- 1812 Joseph Wolfl, Austrian composer, dies at 38
- 1815 Roman Hoffstetter, German classical composer, dies at 73
- 1817 Johann Friedrich Christmann, German composer, dies at 64
- 1844 Guiseppi Baini, Italian composer and priest, dies at 68
- 1860 Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, Danish violinist and composer, dies at 53
- 1885 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, Russian composer and teacher, dies at 73
- 1895 Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
- 1897 Karol Mikuli, Polish composer, pianist, and friend of Frederic Chopin, dies at 77
- 1926 Georgy Catoire, Russian composer, dies at 65
- 1954 János Hammerschlag, Hungarian composer, dies at 68
- 1957 Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer (b. 1889)
- 1973 Vaughn Monroe, American singer and orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61
- 1975 Boris Klyuzner, Russian Soviet composer, dies at 65
- 1976 Harold Blair, Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist, dies at 51
- 1976 Sulo Nikolai Salonen, Finnish composer, dies at 77
- 1979 (Richard Allen) "Blue" Mitchell, American jazz trumpeter (Horace Silver Quintet; Riverside; Blue Note), dies of cancer at 49
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American vaudeville dancer (Mr. Wonderful), dies at 87
- 1996 Peter Fletcher, British orchestral and choral conductor, music educator and author (Roll Over Rock), dies at 60
- 1999 Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12), killed in a picnic dispute at 21
- 2006 Billy Walker, American country music singer and guitarist ("Charlie's Shoes"), dies, along with his wife and two band members, in a single vehicle car accident, at 77
- 2006 Katherine Dunham, American dancer (Casbah; Stormy Weather), choreographer (Metroplitan opera, 1963; Joplin's Treemonisha, 1972), and social activist, dies at 96
- 2013 Frank Comstock, American big band and pop orchestral arranger (Les Brown; Doris Day; Warner Bros; Brian Setzer), film and television composer (Rocky and His Friends; Adam-12), and recording artist (Project: Comstock - Music from Outer Space), dies at 90
- 2013 Trevor Bolder, British rock bassist (The Spiders From Mars; Uriah Heep, 1976-2013), and record producer, dies from pancreatic cancer at 62
- 2014 Teodor Grigoriu, Romanian composer, dies at 87
- 2015 Louis Johnson, American rock bassist and vocalist (Brothers Johnson), dies at 60
- 2016 Nick Menza, American musician and drummer (Megadeth), dies at 51
- 2021 Carla Fracci, Italian ballerina (La Scala Theatre Ballet), dies at 84
- 2021 Juraj Hatrík, Slovak composer (Monumento malinconico; Dispute Over a Plastered Dwarf), and educator, dies at 80
- 2023 Ed Ames [Edmund Dantes Urick], American popular singer (Ames Brothers - "My Cup Runneth Over"), and actor (Daniel Boone - "Mingo"), dies at 95 [1]
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