Deaths in October 2008

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2008.

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 2008

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  • Harry Bath, 83, Australian National Rugby League player and coach, after long illness.
  • Ted Briggs, 85, British sailor, last survivor of the sinking of HMS Hood.
  • Craig Fertig, 66, American football player and coach, kidney failure.
  • Al Gallodoro, 95, American jazz musician, after brief illness.
  • Derek Jones, 81, British colonial official, Hong Kong Secretary for Economic Services (1973–1976), Environment (1976–1981).
  • Saul Laskin, 90, Canadian politician, first mayor of Thunder Bay, heart attack.
  • Peter Vansittart, 88, British writer.

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  • Buck Adams, 52, American pornographic actor and director, complications from heart failure.
  • Dina Cocea, 95, Romanian actress, heart attack.
  • Kung Te-cheng, 88, Chinese-born Taiwanese 77th generation descendant of Confucius, heart and respiratory failure.
  • Alexander Lowen, 97, American psychotherapist.
  • Bill Martin, 65, American realist painter, complications of lymphoma.
  • Eric Nenno, 47, American murderer and sex offender, execution by lethal injection.
  • Pak Song-chol, 95, North Korean politician, Premier (1976–1977), after long illness.
  • Paul Pesthy, 70, American Olympic modern pentathlete and fencer.
  • Augusto Petró, 90, Brazilian bishop of Uruguaiana (1964–1995), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • John Ripley, 69, American Marine war hero.
  • Allan Scott, 85, Australian businessman and road transport magnate, complications from diabetes and heart condition.
  • George Sopkin, 94, American cellist, natural causes.
  • Ilus Vay, 85, Hungarian actress.

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