- Oct 7 Mario Lanza [Alfredo Arnold Cocozza], Italian-American actor and singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans), dies of a heart attack at 38
- Oct 13 Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer and musicologist (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67
- Oct 19 Stanley Bate, English composer, dies at 45
- Oct 28 Egon Kornauth, Austrian classical pianist, composer, and teacher, dies at 68
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