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Musicians Who Died on May 15

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  • 1609 Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
  • 1746 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, Italian composer and castrato singer dies at 67
  • 1785 Karel Blazej Kopriva, Czech organist and composer, dies at 29
  • 1821 John Wall Calcott, English composer, dies at 54
  • 1822 Christian Ludwig Dieter, German composer, dies at 64
  • 1823 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky, composer, dies at 69
  • 1824 Alexander Campbell, Scottish composer and writer (associate of Walter Scott), dies at 60
  • 1832 Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, dies at 73
  • 1872 Thomas Hastings, American composer, dies at 87
  • 1952 Italo Montemezzi, Italian composer (L'amore dei tre re), dies at 76
  • 1967 Jaromír Fiala, Czech composer, dies at 74
  • 1989 Johnny Green, American singer (Body and Soul) and film score composer who won 5 Academy Awards, dies at 80
  • 1991 Lawrence "Bud" Freeman, American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and composer ("The Eel"; "Zen Is When"), dies of cancer at 84
  • 1992 Barbara Lee, American pop singer (Chiffons - He's So Fine; Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?), dies at 44
  • 1994 Frederik von Pallandt, Danish-Dutch pop singer and guitarist (Nina & Frederik), murdered in the Philippines at 60
  • 1994 Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer, songwriter and programmer, dies at 71
  • 1995 Johnny Van Derrick, British jazz violinist (Pink Panther Theme), dies at 68
  • 1995 Perry Lederman, American folk and blues singer and guitarist, dies at 52
  • 1996 George Tindley, American soul singer and songwriter, dies at 58

June Carter Cash (1929-2003)

American Grammy Award-winning country singer (The Carter Family; Johnny Cash Show), songwriter ("Ring of Fire"), and actress, dies from complications after heart valve replacement surgery at 73

June Carter Cash
  • 2004 Clint Warwick [Albert Eccles], English bassist (Moody Blues), dies at 63
  • 2008 Alexander Courage, American composer of original Star Trek theme, dies at 88
  • 2008 Walt Dickerson, American jazz vibraphone player, and composer ("To My Queen"), dies of cardiac arrest at 80 [1]
  • 2009 Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and smooth jazz bassist, dies from the effects of cancer at 44
  • 2010 Diether de la Motte, German composer and music theorist, dies at 82
  • 2011 Bob Flannigan, American jazz singer (The Four Freshmen), dies at 84
  • 2020 Phil May, English rocker (Pretty Things), dies at 75
  • 2022 Ricky Gardiner, Scottish rock guitarist (David Bowie - Low; Iggy Pop - Lust for Life), and composer, dies at 73


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