Apr 4 Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 50 Apr 9 Wilfred Pelletier, Canadian conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85 Apr 28 Bert van Dongen [Albert Cohen], Dutch singer, impressionist and actor (Het meisje met den blauwen hoed), dies at 66 Apr 29 Herbert Collum, German composer, dies at 67 Apr 29 Jimmy Jones, American jazz pianist, arranger, and accompanist, dies at 62 Apr 30 Lester Bangs, American music journalist (Creem; Rolling Stone), and musician (Birdland), dies of accidental cold medicine overdose at 33 Mar 1982 Deaths in Music by Year May 1982 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers
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