- Aug 8 Andrzej Dobrowolski, Polish classical and experimental composer, dies at 68
- Aug 12 Piotr Perkowski, Polish composer, dies at 89
- Aug 14 Chester Zardis, American jazz 'slap-style' double-bassist, dies at 90
- Aug 15 Lew DeWitt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall"), dies of Crohn's disease complications at 52
- Aug 15 Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (Kino), dies in a car accident at 28
- Aug 17 Pearl Bailey, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, singer and dancer (Hello, Dolly!), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Aug 18 Grethe Ingmann (née Clemmensen), Danish pop singer (Eurovision, 1963), dies of cancer at 52
- Aug 22 "Boogie" Bill Webb, American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Bad Dog"), dies at 66
- Aug 23 David Rose, American Emmy Award-winning composer ("The Stripper"; "Holiday For Strings"), and orchestra leader (The Red Skelton Show), dies at 80
- Aug 26 Roh Ogura, Japanese composer and writer, dies at 74
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Aug 27 American blues guitarist (Texas Flood; "Pride And Joy"; David Bowie - "Let's Dance"), dies in a helicopter crash at 35
- Aug 28 Pamela Harrison, British concert pianist and composer, dies at 74
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