1830 Marcos Portugal [Marcos Antonio da Fonseca Portugal], Portuguese-Brazilian opera, sacred music, and national anthem composer (Portugal - "Hymno Patriótico", 1809; Brazil - "Hino da Independência", 1822), dies at 67
1841 Ferdinando Carulli, Italian classical guitar composer (Méthode, Op. 27), dies at 71
1856 Heinrich Heine, German poet and lyricist (Schubert, Liszt), dies at 58
1856 John Braham, English tenor singer and composer, dies at 81
1883 Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer, dies at 76
1894 Francisco Barbieri Spanish zarzuela opera composer (El Diablo en el poder), dies at 70
1901 Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (The Rosary; Narcissus), dies of a stroke at 38
1903 Joseph Parry, Welsh composer and musician, dies at 61
1924 Oskar Merikanto [Ala-Kanto], Finnish pianist, organist, and composer, dies at 55
1933 Henri Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
1943 Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer, dies at 54
1951 Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, Armenian composer, dies at 94
1955 Otto J. Gombosi, Hungarian-American musicologist, dies of a heart attack at 52
1962 Bruno Walter, German-French opera and symphony conductor (Vienna Philharmonic; NY Philharmonic), dies at 85
1969 (Adolphe) Paul Barbarinan American jazz drummer (King Oliver; Red Allen Sextet; Onward Brass Band), dies while playing his snare drum, marching in a Mardi Gras parade at 69
1970 Alfred Newman, American film music arranger, conductor and composer, winner of 9 Academy Awards (The Robe; How The West Was Won; Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing), dies at 69
1972 Gavriil Popov, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 67
1980 Jerry Fielding, American jazz musician and composer (Lively Ones, Hogan's Heroes), dies at 57
1982 Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist and composer ("Straight, No Chaser"; "'Round Midnight"; "Brilliant Corners"), dies of a stroke at 64
1995 Uta Graf, German born American singer and teacher, dies at 80
1996 Evelyn Laye, English actress and singer (Sun Child), dies at 95
1996 Gus Hardin [Carolyn Ann Blankenship], American country singer, dies at 50
2001 Debbie Dean [Reba Smith], American pop singer and songwriter (Motown), dies at 73
2006 Bill Cowsill, American singer and musician (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "The Rain, The Park, And Other Thing"), dies of emphysema at 58
2006 Ray Barretto, American percussionist and Latin jazz bandleader (Charanga Moderna - "El Watusi"), dies at 76
2007 Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
2010 Kathryn Grayson [Zelma Hedrick], American vocalist and actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate), dies of natural causes at 88
2012 Michael Davis, American bass guitarist, and songwriter (MC5 -"Kick Out The Jams"), dies of liver failure at 68
2013 Mindy McCready, American country music singer ("Guys Do It All the Time"; "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)", commits suicide by gunshot at 37
2014 Bob Casale, (aka Bob 2), American new wave rock musician (Devo - "Whip It!"), and record producer, dies from heart failure at 61
2015 Andrzej Koszewski, Polish choral and orchestral composer, and musicologist, dies at 92
2015 Kenneth "Wally" Kelly, American R&B singer (Manhattans - "Kiss And Say Goodbye"), dies at 74
2017 Alan Aldridge, British artist, graphic designer and illustrator whose artwork was used in record covers for The Beatles and The Who, dies at 78
2018 Beatricce "Beebe" Freitas [nee Botty], American pianist, organist, and voice teacher (Hawaii Opera Theatre), dies at 79
2019 Ami Maayani, Israeli composer, conductor, and founder of several youth orchestras, dies of cancer at 82
2019 Ethel Ennis, American jazz singer (If Women Ruled The World), dies of a stroke at 86 [1]
2021 Doug Grisby, American soul music bassist, composer and producer (Patti LaBelle; Teena Marie), dies after suffering a stroke at 57
2022 Dallas Good, Canadian alt-country-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (The Sadies -"Through Strange Eyes"), dies at 48
2023 (Harry Gilbert) Gil Trythall, American pianist, contemporary classical and electronic music composer (The Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya), and educator, dies at 92
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