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Musicians Who Died on February 12

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  • 1684 Pietro Andrea Ziani, Italian composer and organist, dies at 67
  • 1728 Agostino Steffani, Italian-German diplomat and composer, dies at 73
  • 1738 James Sherard, English amateur composer, dies at 71
  • 1762 Laurent Belissen, French composer, dies at 68
  • 1799 František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer, dies at 67
  • 1820 Guillaume Albert Teniers, Flemish composer, dies at 71
  • 1861 Hippolyte-André-Baptiste Chélard, French violist, composer and conductor, dies at 72
  • 1894 Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)
  • 1896 Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer (Mignon), and music professor, dies at 84
  • 1915 Émile Waldteufel [Charles Émile Lévy], French pianist and composer (Estudiantina; Les Patineurs - The Skaters' Waltz), dies at 77
  • 1920 Émile Sauret, French violinist and composer, dies at 67
  • 1933 Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85
  • 1959 George Antheil, American pianist, avant garde composer (Airplane Sonata; Ballet Mécanique), and inventor, dies at 58
  • 1967 (Francis) "Muggsy" Spanier, American swing jazz and Dixieland revival cornetist and trumpeter, dies at 65
  • 1970 André Souris, Belgian composer, dies at 79
  • 1973 Benjamin Frankel, British composer, dies at 67
  • 1976 Clifton Williams, American composer (The Ramparts; Sinfonians), dies from cancer at 52
  • 1983 (James Hubert) "Eubie" Blake, American ragtime composer and pianist ("Memories of You"; "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), dies at 96
  • 1986 Guy Warrack, Scottish composer, dies at 86
  • 1991 Roger Patterson, American death metal bass player, dies in a car crash at 22
  • 1995 Earring George Mayweather, American blues harmonica player, dies of liver cancer at 66
  • 1995 Terence Beckles, English pianist and teacher, dies at 82
  • 1995 Tony Secunda, English rock band manager (The Moody Blues), dies at 54
  • 2000 (Jalacy) "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, American blues-rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("I Put a Spell On You"), and actor, dies of an aneurysm at 70
  • 2000 Andy Lewis, Australian musician (The Whitlams), commits suicide at 33
  • 2000 Oliver [William Swofford], American pop singer ("Good Morning Starshine"), dies of cancer at 54
  • 2005 Sammi Smith, American country music singer (Help Me Make It Through the Night), dies at 61
  • 2007 Eldee Young, American jazz upright bassist (Ramsey Lewis Trio, 1956-66 'The In Crowd"; Young-Holt Unlimited - "Soulful Strut"), dies of a heart attack at 71
  • 2007 Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
  • 2011 Elizabeth "Betty" Garrett, American actress, comedian, singer and dancer (All in the Family), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 91
  • 2011 Peter Alexander [Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer], Austrian actor and singer (Who Wants to Sleep?), dies at 84
  • 2013 Richard Orton, British modern classical and electronic music composer, performer, and educator (University of York, 1967-96), dies at 73
  • 2015 Sam Andrew, American musician (Big Brother and the Holding Company), dies at 73
  • 2015 Steve Strange [Harrington], Welsh pop singer (Visage) and nightclub host, dies of a heart attack at 55
  • 2017 Al Jarreau, American jazz singer (Moonlighting), dies at 76
  • 2021 Milford Graves, American avant-garde and free jazz drummer, percussionist (New York Art Quartet), and educator (Bennington College, Vermont, 1973-2012), dies of heart failure at 79 [1]
  • 2022 Aurelio de la Vega, Cuban-American composer (Adiós; Variación del Recuerdo), educator (California State University, 1959-92), and poet, dies at 96
  • 2022 Howard Grimes, American soul music session drummer (Al Green; Ann Peeples), dies of kidney failure at 80
  • 2022 William Kraft, American timpanist, percussionist (Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble), conductor, and composer (The Demise of Suriyodhaya; Avalanche), dies at 98
  • 2023 Trugoy the Dove [David Jolicoeur], American rapper and producer (De La Soul - "Me Myself and I"), dies of heart failure at 54


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