Musicians Who Died on January 13

  • 1762 Leonhard Trautsch, German composer, dies at 68
  • 1795 Frans Krafft, Belgian composer and organist (Ghent Cathedral), dies at 73
  • 1828 Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, dies at 80
  • 1838 Ferdinand Ries, German pianist, composer, and Beethoven's secretary and copyist, dies at 53

Stephen Foster (1826-1864)

American composer (Oh! Susanna; Swanee River; Beautiful Dreamer), dies in New York City at 37 [reports vary as to fever, accident, suicide, or some combination]

  • 1892 Charles Albert White, American composer, dies at 62
  • 1901 Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, dies at 66
  • 1914 Valentin Zubiaurre Spanish composer (Ferdinand Set), and educator, dies at 76
  • 1954 Roland Diggle, English-American composer, organist and choirmaster (St. John's Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, California), dies at 69
  • 1961 Blanche Ring, American singer ("In The Good Old Summer Time"), and stage and screen actress, dies at 89
  • 1963 (Conrad) "Sonny" Clark, American hard pop jazz and session pianist, composer, and group leader (Sonny's Crib), dies of a heart attack, exacerbated by heroin use, at 31
  • 1971 Henri Tomasi, French conductor, classical and film music composer (Requiem for Peace; The Silence of the Sea), dies at 69
  • 1971 Robert Still, English composer, dies at 60
  • 1974 Raoul Jobin, French-Canadian operatic tenor (1930-58), and educator (Conservatoire de musique du Québec, 1960-71), dies at 69
  • 1979 Donny Hathaway, American gospel and soul singer-songwriter, and keyboardist ("The Ghetto"; "Where is the Love?"), commits suicide at 33
  • 1979 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian operatic soprano who specialized in Wagnerian roles, dies of heart failure at 71
  • 1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American orchestral-pop music conductor (Lincoln Portrarit), dies of pneumonia at 78
  • 1983 Barry Galbraith, American jazz and studio guitarist (Claude Thornhill, Coleman Hawkins, Gil Evans), and educator, dies of cancer at 63
  • 1993 (Mozart) Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer, pedagogue, and conductor, dies at 85
  • 1994 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
  • 1998 Mihovil Logar, Serbian composer (A Would-be Lady), dies at 95
  • 2001 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor, singer (2gether), and cancer research fundraiser, dies of respiratory failure at 16
  • 2002 Kurt Brüggemann, German composer, conductor, and music educator, dies at 93
  • 2005 Nell Rankin, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Carmen; Metropolitan Opera, 1951-76), dies at 81
  • 2007 Doyle Holly, American comedian and musician (Buckaroos), dies at 70
  • 2007 Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (Brecker Brothers), dies at 57
  • 2008 Sergei Larin, Lithuanian operatic tenor, dies at 51
  • 2009 Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer, lyricist, and poet, dies of pneumonia at 83
  • 2010 Jay Reatard [James Lindsey], American garage rock-punk musician and songwriter, dies of cocaine toxicity at 29
  • 2010 Theodore "Teddy" Pendergrass, American soul singer (Turn Off the Lights), dies of respiratory failure at 59
  • 2015 Dozy [Trevor Ward-Davies], British rock bassist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), dies of liver cancer at 70
  • 2015 Frank Glazer, American pianist (Satie), composer and teacher (Eastman School of Music, 1965-80), dies at 99
  • 2017 Alexis Mardas, Greek electronics engineer, entrepreneur, and Beatles hanger-on also known as "Magic Alex", dies of pneumonia at 74
  • 2018 Tzimis Panousis, Greek musician, stand-up comedian, and radio presenter, dies of a heart attack at 63
  • 2021 Duke Bootee (Edward Fletcher), American hip-hop rapper and record producer ("The Message"), dies of congestive heart disease at 69
  • 2021 Robert Cohan, American-British dancer (Martha Grahame Dance Company, 1946-57, 1962-69), choreographer, and artistic director (London Contemporary Dance Theatre, 1969-89), dies at 95
  • 2021 Sylvain Sylvain [Mizrahi], Egyptian-American rock guitarist (New York Dolls), dies of cancer at 69
  • 2021 Tim Bogert, American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge; Jeff Beck), dies of cancer at 76
  • 2022 Fred Parris, American doo-wop singer and songwriter (The Five Satins - "In The Still Of The Night"), dies at 85
  • 2022 Sonny Turner, American singer (The Platters, 1959-70 - "With This Ring", The Metrotones), dies of cancer at 82