- Oct 7 Louis Meyer, Indie 500 racer (3 wins), dies at 91
- Oct 9 Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies
- Oct 10 Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100
- Oct 13 Golfredo Corradetti, Canadian conductor, dies at 79
Bobby Riggs (1918-1995)
Oct 25 American tennis player ("The Battle of the Sexes", US Open 1939, 41), dies of prostate cancer at 77
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