- 1650 Francesco Sacrati, Italian composer, dies at 44
- 1751 Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, Spanish composer, dies at 38
- 1782 Carlo Giovanni Testori, Italian violinist, composer, pedagogue, and musicologist (La musica raggionata), dies at 68
- 1782 Christoph Gottlieb Schröter, German organist (St Nikola Church, Nordhausen, 1732-82), composer, and inventor of the tangent piano, dies at 82
Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
German pianist and composer of the Romantic era, dies of a stroke at 76
- 1900 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80
- 1909 Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)
- 1910 Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, French composer, dies at 88
- 1932 James "Bubber" Miley, American jazz trumpet and cornet player (Duke Ellington, 1923-29 - "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"; "Black And Tan Fantasy"), dies of tuberculosis at 29
- 1951 Jan Ingenhoven, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 74
- 1964 Rudy Lewis, American pop vocalist (The Drifters - "Up On The Roof"; "On Broadway), dies of a probable drug overdose at 27
- 1975 Jacques Stehman, Belgian pianist and composer (Symphonie de poche), dies at 62
- 1978 Ivan Harold Browning, American stage and screen actor and singer (Shuffle Along - "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), dies at 87
- 1986 Bernard Naylor, English-Canadian organist, conductor, and composer, dies at 78
- 1988 René Defossez, Belgian composer, composer, and pedagigue, dies at 82
- 1991 Julian Orbon De Soto, Cuban composer, dies at 65
- 1996 Jack Wyngaard, South African dancer (London City Ballet, 1986-96), dies of a heart attack at 37
- 1998 Robert Normann, Norwegian jazz guitar pioneer, accordionist, and composer, dies at 81
- 2000 Jean-Pierre Rampal, French classical flautist (The Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano), dies of heart failure at 72
- 2001 Renato Carosone, Italian canzone napoletana singer, pianist, songwriter ("Tu vuò fà l'americano" - "You Want to Be American"), and accordionist, dies at 81
- 2012 Robert Nix, American drummer and songwriter (Roy Orbison; Atlanta Rhythm Section - "So Into You"; "Imaginary Lover"), dies at 67
Robin Gibb (1949-2012)
English rock-pop-disco singer-songwriter and producer (Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever), dies from colon and liver cancer at 62
- 2013 Anders Eliasson, Swedish contemporary classical composer, dies at 66
- 2013 Ray Manzarek, American musician and keyboardist (The Doors - "Light My Fire", "Hello, I Love You"), dies of cancer at 74
- 2013 Robert DiDomenica, American flautist, composer and educator, dies at 86
- 2017 Jimmy Dale, British-Canadian pianist and orchestra leader (The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour), dies at 81
- 2018 Dieter Schnebel, German experimental composer (Harley-Davidson, for nine motorbikes and trumpet), dies at 88
- 2021 Florian Pilkington-Miksa, English rock drummer (Curved Air), and sculptor, dies of pneumonia at 70
- 2021 Freddy Marks, English actor, singer and entertainer (Rod, Jane and Freddy), dies of cancer at 71
- 2021 Roger Hawkins, American session drummer (the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin), dies at 75
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