1947 Jimmie Lunceford, American swing jazz saxophonist and bandleader (Rhythm Is Our Business; For Dancers Only), dies of a heart attack at 45 [1][2]
1953 Joseph Jongen, Belgian organist and composer (Symphonie concertante, Op. 81), dies at 79 [1]
1962 Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader ("I'm Sitting On Top Of The World"), and aviator, dies of a heart attack at 54
1977 Frantisek Suchy, Czech oboist and composer (Moravian Wind Quintet), dies at 75
1979 Kalervo Tuukkanen, Finnish composer, dies at 69
1979 Minnie Ripperton [Andrea Davis], American pop, R&B, and disco singer-songwriter ("Lovin' You"), dies of breast cancer at 31
1981 Merrill Ellis, American classical and experimental music composer, and performer (Kaleidoscope; Mutations), dies at 64
1983 Chris Wood, British rock saxophone and flute player (Traffic; Ginger Baker's Air Force, Jimi Hendrix), dies of pneumonia at 39
1983 Edwin Denby, American dance critic and poet (Snoring in N, Horse Eats Hat), dies at 80
1992 Carla van Neste, Belgian classical violinist (Trio Reine Elisabeth), dies at 78
1995 Alan David Marks, American concert pianist, dies of cancer at 49
1995 Earl Coleman, American jazz singer, dies of cardiac arrest at 69
1995 Ernie Furtado, American jazz double-bassist, dies at 72
1996 Gottfried von Einem, Austrian composer, mainly of opera (Der Prozeß - The Trial), dies at 78
1996 Jonathan Melvoin, American funk-rock keyboardist (Prince; Smashing Pumpkins, 1995-96), dies of a heroin overdose at 34
1998 Jimmy Driftwood, American folk songwriter and musician, dies at 91
2000 Merrill Bradshaw, American composer, and music professor (Brigham Young, 1957-94), dies at 71
2003 (Bennett) "Benny" Carter, American Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, arranger, composer ("Harlem Renaissance Suite"), and bandleader, dies at 93
2007 Robert Burås, Norwegian rock guitarist (Madrugada; My Midnight Creeps), dies at 31
2010 Paulo Moura, Brazilian jazz and swing clarinetist and saxophonist, dies at 77
2011 David Carr, British rock keyboardist (The Fortunes, 1963-68 - "You've Got Your Troubles"; "Here It Comes Again"), dies at 67
2013 Amar Bose, American electrical engineer, academic (M.I.T.), sound engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur (Bose Corporation), dies at 83
2016 Gregg Smith, American choral conductor and composer, dies at 84
2017 Ray Phiri, South African jazz and mbaqanga guitarist (Paul Simon; Stimela), dies of cancer at 70
2019 Arno Marsh, American jazz saxophonist (Woody Herman), and bandleader, dies at 91
2020 Judy Dyble, British folk singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention), dies of lung cancer at 71
2020 Rod Bernard, American "swamp pop" singer ("Allons Danser Colinda"), dies at 79 [1]
2022 Bramwell Tovey, British conductor (Vancouver Symphony, 2000-18; NY Philharmonic Summer Series, 2004-14), and composer (Stream of Limelight), dies of sarcoma at 69
2022 Jan Wijn, Dutch classical pianist and pedagogue, dies at 88
2023 André Watts, American-Hungarian concert pianist, and educator, dies of prostate cancer at 77 [1][2]