Musicians Who Died on April 4
- 1662 Davis Mell, British violinist, composer, and clockmaker, dies at 57
- 1806 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84
- 1908 Josef Sucher, Hungarian composer and conductor (Aus alten Märchen), dies at 64
- 1931 George Whitefield Chadwick, composer, dies at 76
- 1934 Braulio Dueño Colón, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 80
- 1943 Hartzell "Tiny" Parham, American jazz pianist, theater organist, and bandleader, dies at 43
- 1943 Raoul Laparra, French composer, dies during a bombing raid in WWII at 66
- 1944 Karel Weis, Czech composer and folk song collector, dies at 82
- 1967 Al Lewis, American lyricist, songwriter and music publisher (Blueberry Hill, You Gotta Be a Football Hero), dies at 65
- 1967 Mischa Elman, Ukraine-American violinist, dies at 76
- 1972 Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus & Elidco), dies at 69
- 1977 Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82
- 1978 Gino Contilli, Italian composer, dies at 70
- 1980 Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine, American country music singer, dies following a heart attack leading to a car crash at 62
- 1982 Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 50
- 1988 Ludwig Stiel, German pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 86
- 1992 Arthur Russell, American experimental classical-pop fusion cellist, and composer, dies of AIDS at 40
- 1992 Rodolfo Holzmann, Peruvian composer, dies at 81
- 1992 Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
- 1993 Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop [Rita la Roche], singer, dies
- 1994 (Virginia) "Ginny" Simms, American singer (Kay Kyser Band), actress (Night and Day), and radio star, dies of a heart attack at 80 [1]
- 1996 Joy Newton, British ballet dancer, dies at 82
- 1996 Larry Laprise, American songwriter (The Hokey-Pokey Dance [disputed]), dies at 83
- 1996 Paul Cooper, American composer, dies at 69
- 1999 Aldus Roger, American Cajun accordionist (Lafayette Playboys - "Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés"), dies at 84
- 2011 Bronisław Kazimierz Przybylski, Polish composer (Requiem, In Memory of the Children – Martyrs of the War) and educator, dies at 69
- 2011 Scott Columbus, American heavy metal drummer (Manowar, 1983–91 & 1994–2008), takes his own life at 54
- 2016 (Dorothy) "Dottie" Schwartz (née Hummitzsch), American barbershop quartet vocalist (The Chordettes, 1946-52), dies at 89
- 2016 Carlo Mastrangelo, Italian-American rocker (Dion & The Belmonts), dies of cancer at 78
- 2019 Alberto Cortez, Argentinian singer-songwriter ("Cuando un amigo se va"), dies of heart failure at 79 [1]
- 2022 Joe Messina, American soul, jazz, and R&B session guitarist (Soupy Sales; The Funk Brothers), dies at 93 [1]
- 2023 Vivian Trimble, American alt-rock keyboardist (Luscious Jackson; Dusty Trails), dies of cancer at 59
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