1645 Tobias Hume, Scottish composer (The First Part of Ayres), dies
1846 Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer and double bass player, dies at 83
1858 Johann Baptist Cramer, German-British pianist, composer and music publisher, dies at 87
1876 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, Belgian military officer, painter, composer, and librettist, dies at 83
1881 George William Martin, English chorister, organist, composer, educator, and founder of the National Choral Society, dies at 53
1890 John Barnett, English composer (The Mountain Sylph), dies at 87
1920 John Conrad Nordqvist, Swedish composer, dies at 80
1973 István Kertész, Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor, dies at 43
1980 Morris Stoloff, American violinist, Academy Award-winning composer, music director (Columbia Pictures, 1938-62), and orchestra leader (Moonglow/Theme from Picnic), dies at 81
1992 Andy Russell, American drummer and vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72
1996 Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (Meet Me in St. Louis; Ziegfeld Follies), dies from a heart attack at 79
1996 Raymond Hill, American tenor saxophonist (Kings of Rhythm), dies at 62
1997 Ray Green, American composer and publisher, dies at 88
1999 Alexander "Skip" Spence, Canadian-American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane), dies of lung cancer at 52
2011 Paul Des Marais, American composer, dies at 90 [1]
2013 George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer (Billy Graham Crusades, 1947-2013), dies at 104
2015 Martin Quittenton, British rock and blues guitarist (Steamhammer), and songwriter ("Maggie May; "You Wear It Well"), dies at 69
2016 Peter Tolson, English rock guitarist (Pretty Things), dies at 64
2019 Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (The Party, Sierra Sue), dies at 101
2019 Jörg Wolfgang Demus, Austrian classical pianist and composer, dies at 90
2020 Kenneth Gilbert, Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and educator, dies at 88
2021 Mike Mitchell, American rock guitarist (The Kingsmen -"Louie, Louie"), dies on his 77th birthday
2023 Ahmad Jamal [Frederick Jones], American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator, dies of prostate cancer at 92 [1]
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