The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2014.
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 2014
1
Michel Baranger, 87, Franco-American theoretical physicist. Lynsey de Paul, 66, English singer-songwriter ("Sugar Me", "Won't Somebody Dance with Me"), brain haemorrhage. H. Patrick Glenn, 74, Canadian legal scholar. Sir Maurice Hodgson, 94, British business executive. Shlomo Lahat, 86, Israeli general and politician, Mayor of Tel Aviv (1974–1993), lung infection. José Martínez, 72, Cuban baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), coach (Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs) and executive (Atlanta Braves). Oluremi Oyo, 61, Nigerian journalist, cancer. Charlie Paulk, 68, American basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks), heart attack. Matilde Pérez, 97, Chilean painter and kinetic artist. Jerome Reppa, 89, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1972–1990). Hans Sauter, 89, Austrian Olympic gymnast. George Savage, 72, British politician, MLA for Upper Bann (1998–2003, 2007–2011). Robert Serra, 27, Venezuelan politician, MLA for Caracas, stabbed. Guido van Gheluwe, 88, Belgian lawyer, founded Orde van den Prince. Bob Young, 81, Scottish cricketer.
2
David Banfield, 81, British priest. Fyodor Bogdanovsky, 84, Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1956). André Buffière, 91, French Olympic basketball player (1948, 1952). Priscilla Coolidge, 72–73, American recording artist, shot. Bill Crane, 90, Australian footballer. Harold "Deacon" Duvall, 97, American football coach. Herbert Eiteljörge, 79, German football player. Robert Flower, 59, Australian Hall of Fame VFL footballer (Melbourne). Michael Goldberg, 55, American screenwriter (Cool Runnings, Snow Dogs, Little Giants), brain and sinus cancer. Joanne M. Holden, 68, American nutritionist, cancer. Vaughn O. Lang, 86, American Army lieutenant general. György Lázár, 90, Hungarian politician, Chairman of the Council of Ministers (1975–1987). Carlos Lopez, 25, American stunt performer (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, John Wick), fall. N. Mahalingam, 91, Indian businessman. Pedro Peña, 88, Spanish actor (Médico de familia), Alzheimer's disease. Carolyn Rovee-Collier, 72, American professor of psychology, breast cancer and multiple sclerosis. Yoshikazu Sakamoto, 87, Japanese political scientist, heart failure. Fred Sommers, 91, American philosopher. The Spaceape, 44, British poet and disc jockey, cancer.
3
Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, 83, British aristocrat and politician. Peer Augustinski, 74, German actor and German-language dub artist (Robin Williams), complications from epilepsy. Nati Cano, 81, Mexican-born American mariachi musician (Mariachi los Camperos), recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship (1990). Comer Cottrell, 82, American businessman and baseball team part-owner (Texas Rangers). Gordon Younger Craig, 89, Scottish geologist. George DeCicco, 84, American mobster. Bill Fiore, 74, American actor (The Corner Bar). ʻElisiva Fusipala Vahaʻi, 65, Tongan royal. Ewen Gilmour, 51, New Zealand comedian. Benedict Groeschel, 81, American Roman Catholic priest, author and television host, a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. Alan Henning, 47, British humanitarian aid worker and ISIS hostage, beheading. (death reported on this date) Peter Knecht, 78, American defense attorney, cancer. Jean-Jacques Marcel, 83, French footballer (Olympique de Marseille). Kevin Metheny, 60, American radio executive (WNBC (AM), WGN (AM)), heart attack. Ward Ruyslinck, 85, Belgian author, Alzheimer's disease. Lori Sandri, 65, Brazilian football manager, brain tumor. Christopher van Wyk, 57, South African writer.