- 1656 Michelangelo Rossi, Italian Baroque organist, violinist, and opera composer, dies at about 55
- 1774 Giuseppe Maria Carretti, Italian composer, dies at 83
- 1794 Pascal Boyer, French composer, dies at 51
- 1826 Friedrich Dülon, German flautist and composer, dies at 56
- 1885 Nicola De Giosa, Italian composer, dies at 66
- 1889 Giovanni Bottesini, Italian Romantic composer, conductor and a double bass virtuoso, dies at 67
- 1898 Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies
- 1903 José Augusto Ferreira Veiga, Viscount of Arneiro, Portuguese composer, dies at 64
- 1907 James McGranahan, American composer, dies at 67
- 1949 Bunk Johnson, American jazz trumpeter, dies after a series of strokes at 59 [1]
- 1955 Franco Casavola, Italian composer, music theorist, and futurist, dies at 63
- 1968 Leo Sowerby, American organist and composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1946), dies at 73
- 1969 Gladys Swarthout, American mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), dies of heart disease at 68
- 1970 Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies at 59
- 1975 Vito Frazzi, Italian composer, dies at 86
- 1987 Tibor Frešo, Slovak composer (Fanfares of Peace; A Beetle was Born), and conductor (Slovak National Theatre Opera), dies at 68
- 1990 Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer, dies at 32
- 1993 Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)
- 2001 Fred Neil [Morlock], American songwriter, folk singer, guitarist (Everybody's Talkin'; Candy Man), and conservationist (Dolphin Project), dies from skin cancer at 65
- 2003 Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
- 2005 Al Downing, American rockabilly piano player and singer (Big Al & The Chartbusters), dies at 65 [1]
Syd Barrett (1946-2006)
British guitarist and singer-songwriter (Pink Floyd, 1964-68 - "See Emily Play"; solo -"The Madcap Laughs"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 60
- 2008 Hugh Mendl, British record label executive (Decca/Deram Records), dies at 88 [1]
- 2011 Josef Suk, Czech concert violinist (Artist of Merit, 1977), violist, and namesake of composer grandfather, dies of prostate cancer at 81
- 2016 Rokusuke Ei, Japanese author and lyricist (Sukiyaki), dies at 83
- 2017 Egil Monn-Iversen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor (Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, 1981-96), dies at 89
- 2018 Paul Fetler, American composer (December Stillness; Three Poems By Walt Whitman), dies at 98
- 2022 (Patrick Henry) "Adam" Wade, American pop singer (The Writing On The Wall), actor (Kiss Me Goodbye), and 1st US Black game show host (Musical Chairs), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 87
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