1887 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian, organist, and composer, dies at 67
1934 Charley Patton, American Delta blues musician ("Pony Blues"; "High Water Everywhere"), dies of a mitral valve disorder between the ages of 37 and 43
1935 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish composer, dies at 87
1967 Oscar Comras, American drummer, bandleader, and namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park, dies at 51
1979 Feliks Roderyk Łabuński, Polish composer, dies at 86
1980 (Francisco) "Chino" Pozo, Cuban-American latin jazz and Afro-Cuban drummer, bongosero and conguero, dies at 64
1980 Tommy Caldwell, American rock bass player (Marshall Tucker Band), dies in a jeep crash at 30
1981 Steve Currie, British rock bassist (T. Rex; Marc Bolan), dies in a car crash in Portugal at 33
1982 Bert van Dongen [Albert Cohen], Dutch singer, impressionist and actor (Het meisje met den blauwen hoed), dies at 66
1983 Charlie LaVere [Johnson], American jazz pianist, arranger, bandleader (Chicago Loopers), and composer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue), dies at 72
1984 Moses "Whispering" Smith, American blues harmonica player and singer ("A Thousand Miles From Nowhere"; "Hound Dog Twist"), dies at 52
1987 Åke Olof Sebastian Uddén, Swedish violist, composer and educator (Royal College Of Music, 1934-70), dies at 84
1988 B. W. Stevenson, American country singer, dies at 38