire businessman.[65]
Dario Fo , 90, Italian playwright, Nobel Literature Prize laureate (1997), lung disease.[66]
Andrzej Kopiczyński , 82, Polish actor (Czterdziestolatek ).[67]
Richard A. Pittman , 71, American Marine, recipient of the Medal of Honor .[68]
Booneua Prasertsuwan , 97, Thai politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1995–1996).[69]
Jim Prentice , 60, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (2014–2015) and MP for Calgary Centre-North (2004–2010), plane crash.[70]
Tonino Valerii , 82, Italian movie director (My Name Is Nobody , A Girl Called Jules , Sahara Cross ).[71]
Jean Alexander , 90, English actress (Coronation Street , Last of the Summer Wine ).[72]
Lucy Baxley , 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alabama (2003–2007).[73]
Klim Churyumov , 79, Soviet and Ukrainian astronomer, co-discoverer of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko .[74]
Pierre Étaix , 87, French clown, comedian and movie director (Heureux Anniversaire , Yo Yo , Le Grand Amour ), Oscar winner (1963 ), complications from intestinal infection.[75]
Kamal Habibollahi , 86, Iranian politician and admiral, Minister of Culture and Higher Education (1978).[76]
Helen Kelly , 52, New Zealand trade unionist, President of the Council of Trade Unions (2007–2015), lung cancer.[77]
Werner Lämmerhirt , 67, German singer-songwriter and guitarist.[78]
Marcel Berger , 89, French mathematician.[79]
Hans Bruggeman , 89, Dutch activist and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1963–1967).[80]
Quentin Groves , 32, American football player (Jacksonville Jaguars , Oakland Raiders , Cleveland Browns ), heart attack.[81]
Barbara Romack , 83, American golfer.[82]
Maggie Diaz , 91, American-born Australian photographer.[83]
Anthony Foley , 42, Irish rugby union player and coach (Munster ), acute pulmonary edema .[84]
Cecilia Hart , 68, American television and stage actress (Paris ), ovarian cancer.[85]
Clyde C. Holloway , 72, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 8th congressional district (1987–1993).[86]
Valerie Hunter Gordon , 94, British inventor of disposable nappies .[87]
Jia Jia , 38, Chinese giant panda, euthanized.[88]
Kigeli V , 80, Rwandan monarch, King (1959–1961), heart failure.[89]
Ted V. Mikels , 87, American movie director (Girl in Gold Boots , The Astro-Zombies , The Doll Squad ), colon cancer.[90]
Stephen Moorbath , 87, German-born British geologist.[91]
Arsen Pavlov , 33, Russian military officer, participant in the War in Donbas , IED explosion.[92]
Juras Požela , 34, Lithuanian politician, Minister of Health (since March 2016), pancreatitis.[93]
Juan Radrigán , 79, Chilean writer, cancer.[94]
Molly Rose , 95, British World War II aviator.[95]
Eddie Applegate , 81, American actor (The Patty Duke Show , Easy A , A Ticklish Affair ).[96]
Teodor Kufel , 96, Polish general.[97]
Anthony Addabbo , 56, American actor (Guiding Light , Generations , The Bold & the Beautiful ).[98]
David Bunnell , 69, American businessman, writer and publisher (PC Magazine ).[99]
Dave Colclough , 52, Welsh professional poker player, cancer.[100]
Tommy Bartlett , 88, American tennis and basketball coach.[101]
Radu Câmpeanu , 94, Romanian politician, Senator (1990–1992, 2004–2008).[102]
Milka Canić , 72, Serbian television presenter and academic.[103]
Yvette Chauviré , 99, French prima ballerina.[104]
Pat Scott , 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL ).[105]
Sammy Smyth , 91, Northern Irish footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. ).[106]
Edward A. Allworth , 95, American historian.[107]
William G. Bowen , 83, American educator, President of Princeton University (1972–1988).[108]
Kaneta Kimotsuki , 80, Japanese voice actor (Doraemon , Anpanman ), pneumonia.[109]
Michael Massee , 64, American actor (The Crow , 24 , The Amazing Spider-Man ), stomach cancer.[110]
Giorgos Pavlidis , 60, Greek politician, Governor of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (since 2014), cancer.[111]
Simone Schaller , 104, American hurdler.[112]
Junko Tabei , 77, Japanese mountaineer, first woman to climb Mount Everest , peritoneal cancer .[113]
Mieke Telkamp , 82, Dutch singer.[114]
Malik Nazar Hussain , 56, Gentle man worked hard for his family, from Jampur Pakistan and served WAPDA for 35 years. His Son Sajjad Salik can be reached @00923335225191.
Paweł Baumann , 33, Polish sprint canoer, world championship silver medalist (2006 , 2007 ).[115]
Frans Jozef van der Heijden , 78, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1998), assisted suicide.[116]
Kenji Kosaka , 70, Japanese politician, Minister of Education (2005–2006).[117]
Manfred Krug , 79, German actor (Tatort , Liebling Kreuzberg ), singer, and author.[118]
Frenchy Martin , 69, Canadian professional wrestler and manager (WWF ), bladder cancer.[119]
Bob McCord , 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins , Detroit Red Wings ).[120]
Moscow Flyer , 22, Irish racehorse.[121] (death announced on this date)
Robert Windom , 86, American physician, Assistant Secretary for Health (1986–1989).[122]
Steve Dillon , 54, English comic book artist (Preacher , The Punisher , Judge Dredd ), appendicitis.[123]
Frans Tutuhatunewa , 93, Indonesian politician, President in Exile of Republic of South Maluku (1993–2010).[124]
Bob Vanatta , 98, American college basketball coach (Missouri State , Memphis , Missouri ).[125]
Valeriya Zaklunna , 74, Ukrainian actress and politician, member of Verkhovna Rada (1998–2007).[126]
Pete Burns , 57, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive ), cardiac arrest.[127]
Tom Hayden , 76, American writer, politician and activist (Chicago Seven ), member of the California State Senate (1992–2000), heart disease and stroke.[128]
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani , 84, Qatari monarch, Emir (1972–1995).[129]
Jimmy Perry , 93, English actor and screenwriter (Dad's Army , It Ain't Half Hot Mum , Hi-de-Hi! ).[130]
Bob Saunders , 87, American politician, member of the Florida Senate (1969–1971, 1973–1976).[131]
Jorge Batlle , 88, Uruguayan politician, President (2000–2005), cerebral hemorrhage.[132]
Eddy Christiani , 98, Dutch musician and songwriter.[133]
Benjamin Creme , 93, Scottish artist, author and esotericist .[134]
Reinhard Häfner , 64, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden ), Olympic champion (1976 ).[135]
Bohdan Hawrylyshyn , 90, Ukrainian-born Canadian economist.[136]
Siv Holma , 64, Swedish politician, MP for Norrbotten (1998–2014), cancer.[137]
Hellmut von Leipzig , 95, German soldier.[138]
Bobby Vee , 73, American pop singer ("Rubber Ball ", "Take Good Care of My Baby ", "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes ") and actor, Alzheimer's disease.[139]
John P. Woodall , 81, British entomologist.[140]
Kevin Curran , 59, American television writer (The Simpsons , Married... with Children , Late Night with David Letterman ), cancer.[141]
Bob Hoover , 94, American Air Force test pilot.[142]
Edouard Pliner , 80, Russian figure skating coach.[143]
Jerzy Szacki , 87, Polish sociologist.[144]
Carlos Alberto Torres , 72, Brazilian football player (Santos , national team ) and manager (Botafogo ), World champion (1970 ), heart attack.[145]
Melis Abzalov , 77, Uzbek movie director (Oʻtgan kunlar ).[146]
Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi , 93, Iranian grand ayatollah.[147]
Luciano Rispoli , 84, Italian television and radio writer and presenter.[148]
Ali Hussein Shihab , 55, Iraqi footballer (national team ).[149]
João Lobo Antunes , 72, Portuguese neurosurgeon, melanoma.[150]
Ruben Hovsepyan , 77, Armenian author and politician, MP (2000–2007).[151]
Susan Lindquist , 67, American biologist, cancer.[152]
Bill Miller , 86, American javelin thrower, Olympic silver medalist (1952 ).[153]
Pentti Siimes , 87, Finnish actor (The Unknown Soldier ).[154]
Takahito, Prince Mikasa , 100, Japanese royal , heart failure.[155]
Bobby Wellins , 80, Scottish jazz saxophonist.[156]
Paul Demers , 60, Canadian singer-songwriter[160]
Roland Dyens , 61, French classical guitarist and composer.[161]
Paul Luebke , 70, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 1991), lymphoma.[162]
John D. Roberts , 98, American chemist.[163]
Pen Sovan , 80, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister (1981).[164]
Barry Stout , 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1971–1976) and Senate (1977–2010).[165]
Törner Åhsman , 85, Swedish boxer.[166]
Tammy Grimes , 82, American actress (The Unsinkable Molly Brown , High Spirits , Look After Lulu! ).[167]
Don Marshall , 80, American actor (Land of the Giants , Star Trek ).[168]
Natalie Babbitt , 84, American children's author and illustrator (Tuck Everlasting ), lung cancer.[169]
Klaus Schulten , 69, German-American physicist.[170]
Vladimir Zeldin , 101, Russian actor (Desyat Negrityat ), People's Artist of the USSR (1975), multiple organ failure.[171]