- Oct 2 Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer and pianist, dies at 63
- Oct 5 Jud Strunk, American singer-songwriter ("Daisy a Day"), and comedian (Laugh-In), dies of aheart attack while piloting a private plane in Maine at 45
- Oct 7 Wouter Paap, Dutch composer, dies at 73
- Oct 14 Ingemar Liljefors, Swedish composer, pianist, pedagogue, and music theorist, dies at 74
- Oct 17 David Guion, American pianist, composer, and cowboy, dies at 88
- Oct 21 Karel Šrom, Czech composer, musicologist, critic, and broadcaster, dies at 77
- Oct 30 Georges Brassens, French poet and singer-songwriter (Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète), dies of cancer at 60
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