1887 Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and scientist (Robert LeDiable), dies at 53
1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), dies at 65
1956 Frank Dailey, American orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
1956 Gunther Ramin, German organist and composer, dies at 57
1968 Frankie Lymon, American pop singer (The Teenagers - "Why Do Fools Fall In Love"), dies of a heroin overdose at 25
1968 Ludvik Podest, Czech composer, music journalist, and conductor dies at 46
1969 John Boles, American singer and actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
1973 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav conductor and composer, dies at 72
1978 Vadim Salmanov, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 65
1982 Malika Sabirova, Soviet Tajik ballet dancer, dies at 39
1985 Ray Ellington [Henry Pitts Brown], British jazz drummer, singer and bandleader (The Goon Show), dies of cancer at 68
1991 Hein van Royen, Dutch director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1974-91), dies at 52
1993 Marģeris Zariņš, Latvian composer and writer, dies at 82
1993 Marlena Davis, American pop singer (The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"; "South Street"), dies of lung cancer at 48
1994 Roosevelt Holts, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 89
1999 Horace Tapscott, American jazz pianist and composer (Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, 1961-98), dies at 64
2003 John Lanchbery, British-Australian composer and conductor (Royal Ballet, 1959-72; Australian Ballet, 1972-77; American Ballet Theatre, 1978-80), dies at 79
2006 Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (Seattle Symphony, 1954–76), dies at 96
2007 Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer and bandleader, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 82
2011 Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican-American blues guitarist, singer and harmonica player (Have Mercy On Me), dies in a car accident at 87
2013 Richard Street, American R&B musician (The Temptations), dies at 70
2013 Van Cliburn, American pianist (Tchaikovsky Competition winner, 1958), dies at 78
2015 Tod Dockstader, American electronic and musique concrète composer, dies at 82
2017 Jórunn Viðar, Icelandic pianist and composer, dies at 98
2019 Doug Sandom, British drummer (The Who, 1962-64), dies at 89
2022 Hanna Havrylets, Ukrainian composer (David's Psalms; Ėlegiya), and educator, dies of an aneurysm at 63