Apr 1 Herman Roelstraete, Belgium composer, dies at 59 Apr 6 Mark Lothar, German composer (The Story of the Lazy Bear), dies at 82 Apr 8 J. Fred Coots, American songwriter ("Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"; "Love Letters In The Sand"), dies at 87 Apr 14 Reginald Beane, American pianist (Starlit Time: Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63 Apr 21 Irving Mills [Isadore Minsky], American jazz music publisher, manager (Duke Ellington, 1926-48), singer and lyricist, dies at 91 Apr 22 José de Lima Siqueira, Brazilian conductor, and composer, dies at 78 Mar 1985 Deaths in Music by Year May 1985 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers
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