Deaths in Music on 4th June

Deaths 1 - 19 of 19

1826 - Karl Maria FE von Weber, German composer (Oberon), dies at 39

1872 - Stanislaw Moniuszko, composer, dies at 53

1905 - Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85

1907 - Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59

1915 - William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26

1916 - Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56

1925 - Gheorghe Dima, composer, dies at 77

1939 - Tommy Ladnier, American musician (b. 1900)

1943 - Jean du Bela, singer/actor (Sobibor), dies at 39

1951 - Serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76

1956 - Max Kowalski, composer, dies at 73

1972 - Godfried Devreese, composer, dies at 79

1989 - Vaclav Kaslik, Czech opera composer/conductor, dies at 71

1994 - Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), dies at 48

1997 - Ronnie Lane, bassist (Faces), dies of multiple sclerosis at 51

2001 - John Hartford, American musician (b. 1937)

2004 - Steve Lacy, American saxophonist (b. 1934)

2007 - Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)

2011 - Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish author and composer (b. 1953)