1976 Bobby Hackett, American jazz cornetist, trumpeter (Glenn Miller; Benny Goodman; Jackie Gleason), and orchestra leader (Air Time '57), dies at 61
1983 Daniele Amfitheatrof [Amfiteatrov], Russian-Italian pianist, conductor, and composer of concert and Hollywood film score music (American Panorama; The Naked Jungle), dies at 81
1990 Barbara Baxley, American stage and screen actress and singer (Norma Rae; Nashville; Countdown), dies of a heart attack at 67
1993 Louie Ramirez, American salsa and Latin jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, composer, and record producer, dies of a heart attack at 55
1995 "Sheikh" Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, dies at 76
2001 Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones), dies of a heart attack at 49
2008 Bill Coday, American musician and singer ("You’re Gonna Want Me"), dies of a stroke at 66
2009 Hugh Hopper, British progressive rock and jazz bassist (Soft Machine; Stomu Yamashta's East Wind; Carla Bley), dies of leukemia at 64
2009 Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter ("Peaceful"), dies of lung cancer at 69
2010 Stuart Cable, Welsh rock drummer (Stereolab), and broadcaster, choles to death on his own vomit at 40
2011 Hubert Du Plessis, South African pianist and composer, dies at 88
2011 Nataraja Ramakrishna, Indian classical dancer, choreographer, and musicologist, dies at 88
2012 Bob Welch, American musician (Fleetwood Mac), commits suicide by gunshot at 66
2012 Nabil Totah, Palestinian-American jazz double bassist, dies at 72
2020 Frank Bey [Bass], American blues singer-songwriter ("All My Dues Are Paid"), dies at 74