Musicians Who Died in May 2013

May 17 Harold Shapero, American composer (9 Minute Opera), dies at 93
May 20 Anders Eliasson, Swedish contemporary classical composer, dies at 66
May 20 Ray Manzarek, American musician and keyboardist (The Doors - "Light My Fire", "Hello, I Love You"), dies of cancer at 74
May 20 Robert DiDomenica, American flautist, composer and educator, dies at 86
May 21 Frank Comstock, American big band and pop orchestral arranger (Les Brown; Doris Day; Warner Bros; Brian Setzer), film and television composer (Rocky and His Friends; Adam-12), and recording artist (Project: Comstock - Music from Outer Space), dies at 90
May 21 Trevor Bolder, British rock bassist (The Spiders From Mars; Uriah Heep, 1976-2013), and record producer, dies from pancreatic cancer at 62
May 22 Henri Dutilleux, French composer (Tout un monde lointain, L'arbre des songes), dies at 97
May 23 Georges Moustaki [Giuseppe Mustacchi], Greek-Egyptian-French singer-songwriter ("Milord"; "Le Métèque"), dies of emphysema at 79
May 25 Marshall Lytle, American rock bassist (Bill Haley, 1951-55), dies from lung cancer at 79
May 29 Marvin Junior, American singer (The Dells - Oh What a Nite), dies at 77
May 29 Mulgrew Miller, American jazz pianist (Duke Ellington; Betty Carter; Artie Shaw; Art Blakey), composer, and educator (William Patterson University), dies of a stroke at 57
May 30 Elliot del Borgo, American music educator (SUNY/Crane School of Music, 1966-95) and composer (1980 Winter Olympics), dies at 74
May 31 Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress (La Divina Infiel; The Shadow of the Bat), and singer ("Es tarde ya" (It's Too Late Now)), dies at 85