- Oct 6 Chuck Rayner, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (Hart Memorial Trophy 1950; NHL All-Star 1949, 50, 51; New York Americans, New York Rangers), dies from a heart attack at 82
- Oct 8 Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
- Oct 9 Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricket batsman (4 Tests, Pakistan's first Test; Karachi, Mumbai, Sind, Northern India), dies at 82
- Oct 12 Audrey Mestre, French diver (b. 1974)
- Oct 17 Aileen Riggin, American diver (Olympic gold 3m springboard 1920, 24), dies at 96
- Oct 17 Fred Scolari, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1952, 53; Washington Capitols; Baltimore Bullets), dies at 80
- Oct 24 Herman Gaviria, Colombian football player (b. 1969)
Richard Harris (1930-2002)
Oct 25 Irish actor (A Man Called Horse, This Sporting Life) and singer ("MacArthur Park"), dies of Hodgkin's disease at 72
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