Musicians Who Died on July 28

1641 John Amner, English composer, dies at 61

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Italian Baroque composer (The Four Seasons), dies at 63

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

German composer (St. Matthew's Passion; Brandenburg Concertos; Toccata and Fugue), dies at 65

1778 Arvid Niclas von Höpken, Swedish nobleman, soldier, and composer (Il Re Pastore), dies at 68
1802 Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at 72
1837 John Ross, British composer and organist, dies at 73
1838 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish-Finnish composer, dies at 62
1850 Stefano Pavesi, Italian opera composer (Ser Marcantonio), dies at 71
1864 Johann Hermann Kufferath, German composer, dies at 67
1937 Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani-Soviet composer, dies at 51
1940 Richard Ohlsson, Swedish composer, dies at 66
1965 Maurice Yvain, French composer, dies at 74
1969 Ernst Tittel, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 59

Frank Loesser (1910-1969)

American songwriter and composer (Guys And Dolls; "Baby, It's Cold Outside"; The Most Happy Fella), dies at 59

1969 Gabriel von Wayditch, Hungarian-American composer, dies at 80
1972 Helen Traubel, American soprano, dies at 73
1976 Lucie Mannheim, German singer and actress (39 Steps), dies at 77
1979 Charles Shadwell, British conductor (BBC Variety Orchestra, 1936-46), and bandleader dies at 81
1980 Cecil Burleigh, American violinist, composer (Sonnets of Autumn; Boyhood Recollections), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1921-55), dies at 95
1982 George Kleinsinger, American composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68
1982 Keith Green, American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and pianist ("There Is a Redeemer"; "(Until) Your Love Broke Through"), and minister, dies in plane crash at 28
1982 Nick Lucas [Dominic Lucanese], American jazz guitarist and singer ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips"; "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine"), dies of double pneumonia at 84
1984 Ahti Sonninen, Finnish composer (Pessi and Illusia, Rauhaa, vain rauhaa), dies at 70
1991 Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45
1994 Ralph Herman, American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time), orchestra leader, and music director (ABC-TV, 1952-71), dies after a stroke at 80
1996 Harold Fox, American fashion designer and musician, dies at 86
1996 Marguerite "Marge" Ganser, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), dies of breast cancer at 48
1999 Rudolf Halaczinsky, German composer, dies at 78
2000 Jerome Smith, American guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band - "Boogie Shoes"), dies in a construction accident at 47
2002 Glenn Loren Glasow, American composer, dies at 78
2004 George Williams, American soul singer (The Tymes), dies at 68
2008 Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (Studio El Fan), murdered in her apartment in Dubai at 30
2009 Peter Richard Tahourdin, English-Australian composer, dies at 80
2013 Rita Reys [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer, dies from a intracranial hemorrhage at 88
2020 Bent Fabric [Fabricius-Bjerre], Danish pianist and composer (Alley Cat), dies at 95 [1]

Johnny Ventura (1940-2021)

merengue and salsa bandleader (“Patacon Pisao”), and politician (Mayor of Santiago, 1998-2002), dies of heart failure at 81 [1]

2021 Joseph "Dusty" Hill, American rock bassist and songwriter (ZZ Top - "Cheap Sunglasses"; "Legs"), dies at 72 [1]
2021 Ruben Radica, Croatian classical and electronic music composer (Towards A), and educator, dies at 90
2022 Bernard Cribbins, British character actor (Old Jack’s Boat; Doctor Who – “Wilfred Mott”; The Railway Children), voice-over artist (The Wombles; Jackanory), and novelty song singer (Right Said Fred), dies at 93