Musicians Who Died on January 11

  • 1641 Franciscus Gomarus [Francois Gomaer], Dutch theologian, Calvinist minister, and academic, dies at 77
  • 1650 Paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49
  • 1784 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, Czech composer, dies at 59
  • 1791 William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717)
  • 1801 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto), dies at 51
  • 1843 Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, poet and composer of the lyrics to "Star Spangled Banner" dies at 63
  • 1870 Adolf Ganz, German composer and violinist, dies at 73
  • 1877 Pietro Romani, Italian conductor and composer, dies at 85
  • 1898 Gaetano Capocci, Italian organist and composer (Responsori), dies at 86
  • 1901 Vasily Kalinnikov, composer influenced by folksong, dies of tuberculosis at 34
  • 1947 Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born vaudeville and film singer and entertainer dies at 68
  • 1952 Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor, dies at 66
  • 1954 Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83
  • 1958 Alec Rowley, English composer, dies at 65
  • 1961 Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)
  • 1973 Rudolf Kubin, Czech cellist, dies a day after 64th birthday
  • 1975 Max Lorenz [Sülzenfuss], German operatic heldentenor famous for Wagner roles, dies at 73
  • 1984 Fritz Geissler, German composer, dies at 62
  • 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