Deaths 1 - 27 of 27
1765 - Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder,
composer, dies at 39
1809 - Bartolomeo Giacometti,
composer, dies at 67
1864 - Mateo Ferrer,
composer, dies at 75
1883 - Nicolas Ledesma,
composer, dies at 91
1885 - Eduard Yosif Kotek,
composer, dies at 29
1898 - Frantisek Pivoda,
composer, dies at 73
1924 - Alfred Grünfeld,
Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)
1942 - Leon Jessel,
composer, dies at 70
1955 - Dominicus Johner,
composer, dies at 80
1955 - Francois Rasse, composer, dies at 81
1956 - Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov,
composer, dies at 91
1969 - Montague Fawcett Phillips,
composer, dies at 83
1972 - Carl-Olof Anderberg,
composer, dies at 57
1974 - Karel Janacek,
composer, dies at 70
1985 - Lovro von Matacic,
Croatian conductor (b. 1899)
1986 - Phil Lynott,
rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34
1991 - Leo N Wright,
US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57
1994 - RD Burman,
Indian musician (b. 1939)
1995 - Eduardo Mata,
Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52
1995 - Leonard Hirsch, Brit violinist/conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92
1998 - John Gary,
singer, dies at 65
2001 - Les Brown,
American bandleader (b. 1912)
2003 - Yfrah Neaman,
Lebanese-born violinist (b. 1923)
2004 - Jake Hess,
American singer (b. 1927)
2010 - Sandro,
Argentine songwriter (b. 1945)
2011 - Mick Karn,
Cypriot-born British musician (Japan) (b. 1958)
2011 - Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter (b. 1947)
