Deaths in October 2000

The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2000.

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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 2000

1

• Robert Allen, 73, American composer ("(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays", "Everybody Loves a Lover", "Chances Are").[1]
• Charlie Brewster, 83, American baseball player.[2]
• Rosie Douglas, 58, Prime Minister of Dominica.[3]
• Reginald Kray, British murderer.[4]

2

• Amadou Karim Gaye, 86, Senegalese politician.
• Elek Schwartz, 91, Romanian football player and coach.
• Tom Troman, 86, English cricketer.
• Halbert Owen Woodward, American district judge.

3

• Peter Baker, 55, English cricketer.
• M. M. Mustapha, 76, Ceylonese lawyer and politician.
• Benjamin Orr, 53, The Cars bassist and singer, pancreatic cancer.
• John Worsley, 81, British artist and illustrator.

4

• Alfred Lammer, 90, Austrian-born World War II Royal Air Force pilot.
• Chuck Oertel, 69, American baseball player.[5]
• Michael Smith, 68, English-born Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• Yu Kuo-hwa, 86, Chinese politician, Premier (1984–1989).

5

• Leopold Barschandt, 75, Austrian footballer.
• Johanna Döbereiner, 75, Brazilian agronomist.
• Ruth Ellis, 101, African-American LGBT rights activist.
• Cătălin Hîldan, 24, Romanian football player, cardiac arrest.
• Bankson T. Holcomb Jr., 92, brigadier general in the US Marine Corps.
• Stan Montgomery, 80, English footballer and cricketer.
• Keith Roberts, 65, English science fiction author.[6]
• Cuco Sánchez, 79, Mexican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor, kidney failure.
• Sidney R. Yates, 91, American politician (member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois).[7]

6

• William Bundy, 83, American attorney and intelligence expert (CIA).[8]
• Richard Farnsworth, 80, American actor.
• George Huntston Williams, 86, American theologian.

7

• Tony Adamle, 76, American professional football player, cancer.[9]
• Wilford S. Bailey, 79, American academic.[10]
• Ed Beisser, 81, American basketball player.
• Walter Krupinski, 79, German Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II.
• Vittorio Sardelli, 82, Italian footballer.

8

• Hilde Eisler, 88, East German political activist and journalist.
• Charlotte Lamb, 62, British novelist.
• Clarence Myerscough, 69, British violinist.
• Mihai Pop, 92, Romanian ethnologist.
• Kaare Reitan, 97, Norwegian orthodontic researcher.
• E. S. Johnny Walker, 89, American politician, leukemia.

9

• Robert Frederick Bennett, 73, American lawyer and Governor of Kansas.
• David Dukes, 55, American character actor, heart attack.[11]
• James V. Hartinger, 75, US Air Force general.
• Charles Hartshorne, 103, American philosopher.
• Patrick Anthony Porteous, 82, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross.
• Joseph T. Ryan, 86, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
• Fred Williams, 71, American football player, stroke.

10

• Ferenc Farkas, 94, Hungarian composer.
• Sirimavo Bandaranaike, 84, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
• Bruce Palmer Jr., 87, American army general.
• Gene Palumbo, 54, American television producer and writer.

11

• Donald Dewar, 63, Scottish politician, cerebral haemorrhage.
• Brian Foley, 80, British Roman Catholic priest and hymnist.
• Hiroshi Inose, 73, Japanese electrical engineer, heart attack.
• Matija Ljubek, 46, Croatian sprint canoeist, shot.
• Rollee McGill, 68, American R&B singer and saxophonist.
• Sam O'Steen, 76, American film editor and director.
• Pietro Palazzini, 88, Italian Cardinal.
• Thomas Leonard Wells, 70, Canadian politician, cancer.

12

• Gordon Stulberg, 76, Canadian-born film executive and lawyer, complications related to diabetes.
• Melvin A. Cook, 89, American chemist.
• Justo Arosemena Lacayo, 70, Colombian sculptor.
• Mary K. Meany, 103, American politician and educator, pneumonia.

13

• Gus Hall, 90, labor leader and chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA).[12]
• Jean Peters, 73, American actress.[13]
• Tony Roper, 35, NASCAR driver.[14]

14

• Adriana Benitez, 24, Colombian student leader, murdered by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.
• Art Coulter, 91, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Dino Dibra, 25, Australian suspected murderer and victim, shot.
• Jim Eaglestone, 77, English cricketer.
• Tony Roper, 35, American stock car racing driver, racing accident.

15

• George Gray Bell, 80, Canadian soldier.
• Konrad Emil Bloch, 88, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• Vincent Canby, 76, American film and theatre critic (The New York Times).[15]
• John Perceval, 77, Australian artist.

16

• Mel Carnahan, 66, American lawyer and politician (51st Governor of Missouri).[16]
• Rick Jason, 77, American actor.
• Lu Xiaopeng, 80, Chinese aircraft designer, designed the Nanchang Q-5 and the Nanchang J-12.[17]
• Joseph Scott, 78, American bobsledder.

17

• Harry Cooper, 96, English-American PGA Tour golfer.
• Donna Jogerst, 68, American baseball player (AAGPBL).[18]
• Joachim Nielsen, 36, Norwegian rock musician and poet, drug overdose.
• Leo Nomellini, 76, Italian-American football player (San Francisco 49ers) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, stroke.
• Ivan Owen, 73, British voice actor, cancer.
• John Douglas Swales, 64, English cardiologist and expert on hypertension.

18

• Bruce Biggs, 79, New Zealand linguist.
• Julie London, 74, American actress.
• Gwen Verdon, 75, American actress.[19]

19

• Don Black, 72, Rhodesian tennis player, complications from bowel cancer surgery.
• Mahir Domi, 85, Albanian linguist, professor, and academic.
• Hortense Ellis, 59, Jamaican reggae musician.
• Kay Fanning, 73, American journalist and publisher.
• Shirley Gorelick, 76, American artist.
• Kati Horna, 88, Hungarian-born Mexican photojournalist and photographer.
• Antonio Maspes, 68, Italian sprinter cyclist.
• Hans Moller, 95, German born American artist.
• Charles Perkins, 64, Australian Aboriginal activist, and soccer player, renal failure.

20

• Jenny Kastein, 87, Dutch breaststroke swimmer.
• Kalfie Martin, 90, South African military commander.
• Boris Seidenberg, 71, Soviet actor.

21

• Frankie Crocker, 62, American disc jockey, pancreatic cancer.
• Alan Rowe, 73, New Zealand-born British actor.
• Dirk Jan Struik, 106, Dutch born American (since 1934) mathematician, historian of mathematics and Marxian theoretician, died October 21, 2000, exactly three weeks after celebrating his 106th birthday.
• Ralph A. Vaughn, 93, African-American academic, architect and film set designer, died two years later, on October 21, 2000.

22

• Richard Harden, 83, Northern Irish politician.
• Fred Pratt Green, 97, British Methodist minister and hymn writer.
• Hank Wyse, 82, American baseball player.[20]

23

• Benny Culp, 86, American baseball player.[21]
• Martin Rich, 95, German conductor.
• Yokozuna, 34, American wrestler.

24

• Terry Haskins, 45, American Republican politician, melanoma.
• Sitaram Kesri, 80, Indian politician and parliamentarian.
• Fereydoon Moshiri, 74, Iranian poet.
• Little Mack Simmons, 67, American blues musician, colon cancer.

25

• Klaus Bargsten, 88, Nazi captain and sole survivor of sunken U-521.
• Mochitsura Hashimoto, 91, Japanese submarine commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW II.
• Wood B. Kyle, 85, Major General in the US Marine Corps.
• John Sinclair Morrison, 87, English classicist.

26

• Laila Kinnunen, 60, Finnish singer.
• Ruth Lessing, 75, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.[22]
• Muriel Evans, 90, American actress.

27

• Lída Baarová, 86, Czech-Austrian actress and mistress of the Nazi propaganda minister of Germany, Joseph Goebbels.[23]
• Walter Berry, 71, Austrian bass-baritone.
• Eugene Lambert, 95, American sports coach.
• Bill Wainwright, 91, British communist activist.

28

• Andújar Cedeño, 31, Dominican baseball player.[24]
• Josef Felder, 100, German politician.
• Carlos Guastavino, 88, Argentine composer.[25]
• Aare Laanemets, 46, Estonian actor.[26]
• Howard Patterson, 73, American Olympic swimmer.[27]
• Robert Sommers, 89, Canadian school principal and politician.

29

• Charles F. Avila, 94, American electrical engineer.
• Rolf Hädrich, 69, German film director and screenwriter.
• Ruth Lessing, 75, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, cancer.

30

• Steve Allen, 78, American comedian, composer, TV host (The Tonight Show, The Steve Allen Show) and author, ruptured blood vessel after traffic accident .[28]
• Elizabeth Bradley, 78, English actress (Maud Grimes in Coronation Street).
• Howard Odell, 89, American football player and coach.

31

• Thomas Gifford, 63, American author, cholangiocarcinoma.
• Ring Lardner Jr., 85, American journalist and screenwriter, cancer.
• Samuel Pierce, 78, American politician.
• Kaj Aage Gunnar Strand, 93, Danish astronomer.
• Kazuki Watanabe, 19, Japanese musician, sedative overdose.

References

1. "Robert Allen, 73, Whose Songs Were Sung by an Array of Stars". The New York Times. October 5, 2000. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
2. "Charlie Brewster". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
3. The Associated Press (October 2, 2000). "Rosie Douglas, 58, Radical Turned Leader of Dominica". The New York Times. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
4. Campbell, Duncan (October 1, 2000). "Reggie Kray: Gangland figure who retained a perverse celebrity status despite his crimes". The Guardian. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
5. "Chuck Oertel". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
6. Holland, Steve (October 16, 2000). "Keith Roberts: Science fiction writer whose much-praised stories stayed hidden in the genre". The Guardian. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
7. Stout, David (October 8, 2000). "Sidney R. Yates Dies at 91; Congressman Supported Arts". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
8. Martin, Douglas (October 7, 2000). "William P. Bundy, 83, Dies; Advised 3 Presidents on American Policy in Vietnam". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
9. "Tony Adamle". Sports Reference, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
10. "In Memoriam. Wilford S. Bailey". American Veterinary Medical Association. February 1, 2001. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
11. Eakin, Emily (October 12, 2000). "David Dukes, Chameleon of An Actor, 55". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
12. Tanenhaus, Sam (October 17, 2000). "Gus Hall, Unreconstructed American Communist of 7 Decades, Dies at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
13. Lyman, Rick (October 21, 2000). "Jean Peters, Actress of the 50s, Dies at 73". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
14. Associated Press (October 15, 2000). "PLUS: AUTO RACING; Truck Series Driver Killed in Crash". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
15. Maslin, Janet (October 16, 2000). "Vincent Canby, Prolific Film and Theater Critic for The Times, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
16. Belluck, Pam (October 18, 2000). "Mel Carnahan, 66, Missouri Governor and Democratic Senate Candidate". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
17. "陆孝彭" (in Chinese). Chinese Academy of Engineering. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
18. "Donna Mae Jogerst". All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
19. Berkvist, Robert (October 19, 2000). "Gwen Verdon, Redhead Who High-Kicked Her Way to Stardom, Dies at 75". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
20. Wolf, Gregory H. "Hank Wyse". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
21. "Benny Culp". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
22. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League official website – Ruth Lessing profile
23. "Lida Baarov: Beautiful Czech actress who turned down Hollywood to become Goebbels's mistress". The Guardian. November 8, 2000. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
24. "Andújar Cedeño". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
25. "Carlos Guastavino". The Guardian. December 15, 2000. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
26. "Suri näitleja ja lavastaja Aare Laanemets". Delfi (in Estonian). October 28, 2000. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
27. "Howard Patterson". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
28. Severo, Richard (November 1, 2000). "Steve Allen, Comedian Who Pioneered Late-Night TV Talk Shows, Is Dead at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2018.