- 1701 Pietro Sanmartini, Italian composer, dies at 64
- 1753 Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, French composer, dies at 55
- 1768 Jan-Lauwryn Krafft, Flemish artist and engraver, dies at 73
- 1777 Emanuele Barbella, Neapolitan composer, dies at 58
- 1782 Johann Christian Bach (English Bach), German composer and 11th son of Johann Sebastian Bach, dies at 46
- 1789 Christleib Siegmund Binder, German composer, dies at 65
- 1816 Francois Alexander Sallantin, French composer, dies at 60
- 1818 Fedele Fenaroli, Italian composer, dies at 87
- 1850 Raphael G. Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music), dies at 76
- 1906 Joseph Miroslav Weber, Czech composer, dies at 51
- 1907 Cyrill Kistler, German composer, educator, and music theorist, dies at 58
- 1942 Jaroslav Ježek, Czechoslovakian composer, dies at 35
- 1945 Vit Nejedly, Czech composer, dies at the front during WWII at 33
- 1948 Hermann Zilcher, German pianist and composer (Dr Eisenbart, Die Liebesmesse), dies at 66
- 1948 Willem Landré, Dutch composer, and music educator, dies at 73
Hank Williams (1923-1953)
American country singer-songwriter ("Cold Cold Heart"; "Hey, Good Lookin'"; "Your Cheatin' Heart"), dies of an alcohol and painkiller fueled heart attack at 29
- 1953 Ludomir Różycki, Polish composer and conductor (Eros i Psyche; Pan Twardowski), dies at 69
- 1958 David Broekman, Dutch musician (Think Fast), dies at 55
- 1964 Otto Olsson, Swedish organist (Gustaf Vasa Church, 1907-56), composer, and teacher (Royal Swedish Academy, 1908-45), dies at 84
- 1965 Juan Bautista Plaza, Venezuelan composer, dies at 66
- 1967 (Aubrey) "Moon" Mullican, American hillbilly pianist, songwriter, and singer ("Seven Nights To Rock"), dies of a heart attack at 58
- 1972 Maurice Chevalier, French actor (Can Can; Gigi) and singer ("Thank Heaven For Little Girls"), dies at 83
- 1977 Roland Hayes, American lyric tenor, arranger, and composer, dies at 89
- 1981 Hephzibah Menuhin, American-Australian concert pianist, dies at 60
- 1984 Alexis Korner, British blues revivalist, guitar player (Blues Incorporated - "Please Please Please Please"), and radio broadcaster, dies of lung cancer at 55
- 1992 Constantin Poustochkine, Dutch jazz musician and critic, dies at 81
- 1993 "Georgia" Tom [Dorsey], American blues and gospel pianist, songwriter ("Peace In The Valley"), and evangelist, dies at 93
- 1993 Phyllis Hill, American stage and film dancer and actress (Singing in the Dark), dies of lung cancer at 72
- 1995 Jess Stacy, American jazz pianist (Benny Goodman, 1935-39; the Great Gatsby), dies at 90
- 1995 Ted Hawkins, American singer and guitarist (The Next Hundred Years), dies of a stroke at 58
- 1996 Hamish Imlach, Scottish folk-comic singer-songwriter ("Cod Liver Oil and the Orange Juice"), dies at 55
- 1997 Hagood Hardy, American-Canadian jazz and easy listening pianist, vibraphonist and film score composer ("The Homecoming"), dies from lymphoma at 59
- 1997 Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter ("Pancho and Lefty"), dies of a heart attack at 52
- 2001 Hsu Tsang-Houei, Taiwanese composer and collector of Taiwanese folk songs, dies at 71
- 2005 Hugh Davies, English composer, dies at 61
- 2005 Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson, Icelandic pianist and avant-garde composer, dies at 79
- 2006 Bryan Harvey, American musician (House of Freaks), dies at 49
- 2007 Del Reeves, American country music singer, dies at 74
- 2007 Julius Hegyi, American conductor, dies at 83
- 2007 Tad Jones, American jazz music historian, dies at 54
- 2011 Charles Fambrough, American jazz bassist (Jazz Messengers), dies at 60
- 2011 Marin Constantin, Romanian composer and conductor, dies at 85
- 2012 Fred Milano, American doo-wop singer, member of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, dies from lung cancer at 72
- 2012 Yafa Yarkoni, Israeli Singer, dies after years of Alzheimer's disease at 86
Patti Page (1927-2013)
American pop singer ("With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming"; "Tennessee Waltz"), dies at 85
- 2015 Jeff Golub, American jazz guitarist (Avenue Blue; Rod Stewart), dies of a rare brain disease at 59
- 2016 Tony Lane, American art director (Rolling Stone magazine), and Grammy Award-winning album cover art designer (Carly Simon - Boys in the Trees; Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water; Michael Jackson - Bad), dies of brain cancer at 71
- 2018 Robert Mann, American composer and violinist (String Quartet 1952), dies at 97
- 2019 Juan Guinjoan, Catalan composer and pianist, dies at 87
- 2020 Jaap Schröder, Dutch violinist, conductor, musicologist, and pedagogue (Academy of Ancient Music), dies at 94
- 2020 Marty Grebb, American rock session and touring keyboardist (The Buckinghams; Bonnie Raitt), dies at 74
- 2020 Tommy Hancock, American western swing fiddler and bandleader (Supernatural Family Band - "I Should Have Married Marie"; "Tacos for Two"), dies at 90
- 2021 Misty Morgan, American country keyboardist (duo with Jack Blanchard - "Tennessee Bird Walk"), dies of cancer at 75
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning