Months in Year 1972: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 84 of 84
Jan 4th - Carl-Olof Anderberg,
composer, dies at 57
Jan 7th - Eftichia Papagianopoulos,
Greek lyricist
Jan 9th - Ted Shawn,
US dancer, dies at 80
Jan 10th - Al Goodman,
Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
Jan 10th - Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at 82
Jan 16th - David Seville,
singer (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
Jan 17th - Betty Smith,
American writer and singer (b. 1896)
Jan 18th - Rudolf Wittelsbach,
composer, dies at 69
Jan 19th - Michael Rabin,
American violinist (b. 1936)
Jan 27th - Mahalia Jackson,
gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60
Jan 30th - Karel Boleslav Jirak,
composer, dies at 81
Jan 31st - Howard Barlow,
conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
Jan 31st - Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67
Feb 8th - Markos Vamvakaris,
Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
Feb 14th - Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre,
composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65
Feb 17th - Gavril Nikolayevich Popov,
composer, dies at 67
Feb 20th - Herbert Menges,
composer, dies at 69
Feb 21st - Bronislava Nijinska,
Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891)
Feb 23rd - Michael Taube,
composer, dies at 81
Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson (Jan 27th)
Feb 27th - Pat Brady,
American actor and singer (b. 1914)
Mar 1st - Victor Babin,
composer, dies at 63
Mar 5th - Nils Bjorkander,
composer, dies at 78
Mar 27th - Sharkey Bonano,
American musician (b. 1904)
Apr 3rd - Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe,
composer, dies at 80
Apr 3rd - Ferde Grofe, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
Apr 4th - Stefan Wolpe,
German composer (Zeus & Elidco), dies at 69
Apr 12th - Henri Potiron,
composer, dies at 89
Apr 26th - Margaret A R Bonds,
US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
May 5th - Rev Gary David,
vocalist, dies at 76
May 16th - Maxime Dumoulin,
composer, dies at 79
May 18th - Eero Aukusti Sipila,
composer, dies at 53
May 30th - Margaret Ruthven Lang,
composer, dies at 104
Jun 2nd - Franz Philipp,
composer, dies at 81
Jun 4th - Godfried Devreese,
composer, dies at 79
Jun 8th - Jimmy Rushing,
US blues singer, dies at 68
Jun 13th - Clyde L Mcphatter,
US singer (Drifters-Without Love), dies at 39
Jun 21st - Seth Bingham,
composer, dies at 90
Jun 23rd - Elton Britt,
country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54
Jul 3rd - Mississippi Fred McDowell,
jazz artist, dies at 68
Jul 10th - Lovie Austin,
American jazz pianist (b. 1887)
Jul 16th - Giorgio Nataletti,
composer, dies at 65
Jul 16th - Max Zehnder, composer, dies at 70
Jul 22nd - Hugo Kauder,
composer, dies at 84
Jul 22nd - Pavel Borkovek, composer, dies at 78
Jul 24th - Bobby Ramirez,
drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
Jul 28th - Helen Traubel,
American soprano (b. 1903)
Aug 2nd - Brian Cole,
vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29
Aug 2nd - Rudolf Ganz, composer, dies at 95
Aug 9th - Richard Elsasser,
composer, dies at 45
Aug 14th - Oscar Levant,
actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65
Aug 15th - Alf Thorbald Hurum,
composer, dies at 89
Aug 16th - John Barnes Chance,
composer, dies at 39
Aug 23rd - Balis Dvarionas,
composer, dies at 68
Aug 24th - Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas,
US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59
Aug 25th - Juan Carlos Paz,
composer, dies at 71
Aug 25th - Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80
Aug 29th - Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson,
Ger night club performer/singer, dies
Aug 29th - Rene Leibowitz, composer, dies at 59
Sep 1st - May Aufderheide,
composer, dies at 84
Sep 15th - Ulvi Cemal Erkin,
composer, dies at 66
Sep 19th - Robert Casadesus,
French pianist (b. 1899)
Sep 27th - Rory Storm,
lead singer (Rory Storm & Hurricane), commits suicide
Sep 28th - Maurice Thiriet,
composer, dies at 66
Oct 14th - Joseph Kaminski,
composer, dies at 68
Oct 17th - Billy Williams,
American singer (b. 1910)
Oct 30th - Alan Roth,
orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
Nov 6th - Billy Murcia,
rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21
Nov 11th - Berry Oakley,
US rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24
Nov 12th - Rudolf Friml,
Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92
Nov 16th - Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko,
composer, dies at 87
Nov 18th - Danny Whitten,
rocker, dies of a drug overdose
Nov 18th - Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, composer, dies at 90
Nov 24th - Hall Overton,
US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52
Nov 28th - Gustave Frederic Soderlund,
composer, dies at 91
Nov 28th - Havergal Brian, composer, dies at 96
Nov 29th - Carl Stalling,
American composer (b. 1888)
Nov 30th - Hans-Erich Apostel,
Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71
Nov 30th - Valentin Ruiz Azner, composer, dies at 70
Dec 2nd - Jose Limon,
Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
Dec 3rd - Bill Johnson,
American musician (b. 1872)
Dec 15th - Herbert Eimert,
German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75
Dec 17th - Erwin Dressel,
composer, dies at 63
Dec 29th - Fritz Behrend,
composer, dies at 83
