- Oct 2 Franz Biebl, German composer, mostly of choral music, dies at 95
- Oct 5 Aldo Jones [Albert Mansis], American rockabilly bassist and singer (Ben Vaughn Combo), dies of leukemia at 41
- Oct 7 Jimmie Lloydd [Logdon], American country and rockabilly singer, dies at 79
- Oct 12 Witold Szalonek, Polish composer (Satire), educator, and musicologist, dies at 74
- Oct 13 Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers - "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"), dies of throat cancer at 52
- Oct 16 Etta Jones, American jazz singer ("Don't Go To Strangers"; "Save Your Love for Me"), dies of cancer at 72
- Oct 17 Jay Livingston, American composer ("Buttons & Bows"; "Mona Lisa"; "Tammy"), dies at 86
- Oct 17 Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete (Olympic gold shot put, discus; bronze high jump 1948), dies at 78
- Oct 22 Cliff Adams, British singer (The Stragazers; The Cliff Adams Singers), dies at 78
- Oct 24 Kim Gardner, English rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), dies of cancer at 53
- Oct 25 Yoritsune Matsudaira, Japanese composer, dies at 94
- Oct 28 Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910)
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