- Oct 1 Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss America (1921), dies at 90
- Oct 5 Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)
- Oct 12 David McLean [Eugene Joseph Huth], American actor known for appearing in Marlboro advertisements (Days of Our Lives, Tate), dies of lung cancer at 73
- Oct 12 Gary Bond, actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days), dies at 55
- Oct 15 Phil Sidey, English broadcaster (Radio Leeds), dies at 69
- Oct 16 Richard Caldicot, British actor (Horse's Mouth, Strife, Mrs Thursday), dies at 87
- Oct 20 Christopher Stone, American actor (Dave-Dallas, Interns), dies at 53
- Oct 20 Jack Rose, American screenwriter (The Seven Little Foys), dies at 83
- Oct 22 Mary Wickes [Wickenhauser], American character actress (Father Dowling Mysteries; Sister Act; Dennis The Menace), dies of surgery complications at 79
- Oct 22 Ralph Whitlock, British farmer, conservationist, writer, and broadcaster, dies at 81
- Oct 25 David Healy, American-born actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton), dies following a heart operation at 66
- Oct 25 Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (Way We Were, Life Goes On), dies from complications of rheumatoid arthritis at 74
- Oct 27 Mike Dutfield, documentary producer, dies in motorcycle accident at 48
- Oct 27 Susi Hush, English television producer, dies at 49
- Oct 30 Brian Easdale, British orchestral and film composer (The Red Shoes; Gone To Earth), dies at 86
- Oct 30 Terry Southern, American writer and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider), dies at 71
- Oct 31 Dr. Hepcat [Lavad Durst], American blues piano player and singer-songwriter, radio DJ and baseball broadcaster, dies at 82
- Oct 31 Rosalind Cash, American actress (Emma-Go Tell It on the Mountain), dies of cancer at 56
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