1987 Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (b. 1911)
1994 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, American jazz piano player and composer, dies at 80
1995 Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (Primrose Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra, 1947-60) and pedagogue (Indiana University, 1960-95), dies following a heart attack at 85
1996 Ike Isaacs, Burmese-English jazz guitarist, dies at 76
1997 Cavan O'Connor, British singer ("I'm Only a Strolling Vagabond"), dies at 97
1998 Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (Fidelio), dies at 71
1999 Fabrizio de André, Italian singer-songwriter (Storia di un impiegato), dies of lung cancer at 58
2002 (Charles) Gene Dinwiddie, American blues saxophonist (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), dies at 65
2002 George Jinda, Hungarian-American smooth jazz and world music percussionist (Special EFX), dies from multiple medical condition complications at 41
2003 Mickey Finn, British rock percussionist and bongocero (T. Rex), dies at 55
2003 William Joseph Russo, American composer, dies at 74
2005 Jimmy Griffin, American pop singer, guitarist and songwriter, (Bread), and Academy Award winner ("For All We Know"), dies of cancer at 61
2005 Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
2005 Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"; New Riders of the Purple Sage), dies of colon cancer at 66
2007 (Aurea) "Puch" Balseiro, Puerto Rican bolero and filin singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies at 80
2009 Tom O'Horgan, American musical theater director (Hair; Jesus Christ Superstar), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 84
2010 Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer, dies of cardiac arrest at 75
2010 Mick Green, British rock guitarist (The Pirates; Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas), dies of heart failure at 65
2016 Gilberto Mendes, Brazilian composer, dies at 93
2017 José Vicente Asuar, Chilean electronic music composer, dies at 83
2022 Rosa Lee Hawkins, American pop singer (The Dixie Cups - "Chapel Of Love"; "Iko Iko"), dies from surgery complications at 76
2023 Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese pop-rock drummer and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra), dies from complications of a brain tumor at 70