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Musicians Who Died on March 7

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  • 1761 Antonio Palella, Italian composer and harpsichordist, dies at 68
  • 1786 František Benda, Bohemian violinist and composer, dies at 76
  • 1802 Johann Georg Witthauer, German composer, dies at 50
  • 1809 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer and organist, dies at 73
  • 1842 Christian Theodor Weinlig, German composer, dies at 61
  • 1907 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, French pianist and composer, dies at 64
  • 1926 Heinrich Kàan-Albest, Bohemian pianist and composer, dies at 73
  • 1939 Amadeo Roldán, Cuban composer and violinist, dies at 38
  • 1941 Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik), dies at 63
  • 1966 Mike Millward, English musician (The Fourmost), dies of leukemia at 23
  • 1971 Harold McNair, British-Jamaican calypso and jazz saxophonist and flautist, dies of lung cancer at 39
  • 1974 Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (b. 1906)
  • 1976 Erwin Kroll, German composer, dies at 90
  • 1979 Guiomar Novaes, Barzilain concert pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84
  • 1979 Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72
  • 1981 Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (Bolshoi Theatre, 1943-56; Moscow Philharmonic, 1960-75; Concertgebouw, 1978-81), dies at 67
  • 1982 Charles Borromeo Mills, American composer, dies at 68
  • 1983 Igor Markevitch, Russian composer and conductor (Le Paradis Perdu), dies at 70
  • 1985 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony, 1950-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1958-69), and educator, dies at 76
  • 1993 Arnold Franchetti, Italian American composer, dies at about 84
  • 1993 Earl Wrightson, American actor and singer (Pinafore, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue), dies of heart failure at 77
  • 1995 John Lambert, English composer, teacher and organist, dies at 69
  • 1998 Leopoldine "Leonie" Rysanek, Austrian dramatic soprano (Vienna State Opera 1954-96; Metropolitan Opera, 1959-96), dies of bone cancer at 71
  • 1999 Lowell Fulson, Choctaw-Cherokee-American blues guitarist and songwriter (“3 O’Clock Blues”; “Reconsider Baby”), dies at 77
  • 2000 Pee Wee King [Julius Frank Kuczynski], American country singer, accordionist, and songwriter ("Tennesee Waltz"; "Slow Poke"), dies of a heart attack at 84
  • 2001 Frankie Carle [Francesco Carlone], American pianist, known as "the Wizard of the Keyboard", big band and dance orchestra leader, and songwriter ("Sunrise Serenade"; "The Golden Touch"), dies at 97
  • 2002 Abdul Mati [Matias Klarwein], French artist known for his works used on music album covers (Santana's Abraxus; Miles Davis' Bitches Brew; Osibisa's Heads; Jon Hassel's Dream Theory), dies at 69
  • 2005 Willis Hall, British screenwriter and dramatist (Torn Curtain; Billy; Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure), dies of esophageal cancer at 75
  • 2006 Ali Farka Touré, Malian musician, dies at 66
  • 2007 Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer, and musical director (Hungarian National Theater, 1951-66; Budapest Operetta, 1974-79). dies at 78
  • 2012 Jimmy Ellis, American soul singer, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 74
  • 2013 Claude King, American country music singer (Wolverton Mountain), dies at 90
  • 2013 Kenny Ball, English jazz musician, dies of pneumonia at 82
  • 2013 Peter Banks [Brockbanks], British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter described as "the architect of progressive music" (Yes, the Syn, Flash), dies of heart failure at 65
  • 2014 Pentti Raitio, Finnish composer (‘Lemminkainen Gatecrashes at Pohjola’), dies at 83
  • 2017 Francis Thorne, American composer (Fortuna; Elegy), dies at 94
  • 2018 Gary Burden, American artist and one of the pioneers for the concept of album cover art (designed covers for Neil Young, Nash, The Doors), dies at 84
  • 2023 Lynn Seymour [Berta Lynn Springbett], Canadian-English ballerina (Royal Ballet, 1959-78), choreographer, and director, dies at 79
  • 2023 Paul Justman, American documentarian (Standing in the Shadows of Motown), music video director and lyricist (J. Geils Band), dies at 74
  • 2024 Margaret Tynes, American child prodigy and international opera singer, dies at 104
  • 2024 Steve Lawrence [Sidney Leibowitz], American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pop singer ("Go Away Little Girl"; Steve and Eydie), and actor (The Lonely Guy; The Blues Brothers), dies of complications of Alzheimer's disease at 88


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