- Oct 14 Freddy Fender [Baldemar Huerta], American rock, country and Tejano singer ("Wasted Days And Wasted Nights"; "Before The Next Teardrop Falls"; Texas Tornados - "A Man Can Cry"), dies of lung cancer at 69
- Oct 14 Jared Anderson, American heavy metal bassist and vocalist (Morbid Angel; Hate Eternal), dies at 31
- Oct 15 Pete Graves [Alexander Walton], American pop and R&B vocalist (The Moonglows - "Blue Velvet"), dies at 70
- Oct 16 Tommy Johnson, American orchestral and session tuba player (theme to "Jaws"), dies from cancer and kidney failure at 71
- Oct 18 Anna Russell, English music satirist and composer, dies at 94
- Oct 20 Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), dies at 75
- Oct 21 Rene Gerber, Swiss composer, dies at 98
- Oct 23 Leonid Hambro, American concert pianist and composer, dies at 86
- Oct 26 Tillman Franks, American country music bassist, songwriter and artist manager (Webb Pierce), dies at 86
- Oct 28 Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter ("One Day at a Time"), dies of heart disease at 86
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