Deaths in Music on 16th April

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

1645 - Tobias Hume, English composer

1846 - Domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83

1858 - Johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87

1876 - Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83

1881 - George William Martin, composer, dies at 56

1920 - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer, dies at 80

1992 - Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72

1996 - Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73

1996 - Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist, dies at 62

1997 - Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82

1999 - Skip Spence, Canadian-born guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1946)