1944 Martin Lunssens, Belgian composer, dies at 72
1949 Herbert Stothart, American theater (Rose-Marie) and film score composer (The Wizard of Oz; Mutiny on the Bounty; A Night at the Opera), dies at 63
1970 Blaž Arnič, Slovenian composer (Ples čarovnic (The Dance of the Witches)), and pedagogue, dies in a car crash at 69
1981 Nils Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer, dies at 72
1986 Dick James [Leon Vapnick], British dance band vocalist and Beatles' music publisher (Northern Songs), dies of a heart attack at 65
1989 Blaze Foley [Michael Fuller], American outlaw country singer-songwriter (Wanted More Dead Than Alive), shot to death by a family friend at 39
1994 John Littlejohn [Funchess], American electric blues slide guitarist ("So-Called Friends"), dies of renal failure at 62
1997 Marjorie Reynolds [Goodspeed], American actress and dancer (Holiday Inn; Life of Riley), dies from congestive heart disease at 79
1999 Barış Manço, Turkish rock guitarist, singer-songwriter (Kurtalan Ekspres - "Arkadaşım Eşek (My Friend the Donkey"), and television producer (From 7 to 77), dies of a heart attack at 56
2002 Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (Touch of Class; Mozambique), dies at 76
2003 Mongo Santamaria, Cuban Latin jazz percussionist and bandleader, dies at 85
2003 Nancy Whiskey [Anne Wilson], Scottish folk singer and guitarist ("Freight Train"), dies at 67
2004 May O'Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer, dies at 97
2005 Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, conductor, classical concert, opera, and film score composer (Death in Venice; Il diavolo in giardino), dies at 80
2007 Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian pianist, librettist, and composer (Amahl & Night Visitors), and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 95
2007 Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer, dies at 70
2007 Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic, dies of cancer at 80
2009 Frankie Ervin, American R&B singer (The Three Blazers -"Dragnet Blues"; The Shields -"You Cheated"), dies at 82
2009 Jay Uzzell, American R&B singer (Corsairs), dies at 66
2009 Lukas Foss [Fuchs], German-American pianist, conductor and composer (Prairie), dies at 86
2018 Dennis Edwards, American pop and soul singer (The Temptations - "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"), dies following a stroke at 74
2020 Andy Gill, British guitarist and record producer (Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods"), dies from multiple organ failure and pneumonia at 64
2020 Peter Serkin, American concert pianist (TASHI quartet), and pedagogue (Juilliard; Curtis Institute; Yale; Bard College), dies from pancreatic cancer at 72
2022 Glenn Wheatley, Australian rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices), and talent manager (Little River Band; John Farnham), dies of COVID-19 complications at 74