The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2018.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
October 2018
1
Shirin Aliabadi, 45, Iranian visual artist, cancer. Charles Aznavour, 94, French-Armenian singer ("La Bohème", "She"), lyricist and actor (Shoot the Piano Player), complications from pulmonary edema. Peter C. Bjarkman, 77, American baseball historian and author. John H. Bryan, 81, American business executive and philanthropist (Millennium Park), CEO of Sara Lee (1975–2001), complications from lung cancer. Mario Castellazzi, 82, Italian footballer (Spezia, Catania, Livorno). Caroline Charrière, 57, Swiss composer, conductor and flautist. Stelvio Cipriani, 81, Italian composer, complications from a stroke. Ben Daglish, 52, British composer (The Last Ninja), lung cancer. Đỗ Mười, 101, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1991–1997), Prime Minister (1988–1991), respiratory and kidney failure. Carlos Ezquerra, 70, Spanish comics artist (Judge Dredd, Preacher, Strontium Dog), lung cancer. Michael Freedland, 83, British journalist and biographer. Jerry González, 69, American bandleader and trumpeter, heart attack. Francesco Greco, 75, Italian politician, Senator (1983–1994). Darryl Greenamyer, 82, American aviator and record holder. Ronnie Leitch, 64, Sri Lankan singer and actor (Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor, Re Daniel Dawal Migel, Onna Babo), heart attack. M. V. V. S. Murthi, 76, Indian academic, businessman and politician, founder of GITAM, MP for Visakhapatnam (1991–1996, 1999–2004), traffic collision. Donald Read, 88, British historian. Graciano Rocchigiani, 54, German boxer, WBC (1988–1989) and IBF world champion (1998–2000), traffic collision. Franco Sar, 84, Italian Olympic decathlete (1960, 1964), heart attack. Antoine Sfeir, 69, Lebanese journalist and professor. María Teresa Sosa, 88, Guatemalan politician and activist, First Lady (1982–1983). Chris Wilkins, 74, South African cricketer (Border, Derbyshire, Natal). Élaine Zakaïb, 59, Canadian politician, brain cancer.
2
Wendy Atkin, 71, British epidemiologist. Smilja Avramov, 100, Serbian academic and educator. Balabhaskar, 40, Indian violinist, composer and record producer, heart attack. Ron Casey, 89, Australian broadcaster and sports journalist. Geoff Emerick, 72, English recording engineer (Abbey Road Studios, The Beatles), multi-Grammy winner, heart attack. Dorothy Hukill, 72, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2004–2012) and Senate (since 2012), cancer. Bob Jones, 91, American cartoonist and illustrator, pulmonary fibrosis. Thampi Kannanthanam, 64, Indian film director (Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar). Roman Kartsev, 79, Russian actor (Heart of a Dog, Promised Heaven, Old Hags). Jamal Khashoggi, 59, Saudi Arabian journalist, strangled. Józef Kokot, 89, Polish footballer Wilhelmus Luxemburg, 89, Dutch mathematician. Utu Abe Malae, American Samoan businessman, banker and politician. Cosimo Ennio Masiello, 88, Italian politician, Mayor of Brindisi (1987–1989) and Senator (1992–1994). Ceri Peach, 78, Welsh geographer. Hermenegildo Sábat, 85, Uruguayan comic book artist. José Lorenzo Sartori, 86, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (1994–2008). Ole E. Storlien, 83, Norwegian politician. Burhan Uray, 87, Chinese-Indonesian timber tycoon and philanthropist.