- 1706 Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer, dies at 69
- 1823 Joseph Pouteau, French composer and organist, dies at 84
- 1866 Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda [Jan Kalivoda], Bohemian violinist, composer, and court conductor, dies of a heart attack at 65
- 1876 Hermann Goetz, German composer, dies at 35
- 1889 Baltasar Saldoni, Spanish composer and musicologist, dies at 82
- 1933 Richard Henry Warren, American organist and composer, dies at 74
- 1941 Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (Frühlingsrauschen - Rustle of Spring), dies at 85
- 1942 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and music critic, dies at 75
- 1954 Enrique Soro, Chilean composer, dies at 70
- 1955 Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport, American boogie-woogie and blues musician, dies of hardening of the arteries at 61
- 1960 Hermann Stephani, German organist, and musicologist, dies at 83
- 1961 Jēkabs Graubiņš, Latvian composer, dies at 75
- 1972 Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872)
- 1973 Emile Christian, American jazz trombonist, dies at 78
- 1978 William Grant Still, American composer ("Afro-American" Symphony), dies at 83
- 1986 Bob Howard [Joyner], American swing jazz singer and pianist (Sing it Again), dies at 80
- 1989 Jimmy Shirley, American jazz and R&B electric guitarist, and early proponent of the Vibrola vibrato arm ("whammy bar"), dies at 76
- 1998 Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist, dies at 62
- 1999 "Scatman" John [Larkin], American jazz pianist and singer ("Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)"), dies of lung cancer at 57
- 1999 Madeline Kahn, American stage and screen actress (What's Up, Doc?; Young Frankenstein; Paper Moon; Blazing Saddles), and singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 57
- 2000 Hoyt Curtin, American composer (Hanna-Barbera cartoon theme songs), dies at 78
- 2001 Grady Martin, American country music guitarist (The Nashville A-Team), dies at 72
- 2004 Marek Stachowski, Polish composer (Neusis II; Thakurian Chants), and pedagogue, dies at 68
- 2005 Lance Dossor, British-Australian concert pianist, dies at 89
- 2006 Logan Whitehurst, American musician, singer-songwriter (Tin Drum; The Velvet Teen), graphic artist, and album cover designer, dies of brain cancer at 29
- 2011 Philip Burrell, influential Jamaican record producer, dies of a heart attack at 57
- 2014 Ian McLagan, English rock keyboardist (Small Face; Faces), dies from a stroke at 69
- 2015 Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson, Jamaican ska and reggae session keyboard player, and bandleader ("The Liquidator"), dies at 81
Scott Weiland (1967-2015)
American rock singer-songwrite (Stone Temple Pilots; Velvet Revolver), dies of an accidental drug overdose at 48
- 2016 Antonio Membrado, Spanish-French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 81
- 2016 Gigliola Frazzoni, Italian operatic soprano, dies at 93
- 2017 Mike D. Stone, American recording engineer (Frank Zappa, Joe Walsh, Bee Gees, America), dies of lymphoma at 68
- 2020 André Gagnon, French Canadian pianist and composer, dies at 84
- 2020 Noah Creshevsky, American electroacoustic composer, dies of cancer at 75
- 2023 Myles Goodwyn, Canadian rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (April Wine - "You Could Have Been a Lady"), and record producer, dies at 75 [1]
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