- Aug 9 Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson), dies at 49
Michael Houser (1962-2002)
Aug 10 American guitarist (Widespread Panic), dies of pancreatic cancer at 40
- Aug 14 Dave Williams, American rock singer (Drowning Pool), dies of heart failure due to undiagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at 30
- Aug 22 Mark Bucci, American opera, theater, and film composer and lyricist (1959 Arts & Letters Award), dies at 78
- Aug 25 William Warfield, American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (Show Boat), dies from neck injuries suffered in a fall at 82
- Aug 26 Miguel Querol Gavalda, Spanish musicologist and composer, dies at 90
- Aug 29 Paul Tripp, American TV host (Mr I Magination), songwriter (Tubby the Tuba), and children's book writer (Rabbi Santa Claus), dies at 91
- Aug 31 Lionel Hampton, American Jazz vibraphone player, pianist, drummer, and actor, dies from congestive heart failure at 94
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