- 1813 Johann Friedrich Peter, Dutch-born American composer, dies at 67
- 1844 Johann Baptist Gansbacher, Austrian composer, dies at 66
- 1889 Carli Zoeller, German composer, dies at 49
- 1894 Juventino Rosas, composer, dies at 26
- 1903 August Reissmann, Prussian composer, dies at 77
- 1923 Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], Danish composer, and educator (Peabody Institute, 1878-91), dies at 80
- 1936 Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
- 1939 Margaret Johnson, American jazz pianist known as "Countess" and "Queenie" (Andy Kirk's Clouds of Joy; Lester Young), dies of tuberculosis at 20
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Austrian-American composer (Verklärte Nacht - Transfigured Night; 2nd Quartet), and painter associated with the expressionist movement, dies at 76
- 1956 Vladimir Grigor'yevich Zakharov, Soviet-Russian composer, dies at 54
- 1958 Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on his 81st birthday
- 1973 Marțian Negrea, Romanian conductor, composer (The Glacier from Scărișoara), and teacher, dies at 80
- 1976 Max Butting, German composer, dies at 87
- 1978 Antonio Veretti, composer, dies at 78
- 1981 Kirby Stone, American jazz combo leader (Kirby Stone Four - "Baubles Bangles & Beads"), dies at 63
- 1986 Joseph "Coke" Escovedo, Mexican-American percussionist (Santana; Malo; Azteca), dies from cirrhosis at 45
- 1994 Eddie Boyd, American blues piano player, singer, and songwriter ("Five Long Years"), dies at 79
- 1997 Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
- 2003 Compay Segundo [Máximo Muñoz-Telles], Cuban trova guitarist, singer, and composer (Buena Vista Social Club), dies at 95
- 2004 Arthur Kane, American musician (New York Dolls), dies from advanced leukemia at 55
- 2004 [Karl] Carlos Kleiber, Austrian-Argentine conductor (Bavarian State Orchestra, 1968-97), dies at 74
- 2007 Ilja Zeljenka, Slovak composer (Oświęcim), dies at 74
- 2007 Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, dies at 78
- 2010 Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman's band (b. 1931)
- 2011 Jerry Ragovoy, American songwriter ("Piece Of My Heart"; "Time Is On My Side"; "Pata Pata"), and record producer, dies following a stroke at 80
Cory Monteith (1982-2013)
Canadian actor and singer (Glee; Monte Carlo), dies of heroin and alcohol overdose at 31
- 2013 Laurie Ann Frink, American big band jazz trumpeter and educator, dies of cancer at 61 [1]
- 2014 Lorin Maazel, American conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1972-82; Orchestre National de France, 1977-91; NY Philharmonic 2001-09), dies at 84