The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2013.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
October 2013
1
Rosemary Adey, 80, Australian softball player. Peter Broadbent, 80, English footballer, Alzheimer's disease. Arnold Burns, 83, American lawyer, Deputy Attorney General (1986–1988), cardiac arrest and complications from Parkinson's disease. Ellis Burton, 77, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs). Tom Clancy, 66, American author (The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Rainbow Six), heart failure. John B. Duff, 82, American historian and academic administrator, president of Columbia College Chicago (1992–2000), Alzheimer's disease. Imero Fiorentino, 85, American lighting designer. Giuliano Gemma, 75, Italian actor, traffic collision. Marshall Lee Gore, 50, American murderer and rapist, execution by lethal injection. Israel Gutman, 90, Israeli historian. Arnold Lazarus, 81, South African psychologist. Juan José Linz, 87, Spanish sociologist. Silvino Silvério Marques, 95, Portuguese colonial administrator and a general of the Portuguese Army. Vladimir Miklyukov, 69, Russian mathematician. Ole Danbolt Mjøs, 74, Norwegian physician and politician, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (2003–2008). Martin O'Toole, 88, Irish politician, Senator (1977–1989), TD for Mayo West (1989–1992). Jim Rountree, 77, American CFL football player (Toronto Argonauts), cancer.
2
Shun Akiyama, 83, Japanese literary critic, esophageal cancer. Benjamin Dwomoh, 78, Ghanaian football referee. (death announced on this date) Gottfried Fischer, 69, German psychologist. Gene B. Glick, 92, American philanthropist and builder. Hilton A. Green, 84, American assistant director (Psycho) and producer (Sixteen Candles). Herbert O. House, 83, American organic chemist. Herman Hugg, 92, American artist. Jonathan Kaufer, 58, American film and television writer and director, traffic collision. Abraham Nemeth, 94, American mathematician and inventor. Kaare Ørnung, 82, Norwegian pianist and music teacher. Drita Pelingu, 86, Albanian actress, academic and director, Merited Artist of Albania. Zdeněk Rytíř, 69, Czech lyricist, heart attack. Ann Wolpert, 70, American librarian, Director of MIT Libraries (since 1996).
3
Sari Abacha, 34, Nigerian footballer (Kwara United). Sergei Belov, 69, Russian Olympic champion basketball player (1972), member of the Naismith Hall of Fame and FIBA Hall of Fame. Trevor Briggs, 67, English rugby league footballer (Castleford). Lisa Bufano, 40, American performance artist, suicide. Bob Chance, 73, American baseball player. Frank D'Rone, 81, American jazz musician, cancer. Bill Eppridge, 75, American photographer (Life), septic infection. Mike Gallagher, 72, American Olympic skier. Edwin Haslam, 81, British chemist. Masae Kasai, 80, Japanese Olympic champion volleyball player (1964), intracranial hemorrhage. Helen Klanderud, 76, American politician and psychologist, Mayor of Aspen, Colorado (2001–2007), stroke. Charlie McBride, 88, New Zealand rugby league player. Ernie Morgan, 86, English footballer (Gillingham). John William Potter, 94, American senior judge of the District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1982–2013), Mayor of Toledo, Ohio (1961–1967). Ángeles Santos Torroella, 101, Spanish painter. Milton Schwebel, 99, American psychologist. Chuck Smith, 86, American pastor (Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa), lung cancer. Joan Thirsk, 91, British economic and social historian.
4
John Cloudsley-Thompson, 92, British naturalist and army officer. Ulric Cross, 96, Trinidadian judge, diplomat and war hero. Akira Miyoshi, 80, Japanese composer, heart failure. Nicholas Oresko, 96, American World War II veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, complications from surgery. Harold Rudman, 88, English footballer (Burnley, Rochdale). Ştefan Stănculescu, 90, Romanian football coach. Võ Nguyên Giáp, 102, Vietnamese general and politician, Minister of Defence (1976–1980). Bojan Westin, 87, Swedish actress. Robert D. Young, 79, American politician.