1919 Horatio Parker, American organist and composer, dies at 56
1928 Lucien Capet, French composer and violinist, dies at 55
1948 William Arms Fisher, American composer, librettist (Going Home), musicologist, and educator, dies at 87
1963 Winfried Zillig, German opera composer, and conductor (Fantasia Irica), dies at 58
1973 Julio César Brero [or Giulio Cesare], Italian-born Argentine composer (Novella), and lawyer, dies at 64
1982 Tibor de Machula, Hungarian-Dutch cellist, dies at 70
1987 Conny Plank, German record producer and musician, dies at 47
1990 Connie Russell, American singer (Club Embassy; Garroway at Large), dies at 67
1990 Paul Tortelier, French concert cellist, composer, and teacher, dies at 76
1992 Edwin Gerschefski, American pianist, composer and teacher (Saugauck Suite), dies at 83
1995 Brian Brockless, English organist and composer, dies at 69
1996 Arthur Jacobs, English musicologist (Penguin Dictionary of Music), dies at 74
2000 James Mitchell, American session baritone saxophonist (The Memphis Horns; Stax Records), dies at 69
2000 Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (Electric Landlady), dies when run over by a power boat in the National Marine Park of Cozumel at 41
2001 Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer, dies at 87
2001 Gilbert Bécaud [François Gilbert Léopold Silly], French singer, pianist, composer and actor (Nathalie) known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances, dies at 74
2004 John W. Downey, American composer, dies at 77
2006 Daniel Pinkham, American organist, composer (Signs of the Zodiac) and educator (New England Conservatory), dies at 83
2009 Oskar Danon, Yugoslav conductor (Belgrade Opera, 1944-65), dies at 96
2011 Ralph MacDonald, American rock percussionist and songwriter ("Just the Two of Us"), dies of cancer at 67
2015 Luc Brewaeys, Belgian pianist, conductor, and composer, dies of cancer at 56
2017 Jonghyun [Kim Jong-hyun], South Korean singer-songwriter, radio host, and author (SHINee), commits suicide at 27
2019 Abbey Simon, American concert pianist, and pedagogue, dies at 99
2019 Hugh McKenna, British rock keyboardist (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band), dies of cancer at 70
2019 Kenny Lynch, British pop-rock singer ("You Can Never Stop Me Loving You"; "Up On A Roof"), dies of cancer at 81
2022 Martin Duffy, British rock keyboardist (Primal Scream), dies of head injuries after a fall at 55
2022 Terry Hall, British rock-ska-pop singer (Specials; Fun Boy Three; Vegas), dies at 63
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