Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
French composer (Symphonie fantastique), dies at 65
- 1901 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer (De Leie; Rubens Cantata: Requiem), and conductor, dies at 66
- 1919 Auguste Tolbecque, French cellist and composer, dies at 88
- 1931 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87
- 1941 José Serrano Simeón, Spanish composer, dies at 67
- 1950 Jaroslav Kocián, Czech composer and teacher, dies at 67
- 1951 John Winter Thompson, composer, dies at 83
- 1957 Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer, chiefly of art songs, and conductor, dies at 70 [1]
- 1961 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (co-founded and led London Philharmonic, 1932-39; Royal Philharmonic, 1946-60), dies of heart failure at 81
- 1965 Tadd Dameron, American jazz pianist, composer ("If You Could See Me Now"; "Lady Bird"), arranger (Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine) and bandleader, dies of cancer at 48
- 1967 Herman "Ivory" Chittison, American jazz pianist (Harlem Rhythm Makers), dies at 58
- 1973 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American rock singer, harmonica player, and occasional keyboardist (Grateful Dead, 1965-72), dies of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at 27
- 1974 Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer considered one of the 'Great Three' of Dutch cabaret (My Fair Lady), dies from a heart attack at 56
- 1983 William Walton, English composer (Troilus & Cressida; Belhazzar's Feast), dies at 80
- 1988 Amar Singh Chamkila [Dhanni Ram], Punjabi folk singer "The Elvis of Punjab" killed by unknown gunmen as he arrived for concert at age 26 [1]
- 1988 Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (b. 1918)
- 1988 Ken Colyer, British New Orleans jazz devotee trumpeter, cornetist, and bandleader, dies at 79
- 1989 Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), dies at 80
- 1992 George "Red" Callender, American jazz and session string bass and tuba player, dies of thyroid cancer at 76
- 1993 Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), dies at 78 of a stroke
- 1995 Ingo Schwichtenberg, German heavy metal drummer (Helloween), commits suicide by jumping in front of a train at 29
- 1996 Paul Harrhy, actor and opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38
- 1999 Hans Eklund, Swedish composer, dies at 71
- 2003 Adam Faith [Terence Wright], English pop and rock singer ("What Do You Want?"; "Poor Me"), actor (Budgie; Love Hurts), and financial journalist, dies of a heart attack at 62
- 2005 Larry Bunker, American session and West Coast jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and timpanist (Bill Evans, Lalo Schifrin, The 5th Dimension, Peggy Lee), dies from complications of a stroke at 76
- 2009 Ali Bongo [William Oliver Wallace], British comedy musician and magician (President of The Magic Circle - Shriek of Araby), dies at 79
- 2011 Mike Starr (musician), American Musician (b. 1966)
- 2015 Lew Soloff, American jazz trumpeter (Blood, Sweat and Tears), dies at 71
George Martin (1926-2016)
British record producer (The Beatles), dies at 90
- 2018 Milko Kelemen, Croat composer (Archetypon), dies at 93
- 2019 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor (Frankfurt Opera, 1967-87); Cincinnati Symphony, 1980-86); Southwest German Radio Symphony, 1986-99), and composer, dies at 91
- 2021 Julien-François Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Monophrases), dies at 103
- 2021 Trevor Peacock, British stage and screen actor (The Vicar of Dibley - "Jim Trott"), screenwriter, and songwriter ("Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter"), dies at 89
- 2022 Ron Miles, American jazz cornetist, composer, and bandleader, dies Polycythemia vera, a rare blood disorder, at 58
- 2023 Jakob Jež, Slovenian composer (Klas pri klasu (Ear by Ear)), and pedagogue, dies at 93
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