1929 Knut Algot Håkanson, Swedish composer, dies at 42
1942 Eleanor Everest Freer, American composer, dies at 78
1951 Selim Palmgren, Finnish concert pianist, composer (Hakkapeliittojen marssi), conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 73
1962 Harry Barris, American popular singer, scat vocalist, and songwriter ("Mississippi Mud"), dies at 57
1963 Stan Jones, American singer-songwriter ("Ghost Riders in the Sky"), and actor (Rio Grande; Ten Who Dared), dies of cancer at 49
1968 Siegfried Reda, German church musician and composer, dies at 52
1981 Cornelius Cardew, British composer (Scratch Orchestra), dies in a hit and run accident at 45
1992 Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist and orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies at 73
1995 Nancy LaMott, American singer, dies of cancer at 43
1996 Mae Barnes {Stith], American dancer and jazz singer ("The Sunny Side Of The Street"), dies of cancer at 89 (or older, year of birth disputed)
2001 Chuck Schuldiner, American heavy metal singer-songwriter and guitarist (Death; Control Denied), dies of brain cancer at 34
2002 Zal Yanovsky, Canadian rock guitarist (Lovin' Spoonful - "Do You Believe in Magic?"), dies of a heart attack at 57
2005 Timothy Jordan II, American pop-rock musician (The All American Rejects; Jonezetta), takes his own life at 24
2006 Homesick James [Williamson], American blues slide guitarist and singer (Elmore James band, 1955-62), dies at 96 [or 101, or 92 - date of birth disputed]
2006 Robert Long [Jan Leverman], Dutch pop singer (Vroeger of Later (Sooner or Later); Unit Gloria), actor, and television presenter, dies of cancer at 63
2007 Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American (Dakota Sioux) country music singer-songwriter, actor (Walker, Texas Ranger; Northern Exposure), and political activist, dies from complications of leukemia at 71
2009 Aubrey Bowman, British pianist, composer, and conductor (Workman's Music Association), dies from injuries after being struck by a car at 91
2009 Joe Castro, American bebop and West Coast jazz pianist (Teddy Edwards Quartet; June Christy), dies at 82
2010 Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer, dies from surgery complications at 67
2010 Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme, British keyboardist and vocalist (Barclay James Harvest), commits suicide at 63
2012 Otto Ketting, Dutch trumpeter and composer (Passacaglia), dies at 77
2014 Raoul Cita, American R&B pianist and songwriter (Harptones), dies at 86
2016 Alan Thicke, Canadian actor (Growing Pains), host (Thicke of the Night), and theme song composer (Diff'rent Strokes; The Facts of Life), dies of an aortic dissection at 69
2017 Warrel Dane, American singer (Nevermore -"Enemies of Reality"), dies of a heart attack at 56
2018 Nancy Wilson, American jazz vocalist ("Feel Like Making Love"), dies at 81
2019 Emil Richards [Radocchia], American session and touring vibraphonist and percussionist (George Shearing; Frank Sinatra; Lalo Schifrin; Frank Zappa; George Harrison; Harry Partch; Shadowfax), dies at 87
2019 Roy Loney, American rock singer (Flamin' Groovies, 1965-71), dies of multiple organ failure at 73
2021 Joe Simon, American soul and R&B singer ("Power of Love"), dies at 85
2022 Kim Simmonds, Welsh blues-rock guitarist (Savoy Brown), dies of bladder cancer at 75
2022 Sol Amarfio, Ghanaian drummer and musician (Osibisa), dies at 84
2022 tWitch [Stephen Boss], American television personality, dancer, DJ, and producer (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, 2014-22), takes his own life at 40 [1]