Deaths in October 2006 3916338 212824797 2008-05-16T13:01:57Z RussBot 279219 Robot-assisted fix [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation page]] German [[Deaths in 2006]] : [[Deaths in December 2005|←]] - [[Deaths in January 2006|January]] - [[Deaths in February 2006|February]] - [[Deaths in March 2006|March]] - [[Deaths in April 2006|April]] - [[Deaths in May 2006|May]] - [[Deaths in June 2006|June]] - [[Deaths in July 2006|July]] - [[Deaths in August 2006|August]] - [[Deaths in September 2006|September]] - October - [[Deaths in November 2006|November]] - [[Deaths in December 2006|December]]- [[Deaths in January 2007|→]]<br/> The following is a list of notable deaths in [[October 2006]]. See [[Deaths in 2006]] for other months. {{tocright}} ===[[October 31|31]]=== *[[Pieter Willem Botha|P. W. Botha]], 90, [[South Africa]]n [[politician]], [[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]] (1978–1984), [[State President of South Africa|State President]] (1984–1989), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/africa/2281566.stm] *[[Shane Drury]], 27, [[United States|American]] professional [[bull rider]] in the [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association|PRCA]], [[Ewing's sarcoma]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/prorodeo/news/story?page=g_fea_Carmody_Drury_061031] *[[William Franklyn]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]], [[prostate cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6102224.stm] *[[Peter Fryer]], 79, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[journalist]] who reported on the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1938086,00.html] *[[Michael James Genovese]], 87, [[United States|American]] alleged [[Mafia]] boss of [[Pittsburgh]]. [http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/rss/s_477755.html] *[[George B. Thomas]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]] and [[author]], [[natural causes]]. [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/obit-thomas.html] *[[Nicholas John Vine-Hall]], 62, [[Australia]]n [[genealogist]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/lifetime-interest-in-genealogy-was-sparked-by-a-family-link-tojames-cook/2006/11/13/1163266477542.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1] ===[[October 30|30]]=== *[[Clifford Geertz]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[Cultural anthropology|cultural anthropologist]], complications following [[heart surgery]]. [http://www.ias.edu/Newsroom/announcements/Uploads/view.php?cmd=view&id=354] *[[Jens Christian Hauge]], 91, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Milorg|World War II resistance]] leader, first postwar [[Norwegian Ministry of Defence|defence minister]], [[natural causes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/04/world/europe/04hauge.html] [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1513754.ece] *[[Junji Kinoshita]], 92, [[Japan]]ese [[playwright]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20061201a5.html] *[[Ian Rilen]], 58, [[Australia]]n [[bass guitar|bass]] player ([[Rose Tattoo]]), [[bladder cancer]]. [http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/rose-tattoo-legend-dies/2006/10/30/1162056916550.html] *[[Aud Schønemann]], 83, [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[actress]]. [http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article1514915.ece] (Norwegian) *[[Mose Tolliver]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[folk art]]ist, [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/31/421936-ala-folk-artist-mose-tolliver-82-dies] ===[[October 29|29]]=== *[[Nigel Kneale]], 84, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[scriptwriter]] (''[[The Quatermass Experiment]]''), [[stroke]]. [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article1945772.ece] *[[Mohammadu Maccido]], 78, [[Nigeria]]n [[Sultan of Sokoto]], [[Muslim]] spiritual leader, [[ADC Airlines Flight 53|aeroplane crash]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6096420.stm] *[[Silas Simmons]], 111, [[United States|American]] [[Negro league baseball]] player, oldest known professional baseball player. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/sports/baseball/01simmons.html] [http://www.sptimes.com/2006/10/31/Southpinellas/Oldest_ex_baseball_pl.shtml] ===[[October 28|28]]=== *[[Red Auerbach]], 89, [[United States|American]] coach of the [[Boston Celtics]] (1950–1966), [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_obit_auerbach] *[[Tina Aumont]], 60, [[France|French]] actress, [[pulmonary embolism]]. [http://www.corriere.it/ultima_ora/agrnews.jsp?id=%7B71863434-B3BB-46AF-A060-2C40822FF97A%7D] (Italian) *[[György Bence]], 64, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[philosopher]]. [http://metazin.hu/node/685?PHPSESSID=4e29ba44b8da6f8855d34c3a405a3119] (Hungarian) *[[Trevor Berbick]], 51, [[Jamaica]]n former [[heavyweight]] [[boxing]] champion, last boxer to face [[Muhammad Ali]], [[homicide]]. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1934408,00.html] *[[Brian Brolly]], 70, [[United Kingdom|British]] co-manager of [[Wings (band)|Wings]] (1973–1978), [[Managing Director|MD]] of [[Really Useful Group|RUG]] (1978–1988), co-founder of [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2443987.html] * [[Henry Fok]], 83, [[Hong Kong]] businessman, [[philanthropist]] and [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|CCPPC]] official, [[lymphoma]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/28/AR2006102801215.html] *[[Richard Gilman]], 83, [[United States|American]] drama and [[literary critic]], [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/theater/31gilman.html] *[[Peter Gingold]], 90, [[Germany|German]] [[anti-fascism|anti-fascist]]. [http://www.jungewelt.de/2006/10-30/042.php] (German) *[[Marijohn Wilkin]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[country music|country]] songwriter, member of the [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]], [[heart failure]]. [http://www.forbes.com/technology/ebusiness/feeds/ap/2006/10/29/ap3128261.html] ===[[October 27|27]]=== *[[John Raymond Broadbent (1914)|John Raymond Broadbent]], 92, [[Australia]]n [[Australian Army|Army]] officer and [[lawyer]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/proud-soldier-and-legal-innovator/2006/11/15/1163266634053.html] *[[Jozsef Gregor]], 66, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[opera singer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/obituaries/31gregor.html] [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/1403AP_Obit_Gregor.html] *[[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]], 91, [[Pakistan]]i [[President of Pakistan|President]] (1988–1993), [[pneumonia]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6090684.stm] *[[Marlin McKeever]], 66, [[United States|American]] former [[American football|football]] player, head injuries from a fall. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/15867680.htm] *[[Joe Niekro]], 61, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher, [[brain aneurysm]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2641235] *[[Muhammad Qasim]], 32, [[Pakistan]]i [[field hockey]] [[goalkeeper]], [[cancer]]. [http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?158104] * [[Albrecht von Goertz]], 92, [[Germany|German]]-born [[United States|American]] [[car designer]]. [http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=117485] *[[Bradley Roland Will]], 36, [[United States|American]] [[Indymedia]] reporter, shot whilst covering a [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[2006 Oaxaca protests|teachers' strike]]. [http://www.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/849305.shtml] ===[[October 26|26]]=== *[[Gary Coull]], 52, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[journalist]], co-founder of [[CLSA]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b794499a-6547-11db-90fd-0000779e2340.html] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2427916.html] *[[Rogério Duprat]], 74, [[Brazil]]ian [[composer]], [[cancer]]. [http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/0,,AA1326835-7085,00.html] (Portuguese) *[[Tillman Franks]], 86, [[United States|American]] [[bassist]], [[songwriter]] and [[country music]] manager, [[natural causes]]. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/obituaries/stories/DN-franksobit_30met.ART.North.Edition1.3e4d066.html] *[[Ralph R. Harding]], 77, [[United States|American]] congressman from [[Idaho]] (1961–1965). [http://www.magicvalley.com/news_other/news_idaho/?storyid=/dynamic/stories/I/ID_OBIT_HARDING_IDOL-] *[[Pontus Hultén]], 82, [[Sweden|Swedish]] art collector and museum director. [http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/inrikes/did_13943899.asp] (Swedish) *[[John Kentish]], 96, [[United Kingdom|British]] operatic [[tenor]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2466326,00.html] *[[Kojima Nobuo]], 91, [[Japan]]ese [[author]], [[pneumonia]]. [http://flash24.kyodo.co.jp/?MID=DLT&PG=STORY&NGID=mour&NWID=2006102601000190] (Japanese) *[[Theodore Taylor (author)|Theodore Taylor]], 85, [[United States|American]] [[writer]] (''[[The Cay]]''), [[heart attack]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-taylor28oct28,1,225733.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california] ===[[October 25|25]]=== *[[Paul Ableman]], 79, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[playwright]] and [[novelist]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1967422,00.html] *[[Kintaro Ohki]], 77, [[South Korea]]n [[wrestler]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200610/kt2006102617163954470.htm] *[[Danny Rolling]], 52, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, [[executed]] by [[lethal injection]]. [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061025-080319-5700r] ===[[October 24|24]]=== *[[Daisy (dog)|Daisy]], 13, [[Yorkshire terrier]] companion of murdered [[Germany|German]] [[designer]] [[Rudolph Moshammer]]. [http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_imageoftheday/0,2173,1466345_lang_2,00.html] *[[Jeffrey Lundgren]], 56, [[United States|American]] convicted [[murderer]], [[executed]] by [[lethal injection]]. [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-10-24T163208Z_01_N24187423_RTRUKOC_0_US-EXECUTION-OHIO.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-domesticNews-3] *[[Enolia McMillan]], 102, [[United States|American]] [[civil rights activist]], first female president of the [[NAACP]], [[heart failure]]. [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15417515/] *[[Benjamin Meed]], 88, [[Poland|Polish]]-born [[United States|American]] president and co-founder of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/obituaries/26meed.html] *[[Jack Radtke]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] player. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=radtkja01] *[[William Montgomery Watt]], 97, [[United Kingdom|British]] professor of Arabic and [[Islamic Studies]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. [http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=46952&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs] ===[[October 23|23]]=== *[[Leonid Hambro]], 86, [[United States|American]] concert pianist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/obituaries/26hambro.html] *[[Jane Elizabeth Hodgson]], 91, [[United States|American]] doctor and [[abortion rights]] advocate. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/us/05hodgson.html] *[[Bruno Lauzi]], 69, [[Italy|Italian]] singer and composer, [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.primocanale.it/news.php?id=11328] (Italian) *[[Lebo Mathosa]], 29, [[South Africa]]n singer, [[car accident]]. [http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=287424] *[[Todd Skinner]], 48, [[United States|American]] [[free climbing|free climber]], climbing accident. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/27/sports/othersports/27skinner.html] [http://test.denverpost.com/rockies/ci_4542666] *[[Rein Strikwerda]], 76, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] doctor and knee injury specialist. [http://www.destentor.nl/sport/algemeen/article766224.ece] ===[[October 22|22]]=== *[[Choi Kyu-hah]], 87, [[South Korea]]n [[President of South Korea|president]] (1979–1980). [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/22/news/obit.php] *[[Nelson de la Rosa]], 38, [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] actor, "World's Shortest Man" in the 1989 [[Guinness Book of Records]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2635348] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1573643.html] *[[Masayuki Fujio]], 89, [[Japan]]ese former [[minister of education]]. [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20061024TDY02006.htm] (Japanese) *[[Arthur Hill (actor)|Arthur Hill]], 84, [[Canadian]] [[Tony Award]]-winning [[actor]] (''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''), [[Alzheimer's disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/27/obituaries/27hill.html] [http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_299161716.html] *[[Mancs]], 12, [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[rescue dog]] with the [[Miskolc]] Spider Special Rescue Team, [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/display.php?weekof=2006-10-28#D4535] *[[Richard Mayes]], 83, [[United Kingdom|British]] stage and television actor. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article644744.ece] *[[Michael Mayne]], 77, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[clergyman]], [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of [[Westminster Abbey]] (1986–1996), [[cancer]] of the jaw. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/10/24/db2401.xml] ===[[October 21|21]]=== *[[Peter Barkworth]], 77, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]], [[bronchopneumonia]] following a [[stroke]]. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2419859_1,00.html][http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6085548.stm] *[[Paul Biegel]], 81, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[writer]] of [[children's literature]]. [http://www.vaarwel.nl/register/2514/Paul-Biegel.html] (Dutch) *[[Pye Chamberlayne]], 68, [[United States|American]] radio [[journalist]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/chi-0611080118nov08,1,7226135.story] *[[Daryl Duke]], 77, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[film director]] ''([[The Thorn Birds]])'', [[pulmonary fibrosis]]. [http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=8feee1a7-b0e8-44c1-9deb-e3ba5cc2879f&k=64006] *[[Bryan Hipp]], [[United States|American]] [[guitarist]] ([[Diabolic]], [[Cradle of Filth]]). [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=60769] * [[Bob Mann (football player)|Bob Mann]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player ([[Detroit Lions]]). [http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/story/9752441] * [[Arthur Peacocke]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[scientist]] and [[theologian]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/10/25/db2501.xml] * [[Milton Selzer]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. [http://www.einsiders.com/features/columns/oct06obituaries.php] *[[Paul Walters]], 59, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[BBC]] [[radio producer |radio]] and [[TV producer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6072478.stm] *[[Sandy West]], 47, [[United States|American]] [[drummer]] and [[vocalist]] ([[The Runaways]]), [[lung cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6079542.stm] ===[[October 20|20]]=== *[[Don Burroughs]], 75, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player (1955–1964), [[cancer]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-burroughs1nov01,1,3726708.story?coll=la-news-obituaries&ctrack=1&cset=true] *[[Irene Galitzine]], 90, [[Russia]]n-born [[Italy|Italian]] [[fashion designer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/world/europe/22galitzine.html] [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1559912006] *[[Maxi Herber]], 86, [[Germany|German]] [[Figure skating|figure skater]], gold medal winner at the [[1936 Winter Olympics]], [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/21/sports/EU_SPT_OLY_Obit_Baier.php] *[[Lawrence Kolb]], 95, [[United States|American]] [[psychiatry|psychiatrist]], leader in community [[mental health]] movement. [http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/41/24/14] *[[Eric Newby]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[travel writer]]. [http://news.syd.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=154697] *[[Jane Wyatt]], 96, [[United States|American]] [[actress]] ''([[Father Knows Best]], [[Star Trek]])'', [[natural causes]]. [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/22/janewyatt.obit/index.html] ===[[October 19|19]]=== *[[Ralph Harris, Baron Harris of High Cross]], 81, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[life peer]], founder of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6067362.stm] *[[Phyllis Kirk]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[actress]] (''[[House of Wax (1953 film)|House of Wax]]'', ''[[The Thin Man (TV series)|The Thin Man]]''), [[aneurysm|post cerebral aneurysm]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/arts/23kirk.html] [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/10/20/entertainment/e225655D81.DTL] *[[Srividya]], 53, [[India]]n [[actress]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=National&slug=Actress+Srividya+dies+in+Kerala&id=95099] ===[[October 18|18]]=== *[[Don R. Christensen]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[animator]] and [[cartoonist]]. [http://www.afnews.info/public/afnews/viewnews.pl?newsid1161877031,66378,.htm] *[[Oberia Coffin]], 122?, [[United States|American]] woman who may have been world's oldest person. [http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2006/10/19/local_news/news/news04.txt] *[[Marc Hodler]], 87, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] president of the [[International Ski Federation]] (1951–1998), [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] [[whistleblower]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.sportsnet.ca/more/article.jsp?content=20061018_091225_5156] *[[Mario Francesco Pompedda]], 77, [[Italy|Italian]] [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]], [[Prefect]] of the [[Apostolic Signatura]] (1999–2004), [[brain hemorrhage]]. [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-p.htm#Pompedda] *[[Anna Russell]], 94, [[United Kingdom|British]]-born [[Canada|Canadian]] [[comedian]] and [[classical music]] [[satirist]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/obituaries/20russell.html] [http://www.abc.net.au/southeastnsw/stories/s1768984.htm?backyard] *[[Alvin M. Weinberg]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[Manhattan Project]] scientist and former director of [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/21/obituaries/21weinberg.html] [http://www.nysun.com/article/41966] ===[[October 17|17]]=== *[[Daniel Emilfork]], 82, [[France|French]] actor (''[[The City of Lost Children]]''). [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2421597,00.html] *[[Miriam Engelberg]], 48, [[United States|American]] [[graphic novel|graphic author]] (''Cancer Made Me a Shallower Person''), [[Metastases|metastatic]] [[breast cancer]]. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/15790212.htm] *[[Christopher Glenn]], 68, [[United States|American]] [[CBS News]] radio and television [[news presenter|news anchor]], [[Hepatocellular carcinoma|liver cancer]]. [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/22/entertainment/main1337111.shtml] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/obituaries/19glenn.html] *[[Ursula Moray Williams]], 95, [[United Kingdom|British]] children's author. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/01/db0102.xml] *[[Lieuwe Steiger]], 82, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] goalkeeper for [[PSV Eindhoven]] (1942–1957, 1959) and [[Netherlands national football team|The Netherlands]] (1953–1954). [http://www.psv.nl/show?id=14640&contentid=12737] (Dutch) *[[Marcia Tucker]], 66, [[United States|American]] [[curator]], founder of the [[New Museum of Contemporary Art]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/obituaries/19tucker.html] ===[[October 16|16]]=== *[[Niall Andrews]], 69, [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[politician]], [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] for [[Dublin South (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Dublin South]] (1977–1987), [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] for [[East Ireland (European Parliament constituency)|Leinster]] (1984–2004), [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1017/andrewsn.html] *[[Ross Davidson]], 57, [[United Kingdom|British]] former ''[[EastEnders]]'' actor, [[brain tumour]]. [http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/72331.html] *[[Sid Davis]], 90, [[United States|American]] educational [[filmmaker]], [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/obituaries/09davis.html] *[[Martin Flannery]], 88, [[United Kingdom|British]] politician, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP for [[Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hillsborough]] (1974–1992). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/6057058.stm] *[[Harold Gardner]], 107, [[United States|American]] [[World War I]] veteran, served one day prior to the [[Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)|armistice]]. [http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061020/NEWS01/610200332&SearchID=73260450397677] *[[Tommy Johnson (session musician)|Tommy Johnson]], 71, [[United States|American]] musician known for his work on the ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' theme, complications of [[cancer]] and [[kidney failure]]. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/15848016.htm] *[[John V. Murra]], 90, [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]]-born [[United States|American]] [[anthropologist]] and [[Inca]] scholar. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/obituaries/24murra.html] *[[Valentín Paniagua]], 70, [[Peru]]vian [[List of Presidents of Peru|president]] (2000–2001), complications from [[heart surgery]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/obit_paniagua_1] *[[Lister Sinclair]], 85, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[playwright]] and [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|broadcaster]], [[pulmonary embolism]]. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061016.wlsinclai1016/BNStory/National/home] *[[Ernie Steele]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[American football|football]] player ([[Philadelphia Eagles]]). [http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/9737893] *[[Trebisonda Valla]], 90, first [[Italy|Italian]] female [[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympic champion]] ([[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics#Women's events|80m hurdles, 1936]]), [[natural causes]]. [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-passings17.2oct17,1,4276242.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california] *[[Anatoly Voronin]], 55, [[Russia]]n business chief of [[ITAR TASS]] news agency, [[stabbed]]. [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nL16597437&from=business] ===[[October 15|15]]=== *[[Derek Bond]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]] (''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]'', ''Scott of the Antarctic''). [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2410316,00.html] *[[William Bright]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[linguist]] and [[author]], recorder of [[Indigenous languages of the Americas#North America|indigenous North American languages]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/books/23bright.html] *[[Michelle Urry]], 66, [[Canada|Canadian]] cartoon editor for ''[[Playboy]]''. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/18/obituaries/18urry.html] ===[[October 14|14]]=== *[[James Barr (biblical scholar)|James Barr]], 82, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Old Testament]] scholar. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2408528,00.html] *[[Chun Wei Cheung]], 34, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[coxswain (rowing)|rowing cox]], silver medallist at the [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's eight|2004 Summer Olympics]], [[Hepatocellular carcinoma|liver cancer]]. [http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324039&pageid=25] *[[Freddy Fender]], 69, [[United States|American]] singer ("[[Before The Next Teardrop Falls (song)|Before the Next Teardrop Falls]]"), [[lung cancer]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061014/ap_en_mu/obit_fender_1] *[[Soni Pabla]], 30, [[India]]n [[Punjabi]] singer, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.houseofbhangra.co.uk/content/view/679/29/] *[[Klaas Runia]], 80, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Reformed Churches in the Netherlands|Reformed Church]] theologian. [http://www.refdag.nl/artikel/1278274/Prof.+K.+Runia+(80)+overleden.html] *[[Gerry Studds]], 69, [[United States|American]] first openly [[homosexual|gay]] [[United States Congress|congressman]], [[United States House of Representatives|represented]] [[Massachusetts]] (1973–1997), [[pulmonary embolism]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/10/15/his_leadership_changed_mass_forever/] ===[[October 13|13]]=== *[[Bernard Allen (U.S. politician)|Bernard Allen]], 69, [[United States|American]] member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly]]. [http://www.nbc17.com/news/10078363/detail.html] *[[Deborah Blumer]], 64, [[United States|American]] member of the [[Massachusetts General Court]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2006/10/14/deborah_d_blumer_64_framingham_state_representative/] *[[Petra Cabot]], 99, [[United States|American]] designer, created the Skotch Kooler, [[natural causes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/nyregion/29cabot.html] *[[Bob Lassiter]], 61, [[United States|American]] [[talk radio]] personality. [http://www.bloglassiter.com/wp] *[[Dino Monduzzi]], 84, [[Italy|Italian]] [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]], [[Prefecture of the Pontifical Household|Prefect of the Pontifical Household]] (1986–1998). [http://www.fiu.edu/~mirandas/bios-m.htm#Monduzzi] *[[Hilda Terry]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[cartoonist]], creator of [[comic strip]] ''Teena''. [http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/10/16/rip-hilda-terry/] *[[Wang Guangmei]], 85, [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] wife of late [[Communist Party of China|Communist]] leader [[Liu Shaoqi]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/obituaries/17wang.html] ===[[October 12|12]]=== *[[Todd Bolender]], 92, [[United States|American]] [[dancer]] and [[choreographer]], director of the Kansas City Ballet. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/16/arts/dance/16bolender.html] * [[Johnny Callison]], 67, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball]] player, three-time [[All-Star]] [[outfielder]] with the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]]. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/10/13/bc.bbn.obit.callison.ap/index.html] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/sports/baseball/14callison.html] *[[Samuel B. Casey, Jr.]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[CEO]] of [[Pullman Company]]. *[[Hermann Eilts]], 84, [[Germany|German]]-born [[United States|American]] diplomat and US [[ambassador]] to [[Saudi Arabia]] (1965–1970). [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/obituaries/20eilts.html] * [[Eugène Martin]], 91, [[France|French]] [[racing driver]]. [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/fr.rec.sport.automobile/browse_thread/thread/18fc9d9f4e82b352/ac1ed525371db986?hl=en#ac1ed525371db986] (French) * [[Gillo Pontecorvo]], 86, [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director]] (''[[The Battle of Algiers (film)|The Battle of Algiers]]''), [[heart failure]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6046602.stm] ===[[October 11|11]]=== * [[Victor Goodhew|Sir Victor Goodhew]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP for [[St Albans (UK Parliament constituency)|St Albans]] (1959–1983). [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1902139.ece] *[[Howard Kerzner]], 42, [[South Africa]]n resort developer, [[air crash|helicopter crash]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/obituaries/13kerzner.html] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqFN.yLJMNBM&refer=home] *[[Cory Lidle]], 34, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] pitcher ([[New York Yankees]]), [[October 11, 2006 New York City plane crash|plane crash]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2621860] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6042306.stm] *[[Benito Martínez]], 126?, [[Cuba]]n claimant to the title of [[Oldest people|world's oldest person]]. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-10-11T210324Z_01_N11425999_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-CUBA-OLDEST.XML&WTmodLoc=NewsLanding-C11-Odd-2] *[[Robert Megarry|Sir Robert Megarry]], 96, [[United Kingdom|British]] judge and [[Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court]] (1982–1985). [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2405449,00.html] *[[Eddie Pellagrini]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] player and coach ([[Boston College]]). [http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/9721775] *[[Jimmy Peters]], 84, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] player, [[Stanley Cup]] winner ([[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Detroit Red Wings]]). [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061019/SPORTS05/610190363] *[[Raad Mutar Saleh]], [[Iraq]]i [[Mandaean]] leader, shot. [http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20565787-401,00.html] *[[Jacques Sternberg]], 83, [[France|French]] [[science fiction]] and [[fantastique]] author, [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.liberation.fr/culture/210323.FR.php] (French) *[[John Turvey]], 61, [[Canada|Canadian]] youth activist and [[Order of Canada]] recipient, [[mitochondrial myopathy]]. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061013.NATS13N-1/TPStory/National] ===[[October 10|10]]=== * [[Jerry Belson]], 68, [[United States|American]] [[Emmy]]-winning television [[comedy writer]] (''[[The Tracey Ullman Show|Tracey Ullman]]'', ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show|Dick Van Dyke]]''), [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/obituaries/14belson.html] * [[Francis Berry]], 91, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[poet]] and [[literary critic]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/10/20/db2002.xml] * [[Ian Scott]], 72, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Attorney General of Ontario]] (1985–1990). [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=befb417c-0eeb-40f0-859b-489b1b72de32&k=33454] * [[Lalit Suri]], 59, [[India]]n hotelier and [[Parliament of India|parliamentarian]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1057751] ===[[October 9|9]]=== *[[Sedat Alp]], 93, [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[archaeologist]] specializing in [[Hittites|Hittitology]]. [http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=201089] (Turkish) *[[Coccinelle (entertainer)|Coccinelle]], 75, [[France|French]] [[transsexualism|transsexual]] singer, [[stroke]]. [http://www.360.ch/presse/news/2006/10/002831.php] (French) *[[Reg Freeson]], 80, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]], [[Minister of State]] for Housing and Local Government (1974–1979). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1892254,00.html] *[[Marek Grechuta]], 60, [[Poland|Polish]] [[singer]], [[composer]] and [[lyricist]]. [http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1415392,11,item.html] (Polish) *[[Danièle Huillet]], 70, [[France|French]] [[filmmaker]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/arts/12huillet.html?em&ex=1160798400&en=66ecf38d97617481&ei=5087%0A] *[[Paul Hunter]], 27, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[snooker]] player, [[neuroendocrine tumors|neuroendocrine tumours]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6035879.stm] *[[Mario Moya Palencia]], 73, [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[politician]] and [[diplomat]] ([[Secretary of the Interior (Mexico)|Interior Minister]], 1969–1976), [[heart attack]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=11876] *[[Glenn Myernick]], 51, [[United States|American]] assistant [[soccer]] coach of the [[United States men's national soccer team|men's national team]], [[heart attack]]. [http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281417.html] *[[Raymond Noorda]], 82, [[United States|American]] computer executive, [[CEO]] of [[Novell]] (1982–1994). [http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/09/news/newsmakers/noorda.reut/index.htm?postversion=2006100919] *[[Kanshi Ram]], 72, [[India]]n [[politician]], [[heart attack]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6032563.stm] ===[[October 8|8]]=== *[[Ira B. Harkey Jr.]], 88, [[United States|American]] [[newspaper editor]], winner of the 1963 [[Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/obituaries/11harkey.html] *[[Pavol Hnilica]], 85, [[Slovakia|Slovak]] Catholic bishop. [http://www.tkkbs.sk/agency/view.php?cisloclanku=20061008001] (Slovak) *[[Ivan Murrell]], 63, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball]] player for the [[Astros]] and [[Padres]]. [http://www.astrosdaily.com/players/obits/Murrell_Ivan.html] *[[Mark Porter (racing driver)|Mark Porter]], 31, [[New Zealand]] [[racing driver]], race crash. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/motorsport/porter-dies-after-crash/2006/10/08/1160245997853.html] ===[[October 7|7]]=== * [[Charlie Bradberry]], 24, [[United States|American]] [[NASCAR]] driver, [[car accident]]. [http://www.truckseries.com/cgi-script/NCTS_06/articles/000087/008706.htm] * [[Danifel Campilan]], 25, [[Philippines|Filipino]] [[news reporter]] (''[[24 Oras]]''), [[car accident]]. [http://www.gmanews.tv/nation.php?sec=5&id=17178] * [[Craig Dobbin]], 71, [[Canada|Canadian]] founder of [[CHC Helicopter]], after illness following [[organ transplant|lung transplant]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/061007/b100716.html] * [[Julen Goikoetxea]], 21, [[Spain|Spanish]] [[bicycle racing|bicycle racer]], [[suicide]] by [[Suicide methods#Jumping|jumping]]. [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18501578] * [[Anna Politkovskaya]], 48, [[Russia]]n [[journalist]], shot. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5416218.stm] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2394867,00.html] ===[[October 6|6]]=== * [[Puck Brouwer]], 75, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] athlete, silver medalist in the 200m at the [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Olympics]]. [http://www.atletiek.nl/tab1.html?item=2&id=8392] (Dutch) *[[Claude Luter]], 83, [[France|French]] [[jazz]] [[clarinet]]ist and [[bandleader]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/10/arts/music/10luter.html] * [[Eduardo Mignogna]], 66, [[Argentina|Argentinian]] [[film director]]. [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/entretenimientos/nota.asp?nota_id=847048] (Spanish) * [[Buck O'Neil]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] player and manager in the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]], [[heart failure]] and [[bone marrow cancer]]. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/wires/10/06/2010.ap.bbo.obit.buck.o.neil.1st.ld.writethru.1170/] *[[Timo Sarpaneva]], 79, [[Finland|Finnish]] [[glassmaker]]. [http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=26195] * [[Heinz Sielmann]], 89, [[Germany|German]] [[zoologist]] [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/08/europe/EU_GEN_Germany_Obit_Sielmann.php] * [[Wilson Tucker]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[science fiction]] writer. [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Wilson_Tucker] ===[[October 5|5]]=== *[[Friedrich Karl Flick]], 79, [[Germany|German]]-[[Austria]]n [[billionaire]] [[industrialist]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5412556.stm] *[[George King (basketball coach)|George King]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[college basketball]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]]. [http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-obit-king&prov=ap&type=lgns] *[[Speedy O. Long]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Louisiana]] (1964–1972), cousin of [[Huey Long]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/obituaries/07long.html] *[[Jennifer Moss]], 61, [[United Kingdom|British]] actress, played [[Lucille Hewitt]] on ''[[Coronation Street]]''. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/10/06/db0602.xml] *[[Antonio Peña]], 53, [[Mexico|Mexican]] promoter of [[Asistencia Asesoría y Administración]], [[heart attack]]. [http://prowrestling.about.com/b/2006/10/07/aaa-founder-antonio-pena-passes-away.htm] *[[Jackie Rae]], 84, [[Canada|Canadian]] [[singer]], [[songwriter]] and [[entertainer]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2006/10/13/jackie-rae-obit.html] *[[Dick Wagner (baseball)|Dick Wagner]], 78, [[United States|American]] former president of the [[Cincinnati Reds]] and [[Houston Astros]], injuries from a 1999 [[car crash]]. [http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/9710294] *[[Gilbert F. White]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[geographer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/obituaries/07white.html] ===[[October 4|4]]=== *[[R. W. Apple, Jr.]], 71, [[United States|American]] political [[journalist]] and [[food writer]] (''[[The New York Times]]''), [[Thoracic cavity|thoracic]] [[cancer]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/04/obit.apple.ap/index.html] * [[Tom Bell (actor)|Tom Bell]], 73, [[United Kingdom|British]] actor (''[[Wish You Were Here (1987 film)|Wish You Were Here]]'', ''[[Prime Suspect]]''), after short illness. [http://www.itv.com/news/entertainment_534fa38ea079028d7759ffbcb92fd21c.html] *[[František Fajtl]], 94, [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[World War II]] [[fighter aircraft|fighter pilot]], after long illness. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article666705.ece] *[[Walter Gibb]], 87, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[aviator]] and [[test pilot]] who held the world altitude record. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2430831,00.html] *[[Ralph Griswold]], 72, [[United States|American]] creator of [[Snobol]] and [[Icon programming language|Icon]] [[programming language]]s, [[cancer]]. [http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200610/msg00020.html] *[[Vic Heyliger]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[ice hockey]] [[United States Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] player and coach. [http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/6030908] *[[Oskar Pastior]], 78, [[Romania]]n-born [[Germany|German]] [[writer]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/05/arts/EU_A-E_BKS_Germany_Obit_Pastior.php] *[[Riccardo Pazzaglia]], 80, [[Italy|Italian]] [[actor]], [[writer]] and [[film director]]. [http://ilrestodelcarlino.quotidiano.net/chan/musica:5439086:/2006/10/04:] (Italian) *[[Don Thompson (athlete)|Don Thompson]], 73, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[race walking|race walker]] and [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Olympic gold medal winner]], [[aneurysm]]. [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,,1888824,00.html] *[[Katarina Tomasevski]], 53, [[Croatia]]n-born former [[United Nations Special Rapporteur]] on the Right to Education. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216723/116055195197.htm] ===[[October 3|3]]=== *[[Lucilla Andrews]], 86, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[romantic novelist]]. [http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/71770.html] *[[John Cox (admiral)|Sir John Cox]], 77, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[admiral]] who was [[Commander-in-Chief]] in the [[South Atlantic]] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/10/12/db1202.xml] *[[John Crank]], 90, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[mathematical physicist]] who helped solve the [[heat equation]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=ZNAJKKDLQPPIFQFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/11/03/db0303.xml] *[[Gwen Meredith]], 98, [[Australia]]n writer of all 5795 episodes of the long-running [[radio serial]] ''[[Blue Hills (radio serial)|Blue Hills]]'', after heart trouble. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1755479.htm] *[[Peter Norman]], 64, [[Australia]]n athlete, silver medalist at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1754753.htm] [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/sports/othersports/04norman.html] ===[[October 2|2]]=== *[[Marta Fernandez Miranda de Batista]], 82, [[Cuba]]n [[First Lady]] (1952–1959), second wife of [[President of Cuba|President]] [[Fulgencio Batista]]. [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061005-061950-7347r] *[[Frances Bergen]], 84, [[United States|American]] [[actress]], wife of [[ventriloquist]] [[Edgar Bergen]] and mother of [[actress]] [[Candice Bergen]]. [http://www.pr-inside.com/entertainment-blog/2006/10/04/frances-bergen-dies/] *[[Helen Chenoweth-Hage]], 68, [[United States|American]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] for [[Idaho]] (1995–2001), [[car accident]]. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15111030/] *[[Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami]], 69, [[India]]n [[scientist]], [[spiritual teacher]] and [[poet]], [[heart attack]]. [http://www.hare-krishna.org/articles/364/1/Tribute-to-Bhakti-Swarup-Damodar-Swami/] *[[Tamara Dobson]], 59, [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]] (''[[Cleopatra Jones]]''), complications from [[pneumonia]] and [[multiple sclerosis]]. [http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061004/cgw075.html?.v=25] *[[Paul Halmos]], 90, [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/obituaries/20halmos.html] [http://www.maa.org/news/100306halmos.html] *[[Paul Richardson]], 74, [[United States|American]] [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] longtime [[organ (music)|organist]], [[prostate cancer]]. [http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/9703334] *[[Clyde Vollmer]], 85, [[United States|American]] [[Major League Baseball]] player ([[Cincinnati Reds]]). [http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061006/NEWS0104/610060381/1060/NEWS01] ===[[October 1|1]]=== *[[Frank Beyer]], 74, [[Germany|German]] [[film director]] (''[[Jacob the Liar]]''). [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/obituaries/03beyer.html] [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/02/arts/EU_A-E_MOV_Germany_Obit_Beyer.php] *[[Jack Kirkbride]], 83, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cartoonist]], father of [[actress]] [[Anne Kirkbride]]. [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=corrie-s-anne-mourns-her-dad-&method=full&objectid=17873966&siteid=66633-name_page.html] *[[Rafael Quintero]], 66, [[Cuba]]n-born [[United States|American]] [[CIA]] agent. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/obituaries/19quintero.html] *[[André Viger]], 54, [[French Canadian]] [[wheelchair racing|wheelchair marathoner]] and [[Paralympic Games|paralympian]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2006/10/02/andre-viger.html] [[Category:2006 deaths|*2006-10]]