1732 Johann Philipp Förtsch, German Baroque composer, statesman, and physician, dies at 80
1780 Ignatius Sancho, African-born British writer, shopkeeper and composer (1st person of African descent to vote in a British general election), dies (b. c. 1729) [1]
1788 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74
1849 Conradin Kreutzer, German composer, dies at 69
1861 Heinrich August Marschner, German opera composer, dies at 66
1886 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, Polish-Russian composer, dies at 27
1914 Giovanni Sgambati, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 73
1923 Giuseppe Gallignani, Italian composer and conductor, takes his own life at 72
1938 Maurice Emmanuel, French composer and musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76
1945 Constantino Gaito, Argentinian composer, dies at 67
1948 R. O. Morris [Reginald Owen], British composer and music teacher, dies at 62
1951 Coretté Alefred [Hardy], American-Russian-Soviet jazz, spiritual and pop lyrical and dramatic soprano, dancer, and actress, dies at 70
1952 (Olav) Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer, pianist, polyglot, and rosarian, dies at 65
1963 Dinah Washington [Ruth Lee Jones], American jazz, blues, pop, and R&B singer ("What a Diff'rence a Day Makes": "September In The Rain"), dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39
1965 Herman Sandby, Danish cellist and composer, dies at 84
1970 Elmer Schoebel, American jazz pianist, arranger (New Orleans Rhythm Kings; Isham Jones), and composer ("Farewell Blues"; "Prince Of Wails"), dies at 73
1996 Norman Hackforth, British musician and radio broadcaster (Noel Coward; Twenty Questions), dies at 88
1997 Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who), dies of kidney failure at 51
1999 Dave Shogren, American rock bassist (The Doobie Brothers, 1970-71), dies at 49
2001 (Secondo) "Conte" Candoli, American jazz, big band, and session trumpeter (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; The Brothers Candoli; The Tonight Show, 1967-92), dies of prostate cancer at 74
2002 Ruth Kobart [Kahn], American actor and singer (King's Quest VII, Forum), dies at 78
2006 Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American, songwriter, businessman (co-founder of Atlantic Records), and philanthropist, dies from complications after tripping during a Rolling Stones concert at 83
2006 Otmar Macha, Czech composer (Quattro Group), dies at 84
2007 Ernő Király, Yugoslavian composer and ethnomusicologist, dies at 88
2016 Karel Husa, Czech-American Pulitzer prize winning composer (Trojan Women), dies at 95
2018 Joe Osborn, American session bass player (Bridge Over Troubled Water), dies of pancreatic cancer at 81
2021 Phil Chen, Chinese-Jamaican rock session and touring bassist (Jeff Beck, 1974-76; Rod Stewart, 1977-80; Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger), dies of cancer at 75