1976 Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (Free - "All Right Now"), dies on flight from Los Angeles to New York of a pulmonary embolism at 25
1982 Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Quiet Riot), dies in an air crash at 25
1989 Alan Civil, British horn player (played solo on Beatles "For No One"), dies of liver and kidney failure at 59
1990 Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
1992 Henry Leland Clarke, American composer, dies at 85
1993 Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30
1993 Karen Dalton (née Cariker); American country blues and folk singer, guitarist, and banjo player (In My Own Time). dies of AIDS related complications at 55
1995 Kenneth Loveless, British priest, concertina player, and folk dancer, dies at 83
1996 Christopher Headington, English composer, musicologist and pianist, dies at 65
1996 Frank Wigglesworth, American composer (The Willowdale Handcar), dies at 78
1999 Bob Cato, American photographer, graphic artist and Grammy Award-winning album cover designer (Columbia Records; United Artists), of complications of Alzheimer's disease at 75
2007 Luther Ingram, American R&B singer-songwriter ("(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"; "I'll Be Your Shelter"), dies of diabetes related heart failure at 69
2009 Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)
2011 Kym Bonython, Australian radio broadcaster, jazz musician, speedway promoter, dies at 90
2015 Michael Brown, American rock keyboardist and songwriter (Left Banke - Walk Away Renee; Pretty Ballerina), dies of heart failure at 65
2015 Peter Katin, British concert pianist, dies at 84
2018 Irwin Hoffman, American conductor, dies at 93