Deaths in October 2005
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[[Deaths in 2005]] : [[Deaths in January 2005|January]] - [[Deaths in February 2005|February]] - [[Deaths in March 2005|March]] - [[Deaths in April 2005|April]] - [[Deaths in May 2005|May]] - [[Deaths in June 2005|June]] - [[Deaths in July 2005|July]] - [[Deaths in August 2005|August]] - [[Deaths in September 2005|September]] - October - [[Deaths in November 2005|November]] - [[Deaths in December 2005|December]]- [[Deaths in January 2006|→]]<br/>
The following is a list of notable deaths in [[October 2005]].
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;[[October 31|31]]
*[[Hal O. Anger]], 85, pioneer of [[nuclear medicine]], inventor of [[gamma ray]] camera. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10327]
*[[William O. Baker]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[scientist]] and former [[Bell Labs]] [[president]], [[respiratory failure]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10273]
*[[Ryan Richard Carriere]], 32, Canadian cartoonist [http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/ryan_richard_carriere_1973_2005/]
*[[Milton Elkin]], 89, [[United States|American]] early [[radiologist]], complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/09/nyregion/09elkin.html]
*[[Evert Hingst]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] lawyer, allegedly involved in [[organized crime]], shot. [http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/1130738808340.html].
*[[John "Beatz" Holohan]], 31, [[drummer]] for pop-punk band [[Bayside (band)|Bayside]] (car accident).
*[[Katheryne Seep Loughran]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[artist]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/10/AR2005111002245.html]
*[[V. K. Madhavan Kutty]], 71, [[India]]n [[journalist]] and [[author]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10280]
*[[Valerie McKenzie]], 82, veteran [[Associated Press|AP]] photojournalist, [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10288]
*[[Alan Pifer]], 84, former head of the [[Carnegie Corporation]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/05/nyregion/05pifer.html]
*[[Amrita Pritam]], 86, [[India]]n [[poet]] and writer. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4393970.stm]
*[[Thomas P. Ronan]], 96, veteran [[New York Times]] reporter. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/09/nyregion/09ronan.html]
*[[Mary Wimbush]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] actress (''[[The Archers]]''). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4396376.stm]
;[[October 30|30]]
*[[David Bazay]], 66, [[English Language|English]] [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] [[ombudsman]] and veteran [[journalist]].
*[[Chester L. Cooper]], 88, veteran [[United States|American]] [[diplomat]], [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/02/AR2005110203002.html]
*[[Gordon A. Craig]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[historian]], [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1653617,00.html]
*[[John N. Erlenborn]], 78, former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Representative]] from [[Illinois]], [[Lewy body disease]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110101843.html]
*[[Tetsuo Hamuro]], 88, [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]] [[gold-medal]] winner in [[swimming]].
*[[Kyle Lake]], 33, pastor at the [[University Baptist Church]] in [[Waco, Texas]], [[electric shock|electrocuted]] by microphone during a baptism service. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/31/pastor.electrocuted.ap/index.html]
*[[Ghalib Abdul Mehdi]], brother of [[Iraq]] [[Vice President]] [[Adil Abdul Medhi]] and government official, [[murder]]ed in roadside ambush. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.main/index.html]
*[[Maurice Rosenfeld]], 91, [[United States|American]] attorney and film producer (''[[Bang the Drum Slowly]]''), [[heart failure]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10292]
*[[Emiliano Zuleta]], 93, [[Colombia]]n [[vallenato]] musician, [[respiratory disease]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10268]
;[[October 29|29]]
*[[Lloyd Bochner]], 81, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[character actor]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/arts/television/02bochner.html]
*[[Mor Julius Yeshu Cicek]], 63, highest-ranking [[Syriac Orthodox Church]] priest in [[Europe]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10283]
*[[John Elliott, Jr.]], 84, [[United States|American]] advertising executive, [[cerebral hemorrhage]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/31/nyregion/31Elliott.html]
*[[Robert Gerle]], 81, [[United States|American]] concert [[violinist]], [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/30/AR2005103001203.html]
*[[Valery Kokov]], 64, former President of [[Kabardino-Balkaria]], [[Russia]], [[cancer]].
*[[Al Lopez]], 97, oldest living member of the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]].
*[[H. Hunter Lott, Jr.]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[Squash (sport)|squash]] champion. [http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/13039727.htm]
*[[Bradley Mosley]], 22, former [[University of South Florida]] basketball player, kidney cancer. [http://www.sptimes.com/2005/10/30/Sports/Ex_USF_starter_Mosley.shtml]
;[[October 28|28]]
*[[Eugene K. Bird]], 79, longtime [[Spandau]] guard of [[Rudolf Hess]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10321]
*[[Bob Broeg]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[Hall of Fame]] [[baseball]] [[sports writer]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10263]
*[[Robert Paschal Burns]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[architect]], [[car accident]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10266]
*[[Alston Callahan]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[ophthalmologist]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10264]
*[[Raymond Hains]], 78, [[France|French]] artist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/arts/14hains.html]
*[[Tony Jackson (basketball player)|Tony Jackson]], 62, former [[St. John's University, New York|St. John's]] basketball standout. [http://www.nypost.com/sports/56466.htm] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/sports/ncaabasketball/02jackson.html]
*[[Cheryl McCall]], 55, director of [[documentary film]]s, political activist, advocate for the [[homeless]].
*[[Tahsin Ozguc]], 89, Archaeologist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/obituaries/19ozguc.html]
*[[Fernando Quejas]], 83, [[Cape Verde]]an [[singer]] and musician. [http://sg.news.yahoo.com/051029/1/3w1wg.html]
*[[Paul Reynard]], 78, [[France|French]]-born [[painter]], [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/arts/design/01reynard.html]
*[[Richard Smalley]], 62, [[Nobel Prize]]-winning [[chemist]], co-discoverer of [[fullerene]]s. [http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/13039729.htm]
*[[Ljuba Tadić]], 76, [[Serbs|Serbian]] actor
;[[October 27|27]]
*[[Georges Guingouin]], 92, one of the most famous [[France|French]] resistants. [http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr_compagnon/445.html]
*[[Archelaus L. Hamblen Jr.]], 86, retired [[U.S. Army]] [[brigadier general]], complications of a [[stroke]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/04/AR2005110401974.html]
*[[Jean-Claude Irvoas]], 56, [[France|French]] employee, murder.
*[[Tom Masland]], 55, [[United States|American]] [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[journalist]], injuries suffered in a [[car accident]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10260]
*[[Rene Moreau]], 108, among the last remaining [[France|French]] veterans of [[World War I]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10259]
*[[Eugene Petersen]], 81, [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]] chemist, cancer. [http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/11/17_ep.shtml]
*[[Grimes Poznikov]], 59, [[San Francisco]] [[busking|street performer]], [[alcohol poisoning]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10278]
*[[George Swindin]], 90, [[England|English]] [[football (soccer)|football]] [[goalkeeper]] and former manager of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]].
;[[October 26|26]]
*[[Marlin Gray]], 38, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed in [[Missouri]].
*[[Michael Kilian]], 66, [[United States|American]] author, writer of the [[Dick Tracy]] comic, [[liver failure]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/26/AR2005102602423.html]
*[[Emil Kyulev]], 48, one of the richest men in [[Bulgaria]], murdered in [[Sofia]].[http://www.news.bg/article.php?cid=7&pid=0&aid=165752]
*[[Angus McIntosh]], 91, linguist and medievalist, during [[World War II]] he cooperated on decrypting [[Enigma machine|Enigma codes]], died in [[Edinburgh]]. [http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/events/amcintosh.html]
*[[William L. McLaughlin]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[radiation]] [[scientist]], [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/science/04mclaughlin.html]
*[[Keith Parkinson]], 47, fantasy and Science-fiction artist and illustrator
*[[Rong Yiren]], 89, former [[Vice President of the People's Republic of China|Vice President]] of the [[People's Republic of China]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10254]
;[[October 25|25]]
*[[George T. Alexander, Jr.]], 34, 2,000th U.S. military death in [[Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2005|Iraq]]. [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-10-25T194546Z_01_YUE544037_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ.xml] [http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20051025-4982.html]
*[[Ricardo Brinzoni]], 60, [[Lieutenant General]] of the [[Argentina|Argentine]] Army and former Army chief-of-staff, [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://www.buenosairesherald.com/argentina/note.jsp?idContent=218870] [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/10/25/um/m-01077691.htm]
*[[Craig D. Calam]], 56, [[United States|American]] [[musician]], actor, comedian, cast member (as "Mugsy") of T.V's [[Uncle Floyd]] Show and creator of ''The 11th Hour'', [[cancer]]. [http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzNzYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY4MDA0NDAmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMg==]
*[[Frans van Dusschoten]], <!-- Dutch name, sorts under 'D' --> 72, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] comedian and voice artist, cancer. [http://www.volkskrant.nl/kunst/1130561858283.html]
*[[Enid A. Haupt]], 99, [[United States|American]] [[philanthropist]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/nyregion/27haupt.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1130396829-Bw8sl6JnMsPy0Njmpyzu6A]
*[[Wellington Mara]], 89, [[New York Giants]] co-owner, [[lymphoma]].
*[[Nirmal Verma]], 76, [[India]]n [[author]] and [[literary critic]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10251]
*[[Willie Williams]], 49, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed in [[Ohio]].
*[[Barbara Keogh]], 76, [[United Kingdom|British]] actress.
;[[October 24|24]]
*[[Ruth Clement Bond]], 101, [[United States|American]] [[quilt]]er and [[civic leader]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/13/obituaries/13bond.html]
*[[Ted Dushinski]], 61, former [[defensive back]] for the [[Canadian Football League|CFL]]'s [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]], [[lung cancer]].
*[[Mokarrameh Ghanbari]], 77, [[Iran]]ian painter.
*[[Phil Hays]], 74, [[United States|American]] [[illustrator]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/nyregion/30hays.html]
*[[Richard H. Holton]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[economist]], former official in the [[Kennedy Administration|Kennedy]] and [[L. Johnson Administration]]s, [[cancer]] and [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10276]
*[[José Azcona del Hoyo]], 78, [[President of Honduras]] ([[1986]]–[[1990]]).
*[[Denis Lindbohm]], 78, [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[science fiction]] author.
*[[Rosa Parks]], 92, [[African-American]] civil rights pioneer; "founding symbol of the [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|American Civil Rights Movement]]". [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/25/1412234] [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4973548&sourceCode=gaw] [http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/5165155/detail.html] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/national/25parks.html]
*[[Edward R. Roybal]], 89, [[Mexican-American]] former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Representative]] from [[California]], [[pneumonia]]
*[[Frank Wilson (Australian actor)|Frank Wilson]], 81, [[Australia]]n actor, singer, TV celebrity.
;[[October 23|23]]
*[[Harry Dalton]], 77, former [[Major League Baseball]] [[general manager (baseball)|general manager]] with the [[Baltimore Orioles]], [[Milwaukee Brewers]], and [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|California Angels]], [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AjPnHWUJSSLnieElnvp2OFwRvLYF?slug=ap-obit-dalton&prov=ap&type=lgns]
*[[Fred S. Fox]], 90, [[United States|American]] television script writer, especially comedies, [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10270]
*[[Simon Hobart]], 41, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[club promoter]]. [http://www.popstarz.org/html/bios/aboutsimon.html]
*[[William Hootkins]], 58, [[United States|American]] [[actor]].
*[[Reginald R. Meyers]], 85, [[United States Marines|Marine]] Medal of Honor recipient during [[Korean War]], complications from a stroke. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10374]
*[[John S. Monagan]], 93, former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Representative]] from [[Connecticut]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/24/AR2005102401860.html]
*[[John Muth]], 75, American economist.
*[[Stella Obasanjo]], 59, wife of [[Nigeria]]n president [[Olusegun Obasanjo]], complications from surgery. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary/index.html]
*[[Yon Hyong-muk]], 73, former [[Prime Minister]] of [[North Korea]], [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4368716.stm]
;[[October 22|22]]
*[[Tony Adams (producer)|Tony Adams]], 53, [[Ireland|Irish]]-born film and stage producer ''([[The Pink Panther]])'' ''([[Victor/Victoria]])''.
*[[Arman]] (né [[Armand Pierre Fernandez]]), 76, [[France|French]]-born [[sculpture|sculptor]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10234]
*[[Ted Bonda]], 88, former owner of the [[Cleveland Indians]] [[Major League Baseball]] team, [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Agvo3kqtWMIvq83NRtJ5XZkRvLYF?slug=ap-obit-bonda&prov=ap&type=lgns]
*[[Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez]], 43, [[musician]] and lead singer of [[Captain Jack (band)|Captain Jack]] under his stage name "Frankie Gee", [[cerebral haemorrhage]].
*[[Václav Král]], 69, [[Czech people|Czech]] car [[designer]]. ([http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Kr%C3%A1l Czech Wikipedia]).
*[[Liam Lawlor]], 61, [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála]] (TD), whose involvement in land rezoning and political corruption was the subject of the [[Flood Tribunal]], [[car]] accident in [[Moscow]]. [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2005/1022/index.htm#139532]
*[[Reggie Lisowski]], 79, former [[United States|American]] [[professional wrestler]] known as "The Crusher", [[brain tumor]].
;[[October 21|21]]
*[[Karin Adelmund]], 56, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician.
*[[Robert E. Badham]], 76, former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Representative]] from [[California]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/22/AR2005102201286.html]
*[[Marshall Clagett]], 89, Professor Emeritus at [[Princeton University]]'s [[Institute for Advanced Study]], [[historian]] of [[science]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/nyregion/26CLAGETT.html]
*[[Tara Correa-McMullen]], 16, actress who appeared on [[Judging Amy]], shooting. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051029/ap_en_tv/actress_killed;_ylt=AvahSeL0WcuG74vXaEYIpY98FxkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-]
*[[Dick Galiette]], 72, early [[ESPN]] anchor and longtime [[American football|football]] broadcaster. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10236]
*[[Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi]], defense lawyer in [[Saddam Hussein]]'s trial, murdered by unknown assailants in [[Baghdad]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_051021124226;_ylt=AgyvmwlEmdiyu0nDvwLt5llX6GMA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl]
*Sir [[Nigel Mobbs]], 68, [[Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/22/db2201.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/10/22/ixportal.html]
*Rabbi [[Herman N. Neuberger]], 87, leader and president of [[Ner Israel Rabbinical College]] for over 50 years[http://www.jewishtimes.com/2685.stm].
*[[Lou Rossini]], 84, former basketball coach of [[New York University]], [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9783779/]
*[[Leopold Steiner]], 62, controversial [[Austria]]n [[businessman]], convicted of [[fraud]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10257]
*[[Bob White]], 77, American cartoonist ([[Archie Comics]]) [http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA103005.06B.Obit_White.bde06ec.html]
;[[October 20|20]]
*[[Jean-Michel Folon]], 71, [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[artist]].
*[[Michael Gill]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[television]] [[Television producer|producer]], [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10256]
*[[Shirley Horn]], 71, [[African American]] [[jazz]] singer, complications of [[diabetes]].
*[[André van der Louw]], 72, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician, [[cancer]]. [http://www.nu.nl/news/612094/11/Andr%E9_van_der_Louw_overleden.html]
*[[Endon Mahmood]], 64, [[Malaysia]]n Prime Minister's wife, [[breast cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10226]
*[[Luis Ramirez]], 42, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed in [[Texas]].
*[[Eva Švankmajerová]], 65, [[Czech people|Czech]] [[Surrealism|surrealistic]] [[List of painters|painter]]. [http://www.nekrolog.cz/index.php/2005/10/20/eva-svankmajerova/|Nekrolog] (in Czech)
;[[October 19|19]]
*[[Robert H. Johnston]], 77, [[United States|American]] [[archeologist]], expert on the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/nyregion/26johnston.html]
*[[Corinne Levesque]], 61, wife of former [[Quebec]] Premier [[René Lévesque]], throat cancer
*[[Ormond McGill]], 92, [[United States|American]] Dean of American Hypnotists, [[Hypnotism#Stage hypnotism|stage hypnotist]], [[hypnotherapy|hypnotherapist]], and teacher. [http://www.legacy.com/SFGATE/LegacySubPage2.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=15508852]
*[[Luis Adolfo Siles]], 80, former President of [[Bolivia]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10223]
*[[Edward R. Telling]], 86, [[United States|American]] businessman, [[cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10227]
*[[Dallas Cook]], 23, [[trombone]] player for [[Suburban Legends]], [[hit-and-run]] [[motorcycle]] accident.
;[[October 18|18]]
*[[William Evan Allan]], 106, last [[Australia]]n [[World War I]] veteran (active service), sailor. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/goodbye-evan-allan/2005/10/18/1129401256761.html]
*[[Sidney Geist]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[sculpture|sculptor]], teacher, and art critic, [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/21/arts/design/21geist.html]
*[[Johnny Haynes]], 71, [[England|English]] footballer, [[car accident]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4353732.stm]
*[[Bill King]], 78, [[United States|American]] sports [[Broadcasting|broadcast]]er.
*[[Hal Lebovitz]], 89, [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] sportswriter, [[cancer]].
*[[John Mink]], 81, businessman, husband of late [[United States Representative]] [[Patsy Mink]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10219]
*[[Letchemanah Ramasamy]], 55, [[Malaysia]]n [[strongman (strength athlete)|strongman]] and world record holder. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10216]
*[[Louise H. Stanford]], 62, [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] activist and author. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10290]
*[[Phil Starr]], 72, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[gay]] [[cabaret singer]] and comedian.
*[[Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev]], 81, [[Russia]]n politician and architect of [[perestroika]].
;[[October 17|17]]
*[[Marvin Chodorow]], 92 [[Stanford University]] physics professor, helped develop the [[klystron tube]].
*[[Tom Gill (comics)|Tom Gill]], 92, [[United States|American]] comic book artist (''[[The Lone Ranger]]''). [http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-10-18T234119Z_01_FOR885213_RTRUKOC_0_US-GILL.xml&archived=False]
*[[Carlos Gomes (footballer)|Carlos Gomes]], 73, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[goalkeeper]] with [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting Lisbon]] and [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in the [[1950s]] and [[1960s]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4352470.stm]
*[[Ba Jin]], 100, [[China|Chinese]] writer, [[cancer]] and [[Parkinson's disease]].
*[[Kannan]], 70, [[India]]n [[actor]].
*[[Donald K. Tucker]], 67, [[civil rights]] [[activist]] and [[New Jersey General Assembly]]man, complications of [[diabetes]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10222]
*[[Charles Yates (golfer)|Charles Yates]], 92, [[professional golfer]], played in first [[The Masters Tournament|Masters]], [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10209]
;[[October 16|16]]
*[[Leo Bogart]], 84, [[United States|American]] [[sociologist]], [[babesiosis]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/19/business/media/19bogart.html]
*[[William S. Busik]], [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[captain]], former star [[college football]] player. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/21/AR2005102102023.html]
*[[Elmer Dresslar, Jr.]], 80, voice of the [[Jolly Green Giant]], [[cancer]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051026/ap_on_en_tv/obit_dresslar] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/27/arts/television/27dresslar.html]
*[[Ursula Howells]], 83, [[United Kingdom|British]] character actress ''([[The Forsyte Saga]])''.
*[[Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[history]] [[professor]], expert on [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] history. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/books/18josephy.html]
*[[Penn Kemble]], 64, [[United States|American]] political [[activist]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801743.html]
*[[John Larch]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[character actor]].
*[[Eugene "Porky" Lee]], 71, [[United States|American]] [[child actor]], [[lung cancer]].
*[[Barrington Moore, Jr.]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[sociologist]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/22/national/22MOORE.html]
*[[David Reilly (singer)|David Reilly]], 34, lead singer/songwriter/musician of [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]] band [[God Lives Underwater]].
*Gillian Clark, 57, passionate about her family, friends and all things Egyptian. [[United Kingdom|British]], [[Gallbladder Cancer]].
*[[Debbie Runions]], 55, prominent [[United States|American]] [[AIDS]] [[activist]], complications of AIDS. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10220]
*[[Thomas Swayze, Jr.]], 74, former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Speaker of the House of [[Washington]] State. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10221]
;[[October 15|15]]
*[[Giuseppe Cardinal Caprio]], 90, [[cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
*[[Jason Collier]], 28, [[Atlanta Hawks]] [[basketball]] player, heart abnormality. [http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AlV2L4IlzORfLy30rdPxiRa8vLYF?slug=ap-hawks-collierdeath&prov=ap&type=lgns], [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/basketball/nba/10/31/collier.ap/index.html?cnn=yes]
*[[Voit Gilmore]], 87, former [[North Carolina]] state Senator and [[Kennedy Administration]] official, complications of [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10224]
*[[Efraim Reuytenberg]], 91, [[Israel]]i [[painter]], known for use of [[China|Chinese]] motifs. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10229]
*[[Kathryn O. Scott]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[textile conservator]], among the pioneers of that practice. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/nyregion/28scott.html]
*[[Mildred Shay]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[actress]].
*[[Arthur W. Wang]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[publisher]], [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/19/arts/19wang.html]
*[[Al Widmar]], 80, former [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher (baseball)|pitcher]] and pitching coach, [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10208]
*[[David J. Wimer]], 65, [[United States|American]] business and political consultant, [[cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/20/AR2005102001930.html]
*[[Matti Wuori]], 60, [[Finland|Finnish]] advocate and politician, cancer.
;[[October 14|14]]
*[[Edmund Bacon]], 95, [[United States|American]] [[urban planner]] and the father of actor [[Kevin Bacon]]. [http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/12906080.htm]
*[[Ian Breakwell]], 62, British artist in multiple mediums.
*[[David Citino]], 58, [[United States|American]] [[poet]] and [[professor]], [[multiple sclerosis]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10207]
*[[Ralph M. Graham]], 95, [[United States|American]] former star [[college football]] player and coach. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10225]
*[[Martha Nell Hardy]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] and [[professor]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10211]
*[[Oleg Lundstrem]], 89, [[Russia]]n jazz musician.
*[[Joke Waller-Hunter]], 58, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] senior [[United Nations]] official. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10195]
;[[October 13|13]]
*[[Emile Capouya]], 80, [[United States|American]] publisher, author, and [[literary critic]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/books/07capouya.html]
*[[Andy Chalmers]], 84, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[submarine]] officer who helped prevent advanced [[Germany|German]] weapons technology from reaching [[Japan]] in [[World War II]].[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=5FJVZGCC2X0JDQFIQMFCFFOAVCBQYIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2005/11/24/db2402.xml]
*[[István Eörsi]], 74, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[left-wing]] [[intellectual]], [[leukemia]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10191]
*[[Thomas Frutig]], 59, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] businessman. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10214]
*[[Vivian Malone Jones]], 63, [[civil rights]] pioneer, [[stroke]]. [http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20051013%2F1542774782.htm&sc=1110]
*[[Marie Lord]] (aka Marie Ryan), 100, [[United States|American]] actress; wife of late actor [[Jack Lord]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10197]
*[[Pierre van Ostade]], 88, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] radio and television personality. [http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/26869761/Pierre_van_Ostade_(88)_overleden.html].
*[[Armelio Ferras Pellicer]], 92, [[Cuba]]n revolutionary. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10192]
*[[Philip Robbins]], 74, [[United States|American]] [[journalist]], [[professor]], and [[constitutional law]] expert. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10202]
*[[Jerome Roth]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[oboe|oboist]], [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/arts/music/14roth.html]
*[[Robert M. Scott]], 76, former president of the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], [[liver failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/15/arts/15scott.html]
*[[Wayne Weiler]], 70, [[racecar]] driver.
;[[October 12|12]]
*[[Zhang Bairen]], 90, [[China|Chinese]] underground [[Roman Catholic]] bishop, [[heart disease]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10186]
*[[Mary Chaney]], 77, noted [[United States|American]] courtroom [[sketch artist]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10203]
*[[Ghazi Kanaan]], 63, [[Syria]]n [[Interior Minister]], officially [[suicide]] (though suspicious). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4334442.stm]
*[[Baker Knight]], 72, [[United States|American]] songwriter ("[[Lonesome Town]]"). [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10199]
*[[David E. McGiffert]], 79, [[United States|American]] lawyer and [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]] official, [[heart failure]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/21/AR2005102102012.html]
*[[Joseph Pons, Sr.]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[thoroughbred horse]] breeder, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/15/sports/othersports/15pons.html]
*[[C. Delores Tucker]], 78, [[civil rights]] [[activist]] and former [[Pennsylvania]] Secretary of State. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10188]
*[[Jack White (reporter)|Jack White]], 63, [[United States|American]] reporter. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/12/white.obit.ap/index.html]
;[[October 11|11]]
*[[Tony Bass]], 71, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] singer-songwriter. [http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/26728071/Liedjesschrijver_en_zanger_Tony_Bass_overleden.html]
*[[Sergio Citti]], 72, [[Italy|Italian]] [[screenwriter]] and [[film director]], frequent collaborator with [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]; [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117931204?categoryid=1043&cs=1]
*[[Sonji Clay-Glover]], 59, singer, famous as the first wife of [[Muhammad Ali]], apparent [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10187]
*[[Carla Emery|Carla Emery DeLong]], 66, American proponent of [[organic farming]] and the [[homesteading]] movement; author of ''The Encyclopedia of Country Living''. [[hypotension]].
*[[Alex Harvin]], 55, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] former [[South Carolina]] House Majority Leader. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10184]
*[[Jan Holden]], 74, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actress]], ''([[The Cheaters (tv series)|The Cheaters]])''.
*[[Attila İlhan]], 80, [[Turkey|Turkish]] poet and writer.
*[[Arthur Seldon]], 89, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[libertarian]] [[economist]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/15/obituaries/15seldon.html]
*[[Edward Szczepanik]], 90, former and last [[Prime Minister]] of the [[Polish Government in Exile]].
*[[Cor Veldhoen]], 66, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] soccer player ([[Feyenoord]] and [[Netherlands national football team|national team]]). [http://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/1129007117105.html], [http://www.feyenoord.nl/domains/feyenoord/pages/article_v2.asp?content=12790000011589_2_12770000000008]
*[[Aloysius John Wycislo]], 97, [[Bishop]] Emeritus of [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]. [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwycislo.html]
;[[October 10|10]]
*[[Angelo Argea]], 75, longtime [[caddy]] for legendary [[professional golfer|golfer]] [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Hepatocellular carcinoma|liver cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10175]
*[[Aivaras Balzekas]], 23, [[Lithuania]]n [[tennis]] player, car accident.
*[[Wayne C. Booth]], 84, [[United States|American]] professor, literary critic, and [[rhetoric]]ian, complications of [[dementia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/books/11booth.html]
*[[Nick Hawkins (musician)|Nick Hawkins]], 40, [[electric guitar]]ist with [[Big Audio Dynamite]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nme.co.uk/news/big-audiodynamite/21265]
*[[Betty Lee Hunt]], 85, [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] producer and agent, [[non-Hodgkins lymphoma]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/17/arts/17hunt.html]
*[[Henk Jurriaans]], 64, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] artist. [http://www.volkskrant.nl/kunst/1129179524389.html]
*[[Larry "Flame" Moore]], 56, [[surfing]] [[photographer]], [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10180]
*[[Margaret Russo]], 56, [[Australia]]n tennis player, [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/16/AR2005101601070.html]
*[[Milton Obote]], 80, former [[Uganda]]n president.
;[[October 9|9]]
*[[Clóvis Bornay]], 89, [[Brazil]]ian [[carnival]] designer and [[museum curator]], [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10166]
*[[Tom Cheek]], 66, longtime [[Toronto Blue Jays]] play-by-play announcer, [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/news_story.asp?id=139222]
*[[Mackie McLeod]], 57, [[United States|American]] [[anti-Apartheid]] [[activist]], [[kidney failure]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/19/AR2005101902353.html]
*[[Louis Nye]], 92, [[United States|American]] comedian, [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.courant.com/news/local/hce-louisnyeobit.oct10,0,1822632.story?&track=rss]
*[[Steven Peck]], 76, [[United States|American]] [[dancer]], [[choreographer]] and actor, [[cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10230]
*[[Ted Peschak]], 87, [[United States|American]] educational film director, [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101402234.html]
*[[Frederic Quitkin]], 68, [[United States|American]] [[psychiatrist]], expert on [[clinical depression|depression]], [[pancreatic cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/nyregion/30quitkin.html]
*[[George Ringwald]], 81, [[United States|American]] [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning [[journalist]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10179]
*[[LeRoy Whitfield]], 36, [[African-American]] [[writer]] and [[AIDS]] [[activist]], complications of AIDS. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10174]
*[[Shams Ul Huda Shams]], 66, President of Afghan Mellat Party and nationalist leader. [http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/dec2005-daily/06-12-2005/metro/p10.htm]
;[[October 8|8]]
*[[Henry Hwang]], 77, founded the first federally-chartered [[Chinese-American]] [[bank]], [[Colorectal cancer|colon cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10177]
*[[Edward B. Marks]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[activist]] for [[refugee]] relief, [[heart disease]] and [[renal failure]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/13/AR2005101302028.html]
*[[Jim Wessel]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[broadcasting]] executive. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10185]
;[[October 7|7]]
*[[Tobin Armstrong]], 82, [[United States|U.S.]] [[cattle ranch]]er and political [[lobbyist]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10189]
*[[Devery Freeman]], 92, [[screenwriter]], among the founders of the [[Writers Guild of America, west|Script Writers Guild]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10190]
*[[William H. McKeon]], 85, former [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] leader in [[New York]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/obituaries/12McKEON.html]
*[[Tracey Miller]], 51, [[radio]] host, pioneer of [[women's sports]] [[broadcasting]], [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10178]
*[[Stefan Presser]], 52, [[United States|American]] lawyer, former [[ACLU]] official, [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/national/10presser.html]
*[[Richard Stone Reeves]], 85, renowned [[equestrianism|equestrian]] [[portrait]]ist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/12/arts/12reeves.html]
*[[Charles Rocket]], 56, [[actor]], best known for getting fired from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' for uttering an obscenity near the end of the show, [[suicide]]. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117931030?categoryId=25&cs=1]
*[[Foster Smith]], 83, retired [[U.S. Air Force]] [[major general]], [[heart disease]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/08/AR2005110801870.html]
*[[Michael Ward]], 80, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mountaineer]] and [[surgery|surgeon]], member of [[1953]] [[Mt. Everest]] expedition. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/international/europe/25ward.html]
;[[October 6|6]]
*[[Ray Bumatai]], 52, [[Hawaii]]an [[comedian]], [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10165]
*[[Ettore Cunial]], 99, world's oldest [[Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]].
*[[Horst Floth]], 71, [[Germany|German]] [[bobsled]]der, world champion and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] silver medallist.
*[[Louise Gore]], 80, prominent [[Maryland]] [[politician]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/06/AR2005100602042.html]
*[[Ronald Ray Howard]], 32, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed in [[Texas]].
*[[Sanford M. Katz]], 75, [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] [[lawyer]], defended the [[Panther 21]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/13/nyregion/13KATZ.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1129212191-NlDShG/GMbXy/DfUxk9s/Q]
*[[Bert T. Kobayashi, Sr.]], 89, former [[Hawaii Supreme Court]] Justice. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10171]
*[[David Zenoff]], 89, former [[Nevada Supreme Court]] Justice, perhaps most known for performing the [[marriage]] of [[Elvis Presley]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10159]
;[[October 5|5]]
*[[Don Alvaro Domecq y Diez]], 88, [[Spain|Spanish]] [[aristocrat]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/19/db1902.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/10/19/ixportal.html]
*[[Maura Murphy]], 77, [[Ireland|Irish]] author. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/25/db2502.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/10/25/ixportal.html]
*[[John van Hengel]], 83, founder of [[America's Second Harvest]], [[food bank]] pioneer. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10163]
;[[October 4|4]]
*[[John Falloon]], 63, former [[New Zealand Cabinet]] minister.
*[[Mike Gibbins]], 56, [[Wales|Welsh]] drummer, member of rock band [[Badfinger]].
*[[Jim Gray (UDA member)|Jim Gray]], 47, [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]] [[Ulster loyalism|loyalist]], [[murdered]].
*[[Stanley K. Hathaway]], 81, former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Governor of Wyoming]], ([[1967]]-[[1975]]), [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] ([[1975]]).
*[[Vakhtang Jordania]], 62, [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n (formerly [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]) [[conducting|conductor]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/05/AR2005100502255.html]
*[[Harold Leventhal]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[folk music]] promoter. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/arts/music/06leventhal.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1128585960-sdRfXgDxpnomON9joPPyQw]
*[[William J. Ruane]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[philanthropist]] and [[financier]], [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/05/AR2005100502298.html]
*[[John E. Struggles]], 91, [[United States|American]] businessman, pioneer of executive "head-hunting." [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/obituaries/08struggles.html]
;[[October 3|3]]
*[[Ronnie Barker]], 76, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedian]] and [[actor]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4307216.stm]
*[[Emilinha Borba]], 82, [[Brazil]]ian [[singer]] and [[actress]]. [http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u53975.shtml]
*[[Alastair GW Cameron|Alastair G. W. Cameron]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[astrophysicist]] of [[Canada|Canadian]] birth. He was responsible for [[Giant Impact Theory of Lunar Creation]] and pioneer work on [[Stellar nucleosynthesis]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/29/science/space/29cameron.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1130605326-uuTmyibwl/pr8xYJyv4hRQ]
*[[David Cohen]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[politician]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/local/12808188.htm]
*[[Sarah Levy-Tanai]], 95, [[Israel]]i [[choreographer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10148]
*[[Francesco Scoglio|Francesco (Franco) Scoglio]], 64, [[Italy|Italian]] [[soccer]] trainer.
;[[October 2|2]]
*[[Hamilton Camp]], 71, [[United States|American]] actor, singer, and songwriter.
*[[Mother Benedict Duss]], 94, founder of the Abbey of Regina Laudis, [[Bethlehem, Connecticut]], the first independent [[cloistered]] female [[Benedictine]] abbey in the [[United States|U.S.]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10146] [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/nyregion/10duss.html]
*[[Pat Kelly (baseball outfielder)|Patrick Kelly (baseball player)]], 61, [[United States|American]] former [[Major League Baseball]] [[All-Star]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10150]
*[[Pauline Parsons]], 93, former Matron-in-Chief, [[Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service]].
*[[Nipsey Russell]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[comedian]], [[poet]] and [[actor]], [[cancer]]. [http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_276141748.html]
*[[Ernest G. Szechenyi]], 91, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Count]], [[thoroughbred horse]] breeder, [[stroke]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/14/AR2005101402208.html]
*[[August Wilson]], 60, [[United States|American]] [[playwright]] (''[[Fences]]'', ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'', ''[[The Piano Lesson]]''), [[Hepatocellular carcinoma|liver cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/02/AR2005100200867.html]
;[[October 1|1]]
*[[David Case (actor)|David Case]], 73, [[United Kingdom|British]] actor, well-known for reading over 700 [[audio books]], [[Esophageal cancer|throat cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/04/AR2005100401728.html]
*[[Morrell Draper]], 84, [[Australia]]n medical researcher. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1663138,00.html]
*[[Sam Goldaper]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[sports writer]] and [[journalist]], complications of a [[stroke]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/sports/04goldaper.html]
*[[Robert Hanson (Air Forces)|Robert Hanson]], 85, last-surviving crew-member of the [[Memphis Belle (B-17)|Memphis Belle]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10153]
*Sir [[Edwin A. G. Manton]], 96, [[United Kingdom|British]] insurance executive and patron of the arts. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/business/16manton.html]
*[[Paul Pena]], 55, [[blues]] [[guitarist]] and [[songwriter]], complications of [[diabetes]] and [[pancreatitis]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/arts/music/05pena.html]
*[[Harlo Jones]], 81, Canadian World War II bomber pilot, stroke. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FLAC.20060128.OBJONES28%2FTPStory%2F%3Fquery=&ord=1141027449059&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true]
*[[Janet Adair]], 104, [[Actor|actress]]
[[Category:2005 deaths|*10]]