Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
Czech composer (The Bartered Bride; Má Vlast; Moldau), dies at 60
- 1896 Juan Morel Campos, Puerto Rican composer (Danza), dies at 38
- 1908 Melesio Morales, Mexican composer, dies at 69
- 1924 Henri Maréchal, French composer and music critic, dies at 82
- 1925 Artur Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, composer, and music publisher, dies at 82
- 1931 Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violin virtuoso (Caesar Franck's sonata), composer (Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, op. 27), educator (Brussels Conservatoire, 1881-98), and conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1918-22), dies pf complications from diabetes at 72
- 1943 Albert Stoessel, American violinist, conductor, composer, and educator, dies of a heart attack on the podium at 48
- 1948 Isidor Achron, American composer, dies of a heart attack at 55
- 1956 Vladimír Ambros, Czech composer, dies at 65
- 1960 (Cecil) Armstrong Gibbs, English composer, dies of pneumonia at 70
- 1963 Stanisław Wiechowicz, Polish composer, dies at 69
- 1967 Julius Kalas, Czech composer, dies at 64
- 1969 Martin Lamble, British folk-rock drummer (Fairport Convention, 1966-69), killed in a vehicle crash at 19
- 1975 Joe Mooney, American jazz and pop accordionist, organist, and vocalist, dies at 64
- 1976 Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72), dies at 65
- 1980 Lillian Roth [Rutstein], American singer and actress (Animal Crackers; Alice Sweet Alice), dies at 69
- 1982 Humphrey Searle, British composer and musicologist (Twentieth Century Counterpoint; The Music of Franz Liszt), dies at 66
- 1987 Victor Feldman, British jazz pianist and drummer, dies of a heart attack at 53
- 1989 Marcelle de Manziarly, French pianist and composer, dies at 89
- 1989 Ron Wilson, American percussionist (Surfaris, drummed on "Wipe Out"), dies of a brain aneurysm at 44
- 1995 Marcel Rubin, Austrian composer, dies at 89
- 2001 (Pierino) Perry Como, American singer ("Catch A Falling Star") and TV personality (The Perry Como Show), dies at 89
- 2004 John LaPorta, American jazz clarinetist and composer, dies at 84
- 2005 Frankie LaRocka (Frank LaRocca), American session and touring drummer, and record producer (Spin Doctors), dies of heart surgery complications at 51
- 2005 Monica Zetterlund, Swedish jazz singer (with Bill Evans - "Waltz For Debby"), and dies in an accidental apartment fire at 67
- 2009 Antonio Vega, Spanish pop-rock singer-songwriter, dies of lung cancer at 51
- 2014 H. R. Giger, Swiss surrealist artist (album cover art for ELP - "Brain Salad Surgery"; Debbie Harry - "'KooKoo"), and Oscar-winning special effects designer (Alien), dies from injuries from a fall at 74
- 2015 Mervyn Burtch, Welsh composer (The Raven King) and educator, dies at 85
- 2016 Julius La Rosa, American singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air), dies at 86
- 2017 Bill Dowdy, American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds), dies at 84
- 2020 Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer, helped establish The Beatles image, dies at 81
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