Deaths 1 - 23 of 23
1657 - Tobias Michael,
composer, dies at 65
1661 - Lazaro Valvasensi,
composer, dies at 76
1778 - Angelo Antonio Caroli,
composer, dies at 77
1798 - Eugene Godecharle,
composer, dies at 56
1819 - Johann Wilhelm Stadler,
composer, dies at 71
1836 - Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle,
author/composer (Marseillaise), dies
1945 - Erno Rapee,
composer, dies at 54
1945 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Tcherepnin, composer, dies at 72
1956 - Clifford Brown,
US jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25
1971 - Guillermo Uribe Holguin,
composer, dies at 91
1971 - Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, dies
1971 - Juan Manen, composer, dies at 88
1973 - Arnold Richardson,
composer, dies at 59
1977 - Lou Reizner,
rock vocalist/producer (Rod Stewart, Tommy), dies at 43
1981 - Peter Kreuder,
German composer, dies
1982 - Andre Tchaikowsy,
pianist/composer, dies
1983 - Walter O'Keefe,
songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82
1991 - Carmine Coppola,
composer/conductor (Godfather II), dies at 80
1994 - Thomas henry Wait Armstrong,
organist, dies at 96
1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole,
Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
2004 - Naomi Shemer,
Israeli singer and song-writer (b. 1930)
2007 - Natasja Saad,
Danish Reggae singer (b. 1974)
2010 - Sergio Vega,
Mexican Banda singer (b.1969)