1675 Nicolas Saboly, French composer and poet, dies at 61
1759 Johann Christoph Altnikol, German organist, bass singer, composer, and J.S. Bach's son-in-law and copyist, dies at 39
1814 Charles Dibdin, British composer, author (Sea Songs), and actor, dies at 69
1866 Aloys Schmitt, German pianist, composer and music theorist (Preparatory Exercises, Op. 16), dies at 77
1870 Pierre Dupont, French songwriter ("Les Bœufs"; "Le Chant du pain"), dies at 49
1911 Filippo Capocci, Italian organ virtuoso and composer, dies at 71
1922 Jarolslaw Zielinski, Polish-American concert pianist, teacher, and composer, dies at 75
1952 Herbert Murrill, British organist, composer (The Song of the Birds; Carillon), and educator (Royal Academy of Music, 1933-52), dies of cancer at 43
1955 Ilmari Hannikainen, Finnish composer, drowns during a sailing trip at 62
1955 Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, Soviet operetta and film composer, dies at 55
1969 Douglas Moore, American organist, pianist, songwriter ("Goodnight Harvard"), and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Giants in the Earth; The Ballad of Baby Doe), dies at 75
1971 Leroy Robertson, American pianist, composer ("Oratorio from the Book of Mormon"; "Trilogy for Orchestra"), and educator (Brigham Young, 1925-48; University of Utah, 1948-62), dies at 74
1980 Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor (b. 1938)
1983 Jerome Moross, American composer (Frankie & Johnny), dies at 69
1984 Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter ("Hound Dog"; "Ball & Chain"; "Stronger Than Dirt"), dies of heart and liver disorders at 57
1987 Alex Sadkin, American audio engineer, and record producer (Grace Jones; Thompson Twins), dies in a car crash in The Bahamas at 38
1992 Alfred Drake [Capurro], American singer and actor (Trading Places, Hamlet, Kiss Me Kate), dies of heart failure at 78
1994 John M Dengler, American jazz multi-instrumentalist - bass sax/trumpet/trombone (The Intensely Vigorous Jazz Band), dies from cancer at 67 [1]
1995 Charlie Rich, American country singer ("Behind Closed Doors"; "The Most Beautiful Girl"), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 62
1995 Osvaldo Pugliese, Argentine musician and composer, dies at 89
1998 Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist, dies at 77
2000 Ruben "Baby" López Furst, Argentine jazz pianist, dies at 63
2003 Erik Brann [Braunn], American violin prodigy and rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"), dies of congenital heart disease at 52
2005 Albert Mangelsdorff, German jazz trombonist, dies at 76
2008 Hiram Bullock, American jazz, funk, and fusion guitarist (The World's Most Dangerous Band), dies of cancer at 52
2008 Johnny Griffin III, American jazz saxophonist (A Blowin' Session), dies of a heart attack at 80
2011 Arsene Souffriau, Belgian pioneering electronic music composer, dies at 86
2013 Mike Shipley, Australian audio engineer, and record producer of rock and country music (Paper Airplane), dies of an apparent suicide at 56
2014 Carlo Bergonzi, Italian operatic tenor, dies at 90
2017 Ivana Loudová, Czech composer (Vocal Symphony), dies at 76
2020 Helen Jones Woods, American jazz and swing trombone player (International Sweethearts of Rhythm), dies of COVID-19 at 96
2020 Peter Green [Greenbaum], English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac -"Albatross"), dies at 73 [1][2]
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