Musicians Who Died in October 2013

Oct 7 Patrice Chéreau, French opera director and actor (Danton), dies from lung cancer at 68
Oct 8 Larry Verne, American novelty song singer (Mr. Custer), dies of heart failure at 77
Oct 8 Philip Chevron, Irish musician (Pogues - "Peace & Love"), dies from esophageal cancer at 56
Oct 10 Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (Vixen - "Edge of a Broken Heart"), dies of cancer at 59
Oct 13 Tommy Whittle, British jazz tenor saxophonist (Ted Heath; BBC Show Band), and bandleader, dies of pneumonia on his 87th birthday
Oct 15 Gloria Lynne [Wilson], American jazz vocalist (Dell Tones), dies of a heart attack at 83
Oct 19 Noel Harrison, British singer and actor, dies of a heart attack at 79
Oct 19 Ronald Shannon Jackson, American avant-garde jazz and funk drummer, and composer (Cecil Taylor; Last Exit; Decoding Society), dies of leukemia at 73
Oct 19 Roy Elihu Travis, American composer (Passion of Oedipus), dies at 91
Oct 21 Marion Morgan (née Swires), American big band jazz singer (Harry James; Stop the Music), dies at 89
Oct 24 Héctor Quintanar, Mexican composer, dies at 77
Oct 24 [Prabodh] "Manna" Dey, Indian playback singer, music director, and musician, dies at 94
Oct 27 Lou Reed, American rock singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane"; solo -"Take A Walk On The Wild Side"), dies from liver disease at 71
Oct 29 Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet classical pianist of German heritage, dies at 90
Oct 30 Frank Wess, American jazz flutist, saxophonist (Duke Ellington, 1953-64; New York Jazz Quartet, 1974-82) and composer, dies of a heart attack related to kidney failure at 91
Oct 30 Pete Haycock, British blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and composer (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), dies of a heart attack at 62