Dec 2 José Limón, Mexican-American dancer and choreographer (The Moor's Pavane; I, Odysseus), dies of cancer at 64 Dec 3 Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872) Dec 5 Kenny Dorham [McKinley], American jazz trumpeter, dies at 48 Dec 15 Herbert Eimert, German composer and musicologist (Glockenspiel), dies at 75 Dec 17 Erwin Dressel, German composer, dies at 63 Dec 29 Fritz Behrend, composer, dies at 83 Nov 1972 Deaths in Music by Year Jan 1973 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers
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