1737 Hercule Brehy, Flemish composer and organist, dies at 63
1796 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, German violinist and composer, dies at 56
1876 Charles Edward Horsley, English composer, dies at 53
1908 Pauline Lucca, Austrian operatic soprano, dies at 66
1922 Vicente Lleo, Spanish composer (La Corte de Faraón), dies at 51
1929 John Ebenezer West, English composer, dies at 65
1935 (Francisca) "Chiquinha" Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and 1st female conductor in Brazil, dies at 87
1940 Arnold Dolmetsch, French-Bohemian England-based musician, instrument builder, and promoter of early music, dies at 82
1949 Stanley Marchant, English composer, dies at 65
1961 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer and music publisher, dies at 64
1963 Bobby Jaspar, Belgian jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer dies of a heart attack at 37
1968 Juanita Hall (née Long), American Tony Award winning stage and screen actress and singer (South Pacific; Flower Drum Song), dies from complications of diabetes at 66 [some sources give date as Feb. 29]
1973 (Pablo) "Tito" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican timbalero, singer, bandleader ("Inolvidable"), and television host, dies of leukemia at 50
1974 Bobby Bloom, American singer-songwriter ("Montego Bay"), dies in a self-inflicting gun cleaning incident at 28
1975 István Kardos, Hungarian composer, dies at 83
1980 Dinorá de Carvalho, Brazilian pianist, conductor, music educator and composer (Missa Profundis), dies at 75 (or 85, year of birth disputed)
1985 David Byron [Garrick], British vocalist and songwriter (Uriah Heep), dies of alcohol-related complications at 38
1986 William Dollar, American ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 79
1987 Nora Kaye, American ballet dancer, and Broadway and film choreographer, dies of cancer at 67
1992 La Lupe [Guadalupe Yolí Raymond], Cuban salsa, boleros, and guarachas singer, dies of a heart attack at 53
1993 Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street; Dames), dies of kidney cancer at 83
1994 (Elbert) "Skippy" Williams, American jazz tenor saxophonist and musical arranger, dies at 77
1995 (Herman) "Ace" Wallace, American St. Louis blues guitarist and singer, dies at 69
1995 Max Rudolf, German-American conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-70), and pedagogue (Curtis Institute, 1970-73 and 1980-95), dies at 92
2000 George Siravo, American big band and session saxophonist, composer, arranger and conductor (Columbia Records), dies at 83
2002 Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer, dies at 82
2004 Gene Allison, American R&B singer ("You Can Make It If You Try"), dies at 69
2005 Chris Curtis [Crummey], British rock drummer, songwriter and vocalist (The Searchers - "Needles And Pins"), dies at 63
2006 Irv Kluger, American big band jazz and session drummer (Artie Shaw; Gramercy Five), dies at 84
2007 Billy Thorpe, British-Australian musician (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs - "I Told The Brook", "Mashed Potato"; solo - "Children of the Sun"), dies of a heart attack at 60
2008 Mike Smith, British rock singer and keyboardist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), dies of pneumonia at 64
2010 Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, American rock bassist (Hall & Oates), dies of a heart attack at 51
2015 Ezra Laderman, American composer (Jacob & the Indians), dies at 90 [1]
2017 Claude Rene Georges Pascal, French composer, dies at 96
2017 Leoncjusz Ciuciura, Polish classical composer (Spirals), dies at 86 [1][2]
2018 Harvey Schmidt, American musical theatre composer (The Fantasticks; 110 in the Shade), and illustrator, dies of complications of congestive heart failure at 88
2019 André Previn [Andreas Priwin], German-American conductor (London Symphony, 1968-79; Pittsburgh Symphony, 1975-85), film score composer (My Fair Lady), and jazz pianist, dies at 89-ish
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