- Oct 1 Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and TV theme song composer (Are You Being Served?), dies at 79
- Oct 2 (Elfriede) "Elfi" von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American opera singer, pianist, vocal coach, and film producer, dies of heart failure at 83
- Oct 6 Eric McCredie, Scottish pop bassist (Middle Of The Road - "Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep Cheep"), dies at 62
- Oct 6 Laza [Lazar] Ristovski, Serbian keyboardist (Smak and Bijelo Dugme), dies from multiple sclerosis at 51
- Oct 11 Werner von Trapp, Austrian singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 91
- Oct 13 Tom Dawes, American rock musician and composer who wrote music for commercial jingles ("Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz” for Alka-Seltzer and “7Up, the Uncola”), dies at 64
- Oct 14 Big Moe [Kenneth Doniell Moore], American rapper (Screwed Up Click), dies of a heart attack at 33
- Oct 16 Toše Proeski, Macedonian pop music singer-songwriter and musician, dies in a car crash in Croatia at 26
- Oct 17 Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (Put Another Nickel In), dies at 76
- Oct 18 Kumiko Ida, Japanese classical pianist, dies of meningitis at 38
- Oct 18 Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician, killed by carjackers at 43
- Oct 19 Yolanda "LaLa" Brown, American R&B singer, shot and killed by an unknown gunman at a Milwaukee recording studio at 21
- Oct 20 Paul Raven, British bass-player (Killing Joke, Ministry), dies of a heart attack at 46
- Oct 21 Paul Fox, English musician and singer (The Ruts), dies at 56
- Oct 24 Petr Eben, Czech organ composer (b. 1929)
- Oct 28 Porter Wagoner, American country singer, discovered Dolly Parton ("Y'All Come"; "A Satisfied Mind"), dies of lung cancer at 80
- Oct 30 Linda Stein, Ramones manager and real estate broker, murdered by her personal assistant at 62
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Oct 30 American Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer, stage and screen actor (Camelot - "If Ever I Would Leave You"), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 73
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