1766 Gregor Werner, Austrian Baroque composer and kapellmeister, dies at 73
1768 Nicola Antonio Porpora, Italian composer, and voice teacher, dies at 81
1800 Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, German composer, dies at 64
1822 Franz Adam Veichtner, German violinist and composer, dies at 81
1824 Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 70
1889 (Edward) Sydney Smith, British pianist and composer, dies at 49
1926 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 58
1932 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer (Golem), dies at 67
1934 Norman O'Neill, English theatrical composer (Mary Rose) and conductor, dies from injuries sustained after being struck by a package delivery tricycle at 58
1945 Jacobus H "Koos" Speenhoff, Dutch cabaret singer, killed in the RAF's bombing of the Bezuidenhout at 75
1948 Antonin Artaud, French songwriter and director (Theatre Seraphin), dies at 51
1956 Mihailo Vukdragović, Serbian composer, conductor and pedagogue, dies at 55
1961 Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born left-handed pianist, dies at 72
1965 Carlo Gatti, Italian musicologist (Verdi), dies at 88
1974 Barbara Ruick, American actress (Carousel; Fearless Fagan), and singer (Jerry Colonna Show), dies of an aneurysm at 43
1976 Alfred Sendrey [Szendrei], Hungarian-American organist, conductor, musicologist, and composer, dies at 92
1991 Arthur Murray [Moses Teichman], American ballroom dancer and businessman (Arthur Murray Dance Party), dies at 95 of pneumonia
1993 Carlos Montoya, Spanish-American flamenco guitarist (Suite Flamenca), dies of heart failure at 89
1993 Cyril Collard, French composer, director, and actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35
1994 Karel Kryl, Czechoslovak folk singer, dies at 49
1994 Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Polish-Israeli composer and music editor, dies at 75
1997 Finn Høffding, Danish composer (Karlsvognen), dies at 97
2000 Toni Ortelli, Italian composer ("La Montanara" (The Song of the Mountains), conductor, and alpinist, dies at 95
2002 Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter ("I Fall To Pieces"; "Busted"; "Too Many Rivers"), dies at 74
2003 Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (Beatitudines), dies at 98
2008 Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor, dies at 86
2008 Norman "Hurricane" Smith, British sound engineer (The Beatles, 1962-65), producer (Pink Floyd; The Pretty Things), and musician ("Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?"; "Don't Let It Die"), dies at 85
2010 Dudley "Big Tiny" Little Jr, American pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 79
2011 Aldo Clementi, Italian composer (Collage), and teacher (University of Bologna, 1971-92), dies at 85
2012 Frank Marocco, American jazz, pop, classical, and session accordionist, arranger and composer, dies at 81
2012 Ronnie Montrose, American rock guitarist (Montrose, Gamma), dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 64
2013 Bobby Rogers, American pop and soul tenor vocalist (The Miracles - "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"), and songwriter ("Going To A Go-Go"; "The Way You Do the Things You Do"), dies from complications from diabetes at 73
2017 Jim Fuller, American 'Godfather of Surf Guitar' and songwriter (The Safaris - "Wipe Out"), dies at 69
2017 Lyle Ritz, American jazz ukulele and session bassist, dies at 87
2017 Misha Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist and composer (Reconstruction), dies at 81
2017 Tommy Page, American pop singer ("I'll Be Your Everything"), found dead of apparent suicide at 46
2018 Patrick Doyle, English drummer (Veronica Falls; Boys Forever), dies at 32
2019 Peter Hurford, British organist, composer and choral conductor (St. Albans Cathedral), dies at 88
2024 Eleanor Collins [Elnora Proctor], Canadian jazz and standards singer, and television personality, regarded as Canada’s “first lady of jazz”, dies at 104
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