Yoshihiro Yonezawa, 53, Japanese manga critic, lung cancer.André Viger, 54, Canadian wheelchair marathoner and paralympian, cancer.Rafael Quintero, 66, Cuban-born American CIA agent.Anna Kunkel, 74, American baseball player ( AAGPBL).Jack Kirkbride, 83, British cartoonist, father of actress Anne Kirkbride.Pierre Gorman, 82, Australian librarian and academic.Alan Caillou, 91, British actor and writer.Sir Laurence Brodie-Hall, 96, Australian mining executive.Frank Beyer, 74, German film director ( Jacob the Liar).Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2006.Įntries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname.