Famous People Who Died in October 2013

Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911-2013)

Oct 4 Vietnamese general (Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam War) and politician, dies at 102

Oct 6 Will Ogdon, American composer, dies at 92
Oct 7 Patrice Chéreau, French opera director and actor (Danton), dies from lung cancer at 68
Oct 8 Andy Pafko, American baseball player, dies at 92
Oct 8 Larry Verne, American novelty song singer (Mr. Custer), dies of heart failure at 77
Oct 8 Philip Chevron, Irish musician (Pogues - "Peace & Love"), dies from esophageal cancer at 56
Oct 8 Rod Grams, American politician (Senator-R-Minnesota 1995-2001, Rep-R-Minnesota 1993-95), and television anchor, dies from cancer at 65
Oct 9 Mark "Chopper" Read, Australian criminal and crime author (Chopper: From the Inside), dies from liver cancer at 58
Oct 9 Stanley Kauffmann, American playwright (Red Handkerchief Man), dies at 97
Oct 9 Wilfried Martens, 44th Prime Minister of Belgium (1979-81, 1981-92), dies from pancreatic cancer at 77
Oct 10 Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (Vixen - "Edge of a Broken Heart"), dies of cancer at 59
Oct 10 Kumar Pallana, Indian character actor and vaudevillian (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore), dies at 94

Scott Carpenter (1925-2013)

Oct 10 American astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7), dies from complications from a stroke at 88

Erich Priebke (1913-2013)

Oct 11 German Nazi SS commander and war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre of 335 Italians in Rome, dies in prison of natural causes at 100 [1]

Oct 11 Stu Gilliam, American actor and comedian (Roll Out, Harris & Company), dies at 80
Oct 12 Eduard Martsevich, Soviet-Russian actor and People's Artist of the RSFSR, dies at 76
Oct 12 Oscar Hijuelos, American novelist (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love), dies from a heart attack at 62
Oct 13 Tommy Whittle, British jazz tenor saxophonist (Ted Heath; BBC Show Band), and bandleader, dies of pneumonia on his 87th birthday
Oct 15 Gloria Lynne [Wilson], American jazz vocalist (Dell Tones), dies of a heart attack at 83
Oct 15 Peter Miles, British Army officer, businessman and courtier in the Household of Elizabeth II, dies at 89
Oct 15 Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1982-84), dies at 90
Oct 16 Ed Lauter, American actor (The Artist, The Number 23), dies from mesothelioma at 74
Oct 18 Allan Stanley, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (Stanley Cup 1962-64, 67; NHL All-Star 1960, 61, 66; Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 87
Oct 18 Bill Young, American politician, dies from complications from a back injury at 82
Oct 18 Bum Phillips, American football coach (Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints), dies at 90
Oct 18 Mary Carver [Carvellas], American actress (Simon & Simon, Star Trek: Enterprise), dies at 89
Oct 18 Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D-Washington 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), dies from complications from a stroke at 84
Oct 19 Noel Harrison, British singer and actor, dies of a heart attack at 79
Oct 19 Ronald Shannon Jackson, American avant-garde jazz and funk drummer, and composer (Cecil Taylor; Last Exit; Decoding Society), dies of leukemia at 73
Oct 19 Roy Elihu Travis, American composer (Passion of Oedipus), dies at 91
Oct 20 Lawrence Klein, American economist who created computer models to forecast economic trends (1980 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences), dies at 93
Oct 21 Bud Adams Jr., American NFL team owner (Tennessee Titans), dies at 90
Oct 21 Major Owens, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1983-2007), dies at 77
Oct 21 Marion Morgan (née Swires), American big band jazz singer (Harry James; Stop the Music), dies at 89
Oct 23 Bill Mazer, American sports broadcaster (New York institution in sports reporting; sports trivia expert), dies at 92
Oct 24 Frank Perconte, American sergeant from Easy Company during WWII (portrayed in Band of Brothers), dies at 96
Oct 24 Héctor Quintanar, Mexican composer, dies at 77

Bill Sharman (1926-2013)

Oct 25 American Basketball HOF guard (8 × NBA All-Star; 4 x NBA C'ship; Boston Celtics) and coach (NBA C'ship 1972 LA Lakers), dies from stroke complications at 87

Oct 25 Hal Needham, American stuntman, dies from cancer at 82
Oct 25 Marcia Wallace, American actress (The Bob Newhart Show - "Carol"), dies from pneumonia at 70
Oct 25 Nigel Davenport, British actor (Without a Clue, Masada), dies at 85
Oct 27 Lou Reed, American rock singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane"; solo -"Take A Walk On The Wild Side"), dies from liver disease at 71
Oct 28 Ike Skelton, American politician, dies from pneumonia at 81
Oct 28 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, 1st Prime Minister of Poland (1989-90), dies at 86
Oct 28 Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese Baseball HOF first baseman (JBL MVP 1941, 51, 55 Tokyo Kyojin/Yomiuri Giants) and manager (11×Japan Series C'ship; Yomiuri Giants), dies at 93
Oct 29 Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet classical pianist of German heritage, dies at 90
Oct 30 Frank Wess, American jazz flutist, saxophonist ((Duke Ellington, 1953-64; New York Jazz Quartet, 1974-82) and composer, dies of a heart attack related to kidney failure at 91
Oct 30 Pete Haycock, British blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and composer (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), dies of a heart attack at 62