- 1781 Georg Simon Löhlein, German pianist and composer, dies at 56
- 1783 Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84
- 1790 Ludwig August Lebrun, German composer, dies at 38
- 1816 Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomasselli], Italian dancer, ballet master (Royal Danish Ballet, 1775-1816), and choreographer (Amors og Balletmesterens Luner (The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master)), dies at 73
- 1833 Friedrich August Kanne, Austrian-German composer, dies at 55
- 1852 Henri-Jean Rigel, French composer, music director, and "pianiste de la musique particulière de l’Empereur et Roi" to Napoleon, dies at 80
- 1861 Karol Joseph Lipinski, Polish composer and virtuoso violinist, dies at 71
- 1870 Stanisław Duniecki, Polish composer, dies at 31
- 1914 Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer and conductor, dies at 82
- 1919 Luigi Illica, Italian poet and opera librettist (Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"; Umberto Giordano's "Andrea Chénier"), dies at 62
- 1921 Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (Samson et Dalila; Organ Symphony), dies of a heart attack at 86
- 1923 Kacsóh Pongrác, Hungarian composer, dies at 50
- 1927 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88
- 1940 William Wallace, Scottish composer, dies at 80
- 1950 Otto Vrieslander, German composer and musicologist, dies at 70
- 1961 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, Russian composer and teacher, dies at 61
- 1961 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer, prima donna, dies at 93
- 1965 Tito Schipa [Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa], Italian tenor/composer (La Rondine), dies at 77
- 1969 Leo Mathisen, Danish jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer and bandleader, known as "The Lion" (Take It Easy; To Be Or Not To Be), dies at 63
- 1977 Benny de Weille, German swing jazz clarinetist and bandleader, dies at 62
- 1978 Blanche Calloway, American jazz vocalist, bandleader (Twelve Clouds of Joy), civil rights activist, and broadcaster, dies of breast cancer at 76
- 1986 Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist and composer (Vague et Sillon), dies at 71
Sylvester James Jr. (1947-1988)
American singer-songwriter (Do Ya Wanna Funk), dies of complications from HIV/AIDS at 41
- 1991 Fred Scott, American actor and singing cowboy, known as "The Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo" (Melody of the Plains), dies at 89
- 1993 Charizma [Charles Hicks], American rapper, killed in a mugging at 20
- 1994 Samuel Lipman, American pianist and music critic, dies of leukemia at 60
- 1995 Nina Verchinina, Russian-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 85 [1]
- 1997 Nicolette Larson, American rock vocalist (Lotta Love; Twins), dies from brain seizure at 45
- 2001 Stuart Adamson, Scottish rock vocalist and guitarist (The Skids, Big Country), dies at 43
- 2003 Gary Stewart, American country singer (She's Actin' Single), commits suicide by shooting himself in the neck at 59
- 2005 Enzo Stuarti [Scapone], Italian-American pop tenor (That's A'Nice!), dies at 86
- 2006 Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)
- 2006 Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)
- 2007 Dan Fogelberg, American rocker (Same Old Lang Syne), dies at 56
- 2007 Harald Genzmer, German composer, dies at 98
- 2011 Mark Kopytman, Russian-Israeli composer (Voices of Memory), musicologist, and pedagogue (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, 1974-94). dies at 82
- 2013 Ray Price, American country music singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("For the Good Times"; "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"), dies from pancreatic cancer at 87
- 2015 Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer (contralto), dies at 91
- 2017 Keely Smith [Dorothy Keely], American jazz and pop singer (w/ husband Louis Prima -"That Old Black Magic"; "I Wish You Love"), dies from heart failure at 89 [1]
- 2021 Pavle Despalj, Croatian composer and conductor (Zagreb; Miami; Tokyo), dies at 87
- 2022 Charlie Gracie [Graci], American rock pioneer, rhythm and blues singer, and guitarist ("Butterfly"; "Fabulous"), dies of complications following COVID-19 at 86
- 2022 Rick Anderson, American actor and rock bassist (Tubes - "I'll Talk To You Later"), dies at 75
- 2023 Carlos Lyra, Brazilian bossa nova guitarist and singer-songwriter, dies of sepsis at 90 [1]
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