1719 Johann Friedrich Treiber, German historian and composer, dies at 76
1756 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, German composer, dies at 29
1788 Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer, dies at 77
1803 Václav Norbert Brixi, Czech organist, composer and priest (aka Jeroným Brixi), dies at 65
1853 Johann Leopold Fuchs, German composer, dies at 67
1863 Jan Nepomuk Kanka, Czech composer, dies at 90
1866 William Jackson, British organist and composer, dies at 51
1891 Stephen Albert Emery, American pianist, composer, and pedagogue (Elements of Harmony), dies at 49
1924 Eduardo Caudella, Romanian opera composer, dies at 82
1927 Gaston Leroux, French writer (The Phantom of the Opera), dies at 58
1929 Antonio Smareglia, Italian composer, dies at 74
1937 Nikolai Artzibushev, Russian jurist and composer, dies at 79
1943 Raffaele Casimiri, Italian composer, and musicologist dies at 62
1954 Arthur Fickenscher, American microtonal composer, and educator (University of Virginia, 1920-41), dies at 82
1954 Juan Vicente Lecuna, Venezuelan diplomat and composer, dies at 54
1957 Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and ranchero singer, dies as co-pilot in a plane crash at 39
1968 Borys Lyatoshynsky, Ukrainian composer, conductor, and teacher, known as the father of modern Ukrainian music, dies at 73
1974 Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian pianist and songwriter ("Malinconia d'amore"), dies at 68
1984 Machito [Francisco "Frank" Grillo], Latin jazz musician and creator of Cu-bop and salsa music (Afro-Cubans), dies following a stroke at 76
1986 Tim McIntire, American actor (Brubaker; Stand By Your Man), singer-songwriter, and musician (Funzone), dies of congestive heart failure at 41
1988 Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist, dies at 33
1989 Nesuhi Ertegün, Turkish–American jazz record producer and label executive (Atlantic Records; Warner Music), dies from complications of cancer surgery at 71
1995 Cleo Brown, American jazz pianist, dies at 85
1996 Alexander Tanev, Bulgarian composer, dies at 67
1998 Rose Maddox, American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter, and fiddle player (Sing a Little Song of Heartache), dies of kidney failure at 72
2001 Joey Ramone [Jeffrey Hyman], American punk rock singer and musician (The Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"; Blitzkrieg Bop"; solo -"What a Wonderful World"), dies of lymphoma at 49
2001 John Verrall, American composer, dies at 92
2002 William Leonard "Will" Reed, British pianist and composer, dies at 91
2005 John Fred [Gourrier], American pop singer (John Fred and His Playboy Band - "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"), dies from kidney disease at 63
2008 Brian "Blinky" Davison, British rocker (The Nice), dies at 65
2008 Sean Costello, American blues guitarist and singer, dies of multiple drug intoxication at 28
2013 Jean-François Paillard, French conductor, dies at 85
2013 Jo Roland [Rolando Bonardelli], Swiss pop singer and TV personality (Rendez-vous), known as the 'Swiss Perry Como', dies at 80
2017 Allan Holdsworth, British progressive rock guitarist, dies at 70
2017 Sylvia Moy, American songwriter ("My Cherie Amour"; "This Old Heart Of Mine"; "It Takes Two"), dies of pneumonia at 79
2019 Joe Terry (Terranova), American Doo-wop singer (Danny & The Juniors - "At The Hop"), dies at 78
2019 Les Reed, British songwriter ("It's Not Unusual"; "There's A Kind Of Hush"; "Here It Comes Again"), dies at 83
2020 (Leon) "Lee" Konitz, American jazz saxophonist (Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool), dies of COVID-19 complications at 92
2020 Dries Holten, Dutch pop singer (Sandra & Andres), dies of cancer at 84
2022 Art Rupe [Goldberg], American gospel, R&B, and early rock record producer and label executive (Specialty Records - Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price), dies at 104
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