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Musicians Who Died on December 21

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  • 1734 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, Bohemian lutenist and Baroque composer, dies at 54
  • 1755 Caspar Ruetz, German composer, dies at 47
  • 1807 John Newton, English cleric and hymnist, died at 82
  • 1820 Charles-Francois Dumonchau, French pianist and composer, dies at 45
  • 1864 William Henry Fry, American composer (Niagara Symphony), music director (Musical Fund Society), journalist, and music critic, dies of tuberculosis at 51
  • 1890 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, organist, composer, and conductor, dies at 73
  • 1906 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 58
  • 1940 Hal Kemp, American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and sweet jazz bandleader, dies as a result of a car accident at 36
  • 1941 Peetie Wheatstraw [William Bunch], American blues singer, songwriter, and piano player, dies on his 39th birthday when the car in which he was a passenger met a freight train
  • 1957 Eric Coates, English viola palyer and composer, dies at 71
  • 1965 Claude Champagne, Canadian composer, dies at 74
  • 1984 Judith Raskin, American soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro), dies at 56
  • 1989 Ján Cikker, Slovak composer, dies at 78
  • 1992 Albert King [Nelson], American blues guitarist and singer (BB King & Friends; Blues Alive), dies of a heart attack at 69
  • 1992 Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American Grammy Award-winning concert violinist, transcriber and composer, dies at 87
  • 1992 Philip Farkas, American classical horn player (Chicago Symphony) and educator (University of Indiana), dies at 78
  • 1997 Amie Comeaux, American country music singer, dies at 21
  • 1998 Karl Denver [Angus McKenzie], Scottish pop singer ("Never Say Goodbye"; "Wimoweh"), dies of a brain tumor at 67
  • 2001 Felix Guerro Diaz, Cuban composer, dies at 84
  • 2012 Lee Dorman, American rock bassist (Iron Butterfly; Captain Beyond), dies at 70
  • 2013 Lars Edlund, Swedish composer, dies at 91
  • 2014 Udo Jürgens [Bockelmann], Austrian-Swiss pop singer-songwriter (Eurovision Song Contest, 1966), dies of heart failure at 80
  • 2016 Weston Noble, American music educator and conductor (Luther College, 1948-2005), dies at 94
  • 2017 Roswell Rudd, American free-jazz trombonist (Archie Shepp) and avant-garde composer (New York Art Quartet), dies of prostate cancer at 82
  • 2017 Wolfgang Ludewig, German composer, dies at 91
  • 2020 K. T. Oslin, American country singer (80's Ladies), dies at 78 [1]
  • 2022 Richard Trythall, American-Italian pianist, contemporary classical and electronic music composer (Continuums; Parts Unknown), and educator, dies at 83


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