- Oct 11 Doug Ellis, British entrepreneur (Chairman of Aston Villa), dies at 94
Paul Allen (1953-2018)
Oct 15 American business magnate (co-founder Microsoft, owner Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Seahawks), dies of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at 65
- Oct 15 Shelley Hamlin, American golfer (US Open runner-up 1973), dies of breast cancer at 69
- Oct 25 John A Ziegler Jr, American lawyer, and sports league executive (4th NHL president, 1977-92), dies at 84
- Oct 29 Larry Snyder, American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1969; George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award 1989), dies from cancer at 76
Willie McCovey (1938-2018)
Oct 31 American Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman (6 x MLB All Star; NL MVP 1969; NL home run leader 1963, 68, 69; SF Giants), dies of an infection at 80
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