1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (Miserere Suites de Symphonies et Trios), dies at 54
1727 Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), dies at 59
1758 Richard Leveridge, English bass singer and composer, dies at 87
1796 Gaspare Gabellone, Italian composer, dies at 68
1798 Justin Morgan, American composer and horse breeder, dies at 51
1824 Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, dies at 76
1845 Franz Volkert, Austrian composer and organist, dies at 67
1867 Ferdinando Giorgetti, Italian composer, dies at 70
1906 Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist and composer, dies at 59
1909 Gyula Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel, dies at 66
1929 Anton Beer-Walbrun, German composer, dies at 64
1951 Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945; New York Philharmonic, 1922-30), dies at 79
1952 "Uncle" Dave Macon, American vaudeville and Grand Ole Opry banjo player, singer-songwriter and comedian, dies at 81
1977 Hymie Shertzer, American jazz and session saxophonist (Benny Goodman; NBC's Tonight Show), dies at 67
1977 Witold Friemann, Polish composer, pianist, conductor and pedagogue, dies at 87
1986 Mark Dinning, American singer ("Teen Angel"), dies of a heart attack at 52
1990 Alexander Chugayev, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 66
1991 Dave Guard, American singer, songwriter and arranger (Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley"), dies of cancer at 56
1993 Gret Palucca, German dancer and choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91
1993 Phia Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83
1994 Dan Hartman, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer (Edgar Winter Group - "Free Ride; solo- "I Can Dream About You"; James Brown -"Living In America"), dies of an AIDS-related brain tumor at 43
1996 (William Famous) Billy Williamson, American steel guitar player (Bill Haley and His Saddlemen; Bill Haley & His Comets), dies at 71
1996 Don Murray, American drummer (The Turtles), dies from post-operative complications at 50
1996 Václav Nelhýbel, Czech-American composer (Everyman), dies at 76
2001 Earl Beal American doo-wop baritone (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), dies at 75
2005 Rod Price, British rock and blues guitar and slide guitar player (Foghat, 1971-80 - "Slow Ride"), dies of a heart attack at 57
2008 Cachao [Israel López], Cuban double-bassist, and composer (co-inventor of 'mambo' with his brother, Orestes López), dies at 89
2013 Derek Watkins, British trumpet player and composer (The Spy Who Loved Me, Skyfall), dies of cancer at 68
2013 Gerardo Gandini, Argentinian pianist and composer (Laberynthus Johannes), dies at 76
2015 Norman Scribner, American organist, conductor, choral director (St. Alban's, 1960-2007; Choral Arts Society of Washington, 1965-2012), and composer (Song for St. Cecilia), dies at 79
2016 Phife Dawg [Malik Taylor] American rapper (A Tribe called Quest), dies from diabetes complications at 45
2018 Morgana King, American jazz singer and actress (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II), dies of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at 87
2019 Carlo Franci, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 91 [1]
2019 Scott Walker [Noel Scott Engel], American-born British singer-songwriter and composer (The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)), dies of cancer at 76
2019 Victor Hochhauser, British impresario (Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra), dies at 95
2020 Eric Weissberg, American singer and musician (Duelling Banjos), dies of Alzheimer’s at 80
2020 Julie Felix, American-born British-based folk-rock singer-songwriter, and BBC presenter (The Frost Report; Once More With Felix), dies at 81
2020 Stan Bronstein, American rock saxophonist (Elephant's Memory), dies at 81
2024 Jean-Paul Vignon, French actor and singer, dies of liver cancer at 89
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