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Musicians Who Died on July 8

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  • 1681 Georg Neumark, German composer and poet, dies at 60
  • 1726 Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer, dies at 49
  • 1876 Josef Dessauer, Austrian composer, dies at 78
  • 1885 Henry Waelput, Flemish compose and conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies at 39
  • 1894 Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, Russian composer, dies at 67
  • 1905 Walter Kittredge, American musician during American Civil War, dies at 70
  • 1941 Philippe Gaubert, French flautist, conductor (Paris Opéra, 1919-41), composer, and teacher (Paris Conservatoire), dies of a stroke at 62
  • 1942 Catherinus Elling, Norwegian organist, composer, educator, and ethnomusicologist, dies at 83
  • 1946 Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Russian composer (Alexnadrov Ensemble), dies at 63
  • 1949 Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, dies at 66
  • 1957 Henry Février, French composer, dies at 81
  • 1961 Julián Bautista, Spanish orchestral and film score composer, and conductor, dies at 60
  • 1971 Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player, dies at 50
  • 1972 (Cora) "Lovie" Austin (née Taylor), American jazz and blues pianist, songwriter ("Down Hearted Blues"), and band leader (The Blues Serenaders), dies at 84 [1]
  • 1974 Morris "Moose" Charlap, American Broadway composer (Peter Pan; Kelly), dies at 45
  • 1979 Charles Kynard, American soul, jazz, and funk Hammond B-3 organ player (Reelin With The Feelin'), dies at 46
  • 1984 Christine McIntyre, American actress and singer (The Three Stooges, The Rangers' Round-Up), dies from cancer at 73
  • 1994 Dominic Lucero, American dancer and singer, dies of lymphatic cancer at 26
  • 1995 Günter Bialas, German composer and music educator, dies at 87
  • 1996 (James Woodie) J.W. Alexander, American gospel and soul music songwriter, singer, and producer (Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Solomon Burke), dies of prostate cancer at 80
  • 2000 Nikola Hercigonja, Croatian composer, dies at 89
  • 2003 Kunio Toda, Japanese composer, dies at 87
  • 2007 Jindřich Feld, Czech composer (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra), dies at 82
  • 2015 Ernie Maresca, American singer and songwriter ("Runaround Sue"; "The Wanderer"), dies at 76
  • 2018 Alan Johnson, American Emmy Award-winning screen and stage choreographer (The Producers - "Springtime for Hitler"; Legs Diamond), director (To Be Or Not To Be), and dancer (West Side Story), dies at 81
  • 2018 Oliver Knussen, British composer (Where the Wild Things Are, Chicara), dies at 66
  • 2018 Tab Hunter [Arthur Andrew Kelm], American actor (Tab Hunter Show, Lust in the Dust) and singer ("Young Love"), dies of complications of deep vein thrombosis at 86
  • 2020 Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (Glee; Step Up: High Water), drowns while swimming at Lake Piru, near Santa Clarita, California, at 33
  • 2021 Sam Reed, American jazz and session saxophonist, and musical director (Uptown Theater (Philadelphia); Teddy Pendergrass), dies at 85


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