"Deaths in October 2016"

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1 October
Panagiotis Angelopoulos, Greek politician, former deputy mayor and councillor of Piraeus with PASOK.
Soulis Apostolopoulos, 77, Greek former president of the Bank of Attica, cancer.
Erol Keskin, 89, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahtse 1943–51, Turkish national - 1954 World Cup)
Sophia Rubu, 69, Greek film actress.
David Herd, 82, Scottish footballer (Arsenal, Manchester United, Scottish national).

2 October
Sir Neville Mariner, 92, British conductor (Amadeus), founder of St Martin's Academy in the Fields.
Steve Byrd, 61, English guitarist (Gilan, Kim Wild), from a myocardial infarction.
Gordon Davidson, 83, American theatre and film director, Tony award-winning (1977) for "The Box of Shadows".
Old Orlemans, 45, Dutch photojournalist, is killed by sniper fire in Syrian, Libya.

3 October
Mario Wilson, 86, Portuguese footballer (Akantemika 1951–63) and coach (Benfika 1975–76, 1979–80, 1997).
Tasos Danilos, 73, Greek handball pioneer, federal technician of National Men and National Women, the first coach to lead a Greek team (Ionic NF) to the European Cups in 1981.
Una Kist, 101, the last nurse of the ANZACs, who served in Athens and Crete in April and May 1941.
Petros Papathanasiou, 43, Greek blogger, known as @Galaxyarchis on Twitter, is killed in a car accident.

4 October
Fred Osham-Duondu, 78, Ganese football coach (National Ghana 1978–81, 1988–89, 1993, 2000, 2001–02), who won Copa Afrika (1978).

5 October
Brock Yates, 82, American literature journalist of motor sport (Car and Driver) and screenwriter (Smokey and the Bandit II, The Cannonball Run).
Mikal Kovac, 86, Slovak politician, President (1993–98), from complications of Parkinson's disease.
Dinos Kostakis, Greek singer of the metal band Spitfire, from health problems
Christos Balafoutis, Professor Emeritus of Geology of AUTH, associate of AUTH Medical School, member of the Academy of Athens.
Arthur Zahidi Ngoma, 69, Congolese politician, vice-president of the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2003–07).
Antonis Surounis, 74, Greek author, from illness.
Rod Temperton, 66, English guitarist, member of the disco band Heatwave, composer of the song "Thriller" performed by Michael Jackson, cancer.
Joan Marie Johnson, 72, American singer (The Dixie Cups), from heart failure.

6 October
Barbara Oliver Hagerman, 73, Canadian music teacher and civil servant, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (2006–11), cancer.
Hindipo Hamutenia, 77, Namibian politician, Foreign Minister (2002-04).

7 October
Anna Pasley, 81, British track athlete and opera singer, silver medalist (1956 in relay)