- 1667 Michael Franck, German composer, poet and baker, dies at 58 [1]
- 1719 Johann Georg Christian Störl, German organist, kappelmeister, and composer, dies at 43
- 1770 Michael Scheuenstühl, German composer, dies at 65
- 1801 Daniel Dal Barba, Italian composer, dies at 86
- 1826 Friedrich Wilhelm Weis, German physician and composer, dies at 82
- 1836 José Melchor Gomis, Spanish Romantic composer, dies of tuberculosis at 45 [some source date death as 4 August]
- 1872 Michele Carafa, Italian-French opera composer, and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1840-58), dies at 84
- 1916 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 52
- 1920 Carlos Troyer, American composer, dies at 83
- 1933 Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (I'll Overcome Someday), and Methodist minister, dies at 82
- 1956 Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican organist, composer and pedagogue (Tata Vasco; Tres Cartas de México), dies of a heart attack at 46
- 1967 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch classical composer, critic, and musicologist dies at 79
- 1977 Gena Branscombe, Canadian pianist and composer, dies at 95
- 1977 Hans-Otto Borgmann, German film score composer under the Third Reich, dies at 75
- 1977 Karac Plant, son of Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, dies of respiratory failure at 6
- 1981 Donald Lybbert, American composer (Zap; Lines for the Fallen), and educator, dies at 58
- 1987 Joe Liggins [Theodro Elliott], American jazz, R&B, and jump blues pianist, songwriter, and vocalist ("The Honeydripper"; "Pink Champagne"), dies after a stroke at 71
- 1990 Brent Mydland, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead - "Hell In A Bucket"; "I Will Take You Home"), dies of a cocaine and morphine "speedball" overdose at 38
- 1992 Mary Wells, American pop and soul singer ("My Guy"), dies of laryngeal cancer at 49
- 1995 Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian classical, jazz and Latin guitarist and composer (developed bossa nova), dies of leukemia at 77
- 1996 Evelyn Levine, American composer ("Scarlet Ribbons"), dies at 94
- 1998 (David Allan) "Chico" Ryan, American rock bassist and singer (Sha Na Na, 1973-98), dies at 50
- 2004 Sipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, lung cancer (birthdate unknown)
- 2010 Al Goodman, American pop-soul singer (Ray, Goodman, Brown - "Special Lady"), dies of post-surgical heart failure at 67
- 2010 Ben Keith [Schaeufele], American musician and record producer (Neil Young; Great Speckled Bird), dies at 73
- 2013 J. J. Cale, American rock guitarist and songwriter ("After Midnight": "Call Me The Breeze"; "Cocaine"), dies of a heart attack at 74
- 2016 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (Kaivos), dies at 87
- 2016 Sandy Pearlman, American lyricist; music producer, artist manager (Blue Öyster Cult), music journalist and record company executive, dies form complications of a stroke at 72
- 2017 Paul Angerer, Austrian violist, violinist, conductor (Concilium Musicum Wien), harpsichordist, composer and radio host, dies at 90
- 2021 Colin Southgate, English businessman (Thorn EMI, Chairman of the Royal Opera House), dies at 83
- 2021 Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot, 1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), dies at 46
- 2023 Randy Meisner, American rock bassist and vocalist (Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band; Linda Ronstadt; The Eagles, 1971-77 - "Take It To The Limit"), dies of complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease at 77
Sinead O'Connor (1966-2023)
Irish singer-songwriter (Nothing Compares 2 U), dies at 56 [1]
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