1625 Samuel Besler, German-Polish composer, dies at 50
1700 Hieronymus Gradenthaler, German composer, dies at 62
1730 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Flemish composer, dies at 49
1811 Christian Gotthilf Tag, German composer, dies at 76
1838 Frédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy, French horn player and composer, dies at 72
1844 Heinrich Domnich, German hornist and composer, dies at 77
1847 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, German-Dutch organist and composer (Wien Neêrlands Bloed - Dutch national anthem, 1815-1932), dies at 75
1944 Will Marion Cook, American violinist, choral director, and composer, dies at 75
1951 Max Ettinger, Jewish-German composer (Jiddische Requiem), dies at 77
1954 Jean Roger-Ducasse, French composer, dies at 81
1970 Barry Wood [Louis Rappaport], American singer (Your Hit Parade), and television producer, dies at 61
1975 (William) "Lefty" Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter ("If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)"; "Saginaw, Michigan"), dies at 47
1981 Louis Cheslock, British-born American violinist, composer and educator of Polish heritage (Peabody Institute, 1916-76), dies at 82
1981 Roger Doucet, French Canadian tenor, noted for his bilingual rendition of national anthem "O Canada" at Montreal sporting events, dies of a brain tumor at 62
1991 Gino Negri, Italian composer, songwriter, and actor, dies at 72
1993 Szymon Goldberg, Polish-American violinist, and conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra). dies at 84
1994 Rudolf Firkušný, Moravian-American pianist (Julliard), dies at 82
1995 Sydney Lipton, British dance band bandleader, dies at 89
1996 (Emmanual Tettey) "E.T." Mensah, Ghanaian saxophonist, known as the "King of Highlife" music (Accra Rhythmic Orchestra; The Tempos), dies at 77
2001 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, dies from complications from a car accident at 62
2002 Alan Lomax, American ethnomusicologist, and folklorist (Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song), dies at 87
2010 Andy Hummell, American rock bassist (Big Star, 1971-73),
dies of cancer at 59
2011 Karen Khachaturian, Russian composer, dies at 90
2015 Václav Snítil, Czech violinist (Czech Nonet), and teacher (Prague Academy of Performing Arts, 1964-2015), dies at 87
2015 Van Alexander [Alexander Van Vliet Feldman], American composer, arranger ("A-Tisket, A-Tasket"), and orchestra leader (Dean Martin Show), dies at 100
2022 Q Lazzarus [Diane Luckey], American new-wave singer-songwriter (Goodbye Horses), dies at 61