- 1686 Johann Quirsfeld, German composer, dies at 43
- 1726 Michel-Richard Delalande, French organist and baroque composer (De Profundis), dies at 68
- 1799 Johann Andre, German composer, dies at 58
- 1821 Charles Hague, English composer, dies at 52
- 1850 Antoni Weinert, Polish flutist and composer, dies at 99
- 1859 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, Swiss composer, dies at 65
- 1876 August Rockel, German composer, dies at 61
- 1909 Learmont Drysdale, Scottish composer, dies at 42
- 1911 Franjo Ksaver Kuhač, Croatian composer who collected and published 1,600 folk songs, dies at 76
- 1934 Francisco Lacerda, Portuguese composer, conductor, and musicologist, dies at 65
- 1935 August Reusner, German composer, dies at 64
- 1939 Frans "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), dies at 73
- 1942 Arthur Pryor, American band composer and trombone player, dies at 71
- 1952 Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone, dies at 63
- 1955 Walter Rein, German composer, dies at 61
- 1955 Willy Burkhard, Swiss composer, dies at 55
- 1962 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
- 1964 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, Georgian conductor and composer (Bol’shoy Theatre, 1931-62), dies at 58
- 1965 George Melachrino, English composer, dies at 56
- 1973 Fritz Mahler, Austrian composer, dies at 71
- 1983 Luther Tucker, American blues guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 57
- 1996 Miriam Gideon, American composer, dies at 89
- 2007 Georges Thurston, Canadian R&B and reggae musician and singer (Boule Noire), dies of cancer at 55
- 2007 Henry "Hank" Medress, American singer (The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), and record producer (The Chiffons; Tony Orlando & Dawn), dies of lung cancer at 68
- 2011 Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist, known as "The Big Man" (The E-Street Band), dies of complications from a stroke (b. 1942); flags in New Jersey are lowered to half-mast
- 2014 Johnny Mann, American music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer), dies at 85
- 2016 Peter Feuchtwanger, German piano teacher, musicologist, and composer (Studies in Eastern Idiom; Introduction and Ragas for 8 Violas and cello), dies at 85
- 2018 Barry McDaniel, American lyric baritone (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1962-99), dies at 87
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American rapper and singer-songwriter, shot to death during a robbery at 20
- 2020 Lynford "Hux" Brown, Jamaican session and touring guitarist (Jimmy Cliff; Paul Simon; Toots and the Maytals), dies at 75
- 2020 Vera Lynn, British popular music singer, known as 'the Forces' Sweetheart' ("We'll Meet Again"; "The White Cliffs of Dover"), dies at 103
- 2023 Teresa Taylor, American rock drummer (Butthole Surfers), and actress (Slackers), dies of lung disease at 60
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