- 1738 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, Baroque composer, dies at 84
- 1782 Farinelli [Carlo Broschi], Italian castrato (considered one of the great opera singers), dies at 77
- 1782 Robert Wainwright, English composer and church organist, dies at 33
- 1789 Jacques Duphly, French composer and harpsichordist, dies at 74
- 1798 Gaetano Pugnani, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 66
- 1810 Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75
- 1854 Wincenty Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, dies at 39
- 1857 Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), student of Ludwig van Beethoven, and teacher of Franz Liszt, dies at 66
- 1915 Ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80
- 1930 Leopold von Auer, Hungarian-American violinist, dies at 85
- 1933 Freddie Keppard, American jazz cornetist (Original Creole Orchestra), dies of tuberculosis at 44
- 1947 Walter Donaldson, American pianist and popular song composer ("Makin' Whoopee"; "My Blue Heaven"; "My Buddy"), dies at 54
- 1958 Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident
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Swiss-American composer (Schelomo; Israel; Avodath Hakodesh), and educator (UC Berkeley, 1941-52), dies of cancer at 78
- 1960 Lawrence Tibbett, American baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1923-50), dies after surgery at 63
- 1973 Clarence White, American session and country-rock guitarist (The Byrds, 1968-73 - "Ballad of Easy Rider"), struck and killed by a drunk driver at 29
- 1980 Henri Martelli, French composer, dies at 85
- 1982 Bill Justis, American musician and producer (Raunchy), dies of cancer at 58
- 1987 Jack O'Hagan, cricketer and composer (Our Don Bradman), dies at 88
- 1989 Will Bradley [Wilbur Schwichtenberg], American session, jazz, and boogie-woogie trombonist and bandleader ("Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"), dies at 77
- 1990 Troy Dixon, American rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall
- 1992 Henk van der Molen, Dutch guitarist, composer, and writer (Martine Bijl), dies
- 1993 William S. Harvey, American graphic designer and album cover artist (The Doors; The Stooges; Tim Buckley), dies at 72
- 1995 Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66
- 2000 Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, Belarusian composer, dies at 78
- 2000 Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (b. 1925)
- 2000 Paul Young, English singer (Mike + The Mechanics), dies of a cardiac arrest at 53
- 2003 Elisabeth Welch, American born British-based singer (Stormy Weather), dies at 99
- 2007 Kelly Johnson, English guitarist, dies at 49
- 2015 Alan Curtis, American harpsichordist, musicologist and conductor, dies at 80
- 2015 Howard Rumsey, American jazz musician (Lighthouse Cafe), dies at 97
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