1772 Alessandro Felici, Italian composer, dies at 29
1772 Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, German composer (Canticum Zacharia), and priest dies at 48
1812 Silverius Muller, Austrian composer, priest, and educator, dies at 67
1824 Santiago Ferrer, Spanish composer, dies at 62
1856 Peter Josef von Lindpaintner, German composer, dies at 64
1898 Niccolò van Westerhout, Italian composer, dies at 40
1932 Frederick Corder, British composer (The Nabob's Pickle), dies at 80
1935 Josef Cyril Sychra, Czech composer, dies at 76
1940 Paul Juon, Russian-Swiss violinist and composer, dies at 68
1949 Gerhard von Keussler, German composer, dies at 75
1951 (Leonard) Constant Lambert, British composer (The Rio Grande; Horoscope; Summer's Last Will and Testament), and music director (Vic-Wells/Royal Ballet, 1931-47), dies of pneumonia and complications of diabetes and alcoholism at 45
1958 Stevan Hristić, Serbian composer (Legend of Ohrid; Opeleo), conductor (Belgrade Philharmonic, 1923-34; Belgrade Opera, 1925-35), and pedagogue (Belgrade Music Academy, 1937-50), dies at 73
1958 Walter Schumann, American choral director (Ford Show) and film and television composer (Night Of The Hunter; Dragnet theme), dies at 44
1970 Timothy Mather Spelman, American composer, dies at 79
1981 Hermann Schey, German-Dutch classical bass-baritone singer, and teacher, dies at 85
1989 Raul Seixas, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter ("Mosca na Sopa" - "Fly In The Soup"), dies of pancreatitis at 44
1992 Theodor Berger, Austrian composer. (Sinfonia Parabolica), dies at 87
1993 Tatiana Troyanos, American mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier), dies of cancer at 54
1995 Anatole Fistoulari, Ukrainian conductor, dies at 88
1995 James Truitte, American ballet dancer (Lester Horton; Alvin Ailley), dies at 72
1999 Juan Carlos Zorzi, Argentinian composer, and conductor, dies of esophageal cancer at 63
2003 Wesley Willis, American underground singer-songwriter, and visual artist, dies of leukemia at 40
2005 Martin Dillon, American opera singer, dies of cardiac arrest at 48
2005 Robert Moog, American engineer (Moog synthesizer, Moog Music), dies of a brain tumor at 71
2006 Bismillah Khan [Qamaruddin Khan], Hindustani classical shehnai (a reeded woodwind instrument) player, dies of a heart attack at 90
2008 "Huckle" Jerry Finn, American sound engineer and record producer (Blink-182), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage and heart attack at 39
2008 Buddy Harman, American country music drummer (Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley), dies at 79
2009 Dean Turner, Australian rock musician (Magic Dirt), dies of cancer at 37
2009 Johnny Carter, American doo-wop singer (The Flamingos; The Dells), dies at 75
2013 Sid Bernstein, American music producer/promoter, dies at 95
2021 (Isaac) Don Everly, American rock and roll singer-guitarist (The Everly Brothers - "Bye, Bye Love"; "Wake Up Little Susie"; "When WIll I Be Loved"), dies at 84
2022 Monnette Sudler, American jazz guitarist (Sounds of Liberation), dies at 70
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