Musicians Who Died on June 24

Carlos Gardel (1890-1935)

French-Argentine singer-songwriter and prominent figure in the history of tango, dies in a plane crash at 44

1936 Nandor Zsolt, Hungarian composer, conductor and violinist dies at 49
1944 Rio Gebhardt, German jazz pianist, composer, and orchestra leader, dies in France during WWII battle at 36
1952 Lodewijk Mortelmans, Belgian composer (Morgenstemming - Morning Mood), dies at 84

American comedian (The Jackie Gleason Show; The Honeymooners), actor (Requiem For A Heavyweight; The Hustler; Gigot), composer, and conductor (Music for Lovers Only), dies of colon cancer at 71

1987 (Lionel) "Linc" Chamberland, American R&B and jazz-fusion guitarist, dies of leukemia at 46
1988 Hibari Misora [Kazue Katō], Japanese pop singer ("Kawa no nagare no yō ni" - Like the Flow of the River), dies of heart failure at 52
1992 Tony LeMans [MansFortier], American singer-songwriter ("Cookie Crumbles"), dies in a motorcycle crash at 29
2004 Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek lyricist, journalist, and children's book author, dies of an allergic reaction at 39 or 40 [birth year uncertain]
2004 Jimmy Rowser, American jazz double-bassist (Dinah Washington; Ray Bryant; Les McCann), and teacher, dies at 78
2007 Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist, dies in a Jamaican car crash at 32
2010 Deborah Jo Billingsley, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and songwriter, dies of cancer at 58
2013 Alan Myers, American rock drummer (Devo, 1976-86 - "Whip It!"), dies of cancer at 58
2016 Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), dies of cancer at 72
2021 Richard Hoffmann, Austrian violinist, composer, and pedagogue (Oberlin, 1954-2004), dies at 96
2022 Lawrence Moss, American contemporary classical, opera, and electronic music composer, and educator, dies at 94