1720 Johann Samuel Welter, German composer, dies at 69
1777 William Hayes, English composer and organist, dies at 69
1783 Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theorist and violist, dies at 62
1881 Johann Christian Lobe, German composer, dies at 84
1883 Albert Franz Doppler, Austrian flautist and composer, dies at 61
1924 Ferruccio Busoni, Italian piano prodigy, composer (Fantasia Contrappuntistica; Arlecchino), conductor, and pedagogue, dies of heart failure at 58
1939 Alexandre Stellio [Fructueux], Martinican biguine clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, dies at 54
1944 Victor Vreuls, Belgian violinist, teacher, and composer, dies at 68
1948 Francesco Spetrino, Italian conductor and composer, dies at 91
1952 W de Basil [US Voskresenski], Russian ballet dancer, dies
1961 Theodore Chanler, American composer, dies at 59
1971 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor, composer, and musicologist, dies at 83
1974 Lightnin' Slim [Otis Hicks], American Louisiana blues electric guitarist, singer, and songwriter ("Nothing But The Devil"; "Bad Luck And Trouble"), dies of stomach cancer at 61
1978 Willem Van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (Residentie Orkest, 1949-73; Melbourne Symphony, 1967-70; Sydney Symphony, 1971-77), dies in a car crash at 70
1981 Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at 64
1986 Leroy Holmes, American orchestra leader (The Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72
1990 Bobby Day [Robert Byrd], American rock musician (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58
1994 Tatiana Tauer, Russian classical harpist, dies of cancer at 48
1995 Doris Mae Akers, American gospel singer-songwriter (Sky Pilot Choir - "Sweet, Sweet Spirit"), dies at 72
1995 Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American classical and film music composer (Spellbound; A Double Life; Ben-Hur), dies at 88
1999 Harry "Sweets" Edison, American jazz and session trumpet player, dies of prostate cancer at 83
2001 Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies at 49
2003 Artie Anton, American jazz drummer, conguero, and timbalero (Stan Kenton, Jimmy Guiffre), dies at 79
2008 Horst Stein, German conductor (Hamburg State Opera, 1963-77), dies at 80
2009 George Russell, American jazz pianist, composer, arranger (The Jazz Workshop; Jazz in the Space Age), and music theorist (Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 86
2012 Tony Martin, American singer, dies from natural causes at 98
2017 Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer, ondes Martenot player, and educator, dies at 85 [1]
2020 Denise Johnson, British rock and soul singer (Primal Scream - "Don’t Fight It, Feel It"), and songwriter ("Where Does It Go"), dies at 56
2021 Saginaw Grant, Native American character actor, hereditary chief of the Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma, musician, and U.S. Marine, dies at 85
2021 Willie Winfield, American doo-wop singer (Harptones - "Life Is But A Dream"; “A Sunday Kind of Love”), dies of a heart attack at 91
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