Musicians Who Died in March 2005

Mar 4 Una Hale, Australian soprano (b. 1922)
Mar 5 Sergiu Comissiona, Romanian-Israeli-American conductor (Haifa Symphony 1959-64), dies at 76
Mar 8 Larry Bunker, American session and West Coast jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and timpanist (Bill Evans, Lalo Schifrin, The 5th Dimension, Peggy Lee), dies from complications of a stroke at 76
Mar 9 Chris LeDoux, American country singer (Ridin' for a Fall), dies at 56
Mar 10 Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet), dies of pneumonia at 53
Mar 10 Mindy Jostyn, American session and touring vocalist, violinist, guitarist, accordionist, and harmonica player (New York Rock and Soul Revue; Billy Joel; Andreas Vollenweider; Carly Simon; Cyndi Lauper), and singer-songwriter ("Five Miles From Hope"; "Coming Home"), dies of cancer at 48
Mar 12 Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (b. 1932)
Mar 13 Lyn Collins [Gloria Lavern Collins], American soul singer (Think About It), dies from cardiac arrhythmia at 56
Mar 17 (Eduardo) "Lalo" Guerrero, American guitarist, Chicano singer-songwriter (Los Carlistas), and women's rights activist, dies at 88
Mar 17 Gary Bertini [Shloyme Golergant], Romanian-Israeli composer, and conductor (Israel Chamber Orchestra, 1965-75; Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-86; Israeli Opera, 1988-97; Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, 1998- 2005), dies at 77
Mar 21 Bobby Short, American cabaret singer and pianist, dies at 80
Mar 22 Rod Price, British rock and blues guitar and slide guitar player (Foghat, 1971-80 - "Slow Ride"), dies of a heart attack at 57
Mar 26 Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
Mar 27 Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist, dies at 83
Mar 27 Gwydion Brooke [Holbrooke], British bassoonist (Royal Philharmonic, 1946-1961), dies at 93
Mar 28 Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
Mar 30 Derrick Plourde, American punk rock drummer, takes his own life at 33
Mar 30 Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)