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Musicians Who Died on January 8

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  • 1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
  • 1651 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, Italian composer, dies at 56
  • 1696 Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75
  • 1713 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer and violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
  • 1819 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
  • 1831 Franz Krommer, Czech composer, dies at 71
  • 1858 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
  • 1864 Victor Dourlen, French composer, dies at 83
  • 1891 Fredrik Pacius, German-Finnish composer (Finnish and Estonian national anthems), conductor, and music educator, known as "the Father of Finnish music", dies at 81
  • 1921 Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48
  • 1926 Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
  • 1928 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, Romanian composer known for sacred choral works, and ethnomusicologist, dies at 61
  • 1937 Felix Körling, Swedish sacred and children's music composer, dies at 72
  • 1942 Arvo Hannikainen, Finnish violinist and composer, dies at 44
  • 1948 Richard Tauber [Denemy], Austrian-British operatic tenor and film actor, dies of lung cancer at 56
  • 1953 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, German composer, dies at 78
  • 1965 Aloÿs-Henri-Gérard Fornerod, Swiss composer, dies at 74
  • 1971 Adriano Lualdi, Italian composer (Il diavolo nel campanile), and conductor, dies at 85
  • 1975 Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker], American tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61
  • 1979 Sara Carter, American country musician, songwriter and vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 81
  • 1986 Mansel Treharne Thomas, Welsh composer, dies at 76
  • 1986 Pierre Fournier, French cellist, and teacher (Paris Conservatoire, 1937-49), dies at 79
  • 1987 Manuel Blancafort, Spanish-Catalan pianist and composer, dies at 89
  • 1989 Johnny Jordaan [Johannes van Musscher], Dutch pop and levenslied singer, dies at 64
  • 1991 Steve Clark, English rock guitarist (Def Leppard), dies at 30
  • 1992 Johnny Meijer, Dutch accordionist known as the King of Accordions (Body & Soul), dies at 79
  • 1993 Theo Bruins, Dutch concert pianist and composer (Sei Studi; Syncope), dies at 63
  • 1994 Jay Blackton, American conductor and arranger (Guys & Dolls; Oklahoma!), dies at 84
  • 1996 (William) Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52
  • 1996 Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic, dies at 88
  • 1997 Carole Carr [Carless], British singer and actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies of cancer at 68
  • 1997 George Handy [Hendleman], American bebop jazz arranger, pianist and composer Handyland, U.S.A.), dies at 76
  • 1998 Michael Tippett, British conductor and composer (Child of Our Time), dies shortly after suffering a stroke at 93
  • 2003 Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor, dies at 77
  • 2005 Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer
  • 2006 Otis Clay, American gospel, soul, and R&B-singer ("That's How It Is (When You're In Love)"), dies at 73
  • 2008 Clyde Otis, American songwriter and music producer (b. c. 1924)
  • 2011 Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia), dies at 79
  • 2012 Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian born pianist (Levintritt Prize, 1948), and composer, dies at 82
  • 2015 Andraé Crouch, American gospel singer (The Color Purple, The Lion King), dies at 72
  • 2015 Curtis Lee, American doo wop singer (Pretty Little Angel Eyes), dies at 75
  • 2015 Virginia "Patsy" Garrett, American singer and actress (Nanny & the Professor, Fred Waring's Pleasure Time), dies at 93
  • 2017 Buddy Bregman, American orchestra leader and arranger (Eddie Fisher Show; Ella Fitzgerald's Cole Porter Songbook), dies of Alzheimer's disease complications at 86 [1]
  • 2017 Peter Sarstedt, British pop-folk singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Where Do You Go To (My Lovely?"; "I Am A Cathedral"), dies at 75
  • 2018 Denise LaSalle [Ora Denise Allen], American blues and R&B singer recognized as the "Queen of the Blues" ("Trapped by a Thing Called Love"), dies from complications from surgery at 83
  • 2019 Patricia McBride Lousada, American ballerina (Ballet Society/New York City Ballet, 1946-51), and cookbook author (Pasta Italian Style), dies at 89
  • 2021 Eva Badura-Skoda, German-Austrian musicologist (Mozart-Interpretation), dies at 91
  • 2021 [William Edwin] Ed Bruce, American country singer ("Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"), dies at 81
  • 2022 Marc Wilkinson, Australian-British conductor and film and theater composer ( Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu), dies at 92
  • 2022 Marilyn Bergman (née Katz), American Emmy, Grammy, and Academy Award-winning lyricist, with husband Alan ("The Way We Were"; "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"; "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"), dies of respiratory failure at 93
  • 2023 Siegfried Kurz, German conductor (Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 1949-60; Staatsoper Dresden, 1960-84), and composer, dies at 92
  • 2024 Leon Wildes, American immigration attorney (successfully defended John Lennon against US government deportation efforts), dies at 90 [1]
  • 2024 Tuomas Haapanen, Finnish violinist, conductor, and teacher, dies at 99


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