1666 Adam Krieger, German organist, kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 32
1792 Francesco Antonio Rosetti, Bohemian double-bassist and composer, dies at abour 42 [birthdate uncertain, c. 1750]
1819 Ernst Ludwig Gerber, German organist, composer and musicologist, dies at 72
1889 Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer and music director (Teatro Apollo; La Scala), dies at 64
1890 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American sacred music composer, dies at 71
1923 Claude Terrasse, French operetta composer (Ubu Roi; Miss Alice des P.T.T), dies at 56
1946 Michael Zadora, American composer and pianist, dies at 64
1953 Göte Carlid, Swedish composer (Eine kleine Teemusik), dies at 32
1959 Lazare Saminsky, Russian-American composer, dies at 76
1960 Clarence Cameron White, American concert violinist, and composer (Elegy; Ouanga!), dies from cancer at 79
1962 Caspar Neher, Austrian-German set designer and librettist, dies at 65
1969 Jan Evangelista Zelinka, Czech composer (Meluzina), dies at 76
1983 Bo Gentry [Robert Ackoff] American songwriter ("Mony, Mony"), and record producer (Tommy James), dies at 41
1987 Federico Mompou, Spanish composer, dies at 94
1990 Dudu Pukwana [Mtutuzel], South African saxophonist and composer, dies at 51
1992 Jim Alaimo, American vocalist, dies after heart surgery at 53
1995 Jorge Peixinho, Portuguese pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 45
1995 Phyllis Hyman, American jazz singer (Prime of My Life), commits suicide at 45
1996 Jef Maes, Belgian composer and violinist, dies at 91
2001 Chet Atkins, American guitarist (Me & My Guitar), dies at 77
2001 Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 64
2009 Pina Bausch, German choreographer and dancer, dies at 68
2010 Park Yong-ha, Korean actor and K-pop, and J-pop singer, takes his own life at 32
2021 Vic Briggs, British guitarist (The Animals, 1966-68), and producer; later known as Antion Vikram Singh, he created Sikhi devotional and Hawaiian music, dies at 76