The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2012.
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 2012
1
Gordon Audley, 84, Canadian speed skater. Dirk Bach, 51, German actor, comedian and television presenter, heart failure. Donald E. Bently, 87, American entrepreneur and engineer. Berkant, 73, Turkish singer, cancer. Walter G. Church, Sr., 85, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1992–2008), acute myeloid leukemia. Madhav Dalvi, 87, Indian cricketer. Sahara Davenport, 27, American drag queen, reality show contestant (RuPaul's Drag Race) and singer, heart failure. Abdelkader Fréha, 69, Algerian footballer (MC Oran). Octavio Getino, 77, Spanish-born Argentine film director, cancer. Hassan Ghul, Pakistani al-Qaeda member, drone strike. Eric Hobsbawm, 95, British historian. Russell Jones, 86, Australian Olympic (1960) ice hockey player. Kwan Shan, 79, Chinese-born Hong Kong film actor, lung cancer. Chronox Manek, Papua New Guinean lawyer and Chief Ombudsman (2008–2012). Ali Hussein Nassif, Lebanese militant, member of Hezbollah, killed. Armand Russell, 91, Canadian politician, MNA for Shefford (1956–1973) and Brome-Missisquoi (1976–1980); Minister of Public Works (1967–1970). Moshe Sanbar, 86, Hungarian-born Israeli economist, Governor of the Bank of Israel (1971–1976). Heinrich Schultz, 88, Estonian cultural functionary. Neville Thiele, 91, Australian audio engineer. Shlomo Venezia, 88, Greek-born Italian writer and Holocaust survivor.
2
Afrasheem Ali, Maldivian politician, stabbed. John W. Gallivan, 97, American newspaper publisher, cable television pioneer, and civic leader. Nicholas C. Handy, 71, British chemist, pancreatic cancer. Konrad B. Knutsen, 87, Norwegian civil servant, State Conciliator of Norway (1975–1981). Marjorie Lane, 100, American singer. David N. Martin, 82, American advertising executive, founder of The Martin Agency, creator of the Virginia is for Lovers slogan, cancer. Mohammed Mushaima, 24, Bahraini political activist, sickle cell anemia. Kalambadi Muhammad Musliyar, 78, Indian Muslim scholar. *Nguyễn Chí Thiện, 73, Vietnamese poet and activist, pneumonia. Hideji Ōtaki, 87, Japanese actor, lung cancer. Charles Roach, 79, Trinidadian-born Canadian civil rights lawyer, brain cancer. J. Philippe Rushton, 68, Canadian psychology academic and intelligence theorist, cancer. Erwin Steinberg, 91, American academic. Big Jim Sullivan, 71, British guitarist, complications of heart disease and diabetes.
3
Mohammad Ali, 70, Bangladeshi physician and politician. Abdul Haq Ansari, 81, Indian Islamic scholar, cardiac arrest. Basilios Blatsos, 89, Greek-born Israeli Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan of Caesarea (since 1975). Bob Brooks, 84, American film director and advertising creative. (death announced on this day) Warren Canning, 85, Australian football player. Robert F. Christy, 96, American theoretical physicist and astrophysicist, member of the Manhattan Project. Billy Hullin, 70, Welsh rugby union player. Jean-Louis Lagadec, 79, French footballer (Le Havre AC, SC Bastia) and coach (FC Chalon). (French) Kathi McDonald, 64, American singer. Boo Morcom, 91, American Olympic athlete. Alfonso Orueta, 82, Chilean politician and football manager. Albie Roles, 91, English footballer. Kidar Nath Sahani, 86, Indian politician, Governor of Sikkim (2001–2002) and Goa (2002–2004). Peter J. Schmitt, 62, American politician, member of the Nassau County, New York, legislature (since 1996), heart attack. Jörg Wischmeyer, 77, German Olympic athlete.