1941 Oskar Fried, German-Russian composer, dies at 69
1944 William Gillies Whittaker, English composer, dies at 67
1963 Daniel Ruyneman, Dutch composer and pianist, dies at 76
1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
1975 Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano, dies at 82
1980 Archibald James Potter, Irish composer, dies at 61
1981 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, Chilean composer, dies at 75
1983 Harry James, American swing-era bandleader, trumpeter and husband to Betty Grable, dies from lymphatic cancer at 67
1983 Václav Trojan, Czech composer, dies at 76
1984 Don Elliott [Helfman], American jazz trumpeter, vibraphonist, mellophone player, and vocalist, dies of cancer at 57
1989 Ernesto Halffter, Spanish classical and film score composer (Rapsodia portuguesa; is Don Quixote de la Mancha), and conductor, dies at 84
1992 Georgia Brown [Lilian Klot], British cabaret stage, and screen singer and actress (Oliver!; Shoulder To Shoulder), dies from complications of emergency intestinal surgery at 59
1997 Mrs. Miller, American singer (A Lover's Missouri), dies at 89
2001 Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador Jr.], American R&B singer ("Mother-in-Law"), dies of kidney failure and cirrhosis of the liver at 68
2002 Grant Beglarian, Armenian-American composer (Of Fables, Foibles, and Fancies), educator (University of Southern California, 1969-86), and arts administrator,dies at 74
2002 Harold "Duke" Dejan, Creole-American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader (Olympia Brass Band), dies at 93
2005 Shirley Goodman, American R&B and disco singer (Shirley & Lee - "Feels So Good"; Shirley & Company - "Shame, Shame, Shame"), dies at 69
2007 George Melly, British jazz & blues singer, journalist, and art critic, dies of lung cancer and emphysema at 80
2007 Régine Crespin, French operatic mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1962-87; Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete), dies of liver cancer at 80
2009 Jack Ellory, British orchestral and session alto and bass flute player (Philharmonia Orchestra; The Beatles - "The Fool on the Hill"), dies at 89
2010 David Fanshawe, British composer and ethnomusicologist (African Sanctus; Pacific Odyssey; Dona Nobis Pacem – A Hymn for World Peace), dies of a stroke at 68
2011 Malcolm Forsyth, South African-Canadian trombonist and composer (Atayoskewin), dies of pancreatic cancer at 74
2016 Alirio Díaz, Venezuelan guitarist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 92
2017 Pierre Henry, French composer (considered pioneer of musique concrète), dies at 89
2022 Alfred Koerppen, German organist, composer, and educator (Hannover Hochschule für Musik und Theater, 1948-91). dies at 95
2023 Coco Lee, Chinese-American pop singer ("A Love Before Time"; "Tragic"), takes her own life at 48
2023 George Tickner, American guitarist and songwriter (Journey, 1973-75 - "I'm Gonna Leave You"), dies at 76
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