- 1647 Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies
- 1802 Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, German composer, dies at 53
- 1809 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75
- 1818 Jean-Pierre Duport, French composer and cellist, dies at 77
- 1848 Oliver Shaw, early American composer, dies at 69
- 1859 Luigi Ricci, Italian composer, dies at 54
- 1877 Alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64
- 1916 Ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76
- 1941 Sigwart Aspestrand, Norwegian composer, dies at 85
- 1950 Charles Koechlin, French composer (The Jungle Book), dies at 83
- 1954 Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor and composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75
- 1958 Gustav Hermann Unger, German composer, dies at 72
- 1960 Semyon Bogatyrev, Russian and Soviet musicologist and composer (completed a symphony abandoned by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky), dies at 70
- 1960 Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer, dies at 70
- 1968 George Lewis [Joseph Zenon], American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Bunk Johnson; Preservation Hall Jazz Band; "Burgundy Street Blues"), dies at 68
- 1968 Sabin Drăgoi, Romanian composer, dies at 74
- 1969 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian operatic bass buffo singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-62), and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), dies at 69
- 1970 Cyril Scott, English composer and author (Alchemist), dies at 91
- 1975 Donal Michalsky, American composer, dies in a fire at 47
- 1981 Frantisek Chaun, Czech pianist, composer, painter, and actor, dies at 60
Ricky Nelson (1940-1985)
American pop-rock star ("Hello Mary Lou"; "It's Late"; "Garden Party") and actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies in a plane crash at 45
- 1986 Lester Trimble, American composer, music critic and educator, dies at 63
- 1991 Felicja Blumental, Polish-Brazilian concert pianist (Villa-Lobos' Piano Concerto No. 5; Penderecki's Partita for Harpsichord), dies at 83
- 1995 Eduardo Hernández Moncada, Mexican composer and pianist, dies at 96
- 1996 Frederico Davia, opera singer, dies at 63
- 1997 Floyd Cramer, American Country Music Hall of Fame pianist ("Last Date"; "On the Rebound"), dies of cancer at 64
- 2000 Eddy Shaver, American country-rock guitarist and songwriter, dies of a heroin overdose at 38
- 2000 José Greco, Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer, dies of heart failure at 82
- 2002 Kevin Macmichael, Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer (Cutting Crew - "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"), dies of lung cancer at 51
- 2005 Enrico di Giuseppe, American tenor, dies of cancer at 73
- 2007 Markku Peltola, Finnish actor (The Man Without A Past), and art-rock bassist and singer (Motelli Skronkle), dies at 51
- 2009 Earl Gaines, American R&B, soul, and electric blues singer (It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)), dies at 74
- 2011 Omus Hirshbein, classical music impresario and music director, dies at 77
- 2013 Al Porcino, American big band jazz and session trumpeter (Woody Herman, Stan Kenton), dies after a fall at 88
- 2015 Dal Richards, Canadian musician, bandmaster and composer (discovered Michael Bublé), dies at 96 [1]
Natalie Cole (1950-2015)
American Grammy Award-winning pop vocalist ('This Will Be"; "Pink Cadillac"; "Miss You Like Crazy"; "Unforgettable"), dies of heart failure at 65
- 2017 Maurice Peress, American conductor (Kansas City Philharmonic, 1974-80), dies at 87
- 2018 Dean Ford (Thomas McAleese), Scottish singer-songwriter (Marmalade), dies from complications relating to Parkinson's disease at 72 [1]
- 2018 Urban "Urbie" Green, American jazz trombonist (Woody Herman; Buck Clayton; Hugo Montenegro), dies at 92
- 2019 Christian Kellens, Belgian jazz trombonist, dies at 94
- 2021 Juraj Filas, Slovak composer (Oratio Spei (Prayer of Hope)), dies of COVID-19 at 66
- 2021 Liisa Pohjola, Finnish concert pianist and music professor, dies at 85
- 2022 Anita Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters - "He's So Shy"; "I'm So Excited"), dies at 74
- 2022 Jeremiah Green, American drummer (Modest Mouse), dies of cancer at 45
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