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Musicians Who Died on February 9

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  • 1740 Vincenz Lubeck, German composer, dies at 85
  • 1765 Elisabetta de Gambarini, English composer, dies at 33
  • 1812 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German music publisher and composer, dies at 57
  • 1817 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, German clarinetist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 54
  • 1849 Corneille Vander Planken, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 76
  • 1857 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem, dies at 58
  • 1916 Hynek Vojáček, Czech composer, dies at 90
  • 1935 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
  • 1949 Poul Schierbeck, Danish organist and composer, dies at 60
  • 1951 Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra), dies of acute myelogenous leukemia at 41
  • 1960 Ernst von Dohnányi [Dohnányi Ernő], Hungarian composer and conductor, dies at 82
  • 1962 Harriet Ware (Krumbhaar), American concert pianist, composer (Women's Triumphal March; The Rose Is Red; The Varying Shore), and music educator, dies at 84
  • 1964 Willie Bryant, American jazz singer, bandleader, and disc jockey (Sugar Hill Times), dies of a heart attack at 55
  • 1966 Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russian-born American singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama) known as "last of the red hot mammas", dies at 79
  • 1976 Percy Faith, Canadian-American pop and easy listening composer and bandleader ("Theme from A Summer Place"), dies at 67
  • 1977 (Woodrow Wilson) "Buddy" Johnson, American jump blues pianist, bandleader, and songwriter ("They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool"; "Since I Fell for You"), dies from a brain tumor and sickle cell anemia at 62
  • 1978 Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian pasillo and ranchera singer, dies of peritonitis at 42
  • 1980 Charlie Fowlkes, American baritone saxophonist (Count Basie Orchestra, 1953-80), dies at 63

Bill Haley (1925-1981)

American rock vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll (Rock Around the Clock), dies of a heart attack probably caused by alcoholism at 55

Bill Haley
  • 1984 (Tanjore) Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies at 65
  • 1991 James Cleveland, American gospel singer, dies at 59
  • 1994 Jarmila Novotná, Czech-American soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-56), and actress (The Search), dies at 86
  • 1994 Louis Kaufman, American violinist and conductor (Gone With The Wind), dies at 88
  • 1997 Brian Connolly, Scottish rock singer (Sweet, 1968-79- "The Ballroom Blitz"), dies of heart failure at 51
  • 1997 L.F. "Jack" Owen, American blues singer and guitarist ("It Must've Been The Devil"), dies at 92
  • 2002 Vicente Sardinero, Spanish operatic lyric baritone, dies at 65
  • 2003 (Reuben) "Ruby" Braff, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist, dies of heart failure while suffering from emphysema at 73
  • 2005 Tyrone Davis, American R&B singer ("Can I Change My Mind"; "Turn Back The Hands Of Time"), dies of complications from a stroke at 66
  • 2007 Louis Ballard [Honganózhe], Native American composer and educator (The Four Moons), dies at 75
  • 2008 Scott Halpin, American drummer plucked out of the audience to fill in for incapacitated Keith Moon of The Who, dies of a brain tumor at 53
  • 2009 Vic Lewis, British jazz guitarist, bandleader, composer, and artist manager (NEMS), and cricket club owner, dies at 89
  • 2010 Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer, dies of lung cancer at 71
  • 2015 Marvin David Levy, American composer (Mourning Becomes Electra), dies at 82
  • 2018 Craig McGregor, American rock bassist (Foghat, 1976-2018), dies of lung cancer at 68
  • 2018 Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic theatre, dance, and film score composer (The Theory of Everything), dies from a combination of cocaine and prescription medication at 48
  • 2020 (Doris) "Sorrel" Hays, American pianist and composer (The Glass Woman), dies of cancer at 78
  • 2020 Mirella Freni, Italian lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 84
  • 2020 Sergei Slonimsky, Russian composer and pianist, dies at 87
  • 2021 Armando "Chick" Corea, American jazz-fusion pianist and composer; 27 time Grammy winner (Return To Forever; Delhpi I; Toy Dance), dies of cancer at 79 [1]
  • 2022 Betty Davis (née Mabry); American model, soul and funk singer-songwriter ("They Say I'm Different"; "Nasty Gal"), dies at 77
  • 2022 Ian McDonald, British rock musician (saxophone, keyboards, guitar) (King Crimson, 1968-69; Foreigner, 1976-80), dies of cancer at 75 [1]
  • 2022 Joseph Horovitz, British composer (Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo; Euphonium Concerto; Rumpole of the Bailey), dies at 95
  • 2023 Lewis Spratlan, American classical composer and Pulitzer Prize winner (Life Is A Dream), dies at 82
  • 2024 (Kemji) "Damo" Suzuki, Japanese rock singer (Can; Damo Suzuki's Network), dies of colon cancer at 74


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