- Oct 1 Tim Wakefield, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2009; World Series 2004, 07 Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN), dies of brain cancer at 57 [1]
- Oct 5 Dick Butkus, American College-Pro Football HOF linebacker (Uni of Illinois; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1969, 70; 5×First-team All-Pro; 8xPro Bowl; Chicago Bears), sportscaster (CBS, ESPN) and actor (My Two Dads), dies at 80 [1]
- Oct 8 Burt Young [Gerald DeLouise or Richard Morea], American character actor (Rocky; Convoy; The Choirboys), screenwriter (Uncle Joe Shannon), and visual artist, and visual artist, dies at 83 [1]
- Oct 10 (Charles) Mark Goddard, American actor (Lost in Space - "Don West"; The Detectives; Roller Boogie), and teacher, dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 87
- Oct 12 Lara Parker [Mary Rickey], American actress (Dark Shadows - "Angelique"; Save the Tiger; Race with the Devil), and novelist, dies at 84
- Oct 14 Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs], American Emmy Award-winning actress (The Torn Birds; Twin Peaks; Carrie; The Hustler), dies at 91
- Oct 15 Suzanne Somers (née Mahoney), American actress (Three's Company, 1977-81 - "Chrissy"; Step by Step), dies from complications of breast cancer at 76
- Oct 24 Richard Roundtree, American actor (Getting Even; Shaft), dies of pancreatic cancer at 81 [1]
- Oct 26 Richard Moll, American actor (Night Court - "Bull"; House - "Big Ben"; Dungeonmaster), dies at 80
Matthew Perry (1969-2023)
Oct 28 Canadian-American actor (Friends - "Chandler Bing"), drowns after a cardiac arrest in a jacuzzi at 54 [1]
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