1924 Theodore F. Morse, American composer, dies at 51
1934 Gustav Holst, English composer (The Planets; Ode to Death), dies at 59
1936 Ján Levoslav Bella, Slovak composer, dies at 92
1942 Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-born cellist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies of complications during surgery at 39
1946 Patty Smith Hill, American composer, teacher and songwriter ("Happy Birthday To You"), dies at 78
1955 Wardell Gray, American swing and bebop jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 34
1964 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, Russian composer (Rhapsodie hébraïque; Prince Lake), and teacher, dies at 92
1965 Sonny Boy Williamson II [Aleck Miller], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, dies at 65
1966 Ricardo Castillo, Guatemalan composer, dies at 71
1971 Mark Brunswick, American composer, dies at 69
1981 Rosa Ponselle [Ponzillo], American soprano opera diva ("Casta Diva"; La Forza del Destino - "Leonora"; Metropolitan Opera, 1918-37), dies at 84
1981 Roy Brown, American R&B singer, songwriter ("Good Rockin' Tonight"), dies of a heart attack at 55
1984 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist, conductor and composer, dies at 79
1994 Eric Gale, American jazz, R&B, session and touring guitarist (Negril; Stuff; Paul Simon's One-Trick Pony; Bob James; Grover Washington, Jr.), dies of lung cancer at 55
1995 Dick Curless, American country music singer-songwriter (A Tombstone Every Mile), dies of stomach cancer at 63
1996 Barney Wilen, French tenor, composer and saxophonist, dies of cancer at 59
1996 Bradley Nowell, American ska musician (Sublime), dies of a heroin overdose at 28
2003 Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta), dies of a heroin overdose at 27
2005 Ruth Laredo, American concert pianist, dies of ovarian cancer at 67
2006 Desmond Dekker [Dacres], Jamaican reggae pioneer (The Aces - "007 (Shanty Town)"; "Israelites"), dies of a heart attack at 64
2006 Otto Zykan, Austrian pianist and composer, dies at 71
2008 David Gahr, American photographer noted for his work with folk, jazz and rock musicians (Time Magazine; Folkways albums), dies at 85 [1]
2010 Robert Muczynski, American classical pianist, composer (Time Pieces), and educator, dies at 81
2010 Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African operatic tenor, dies of meningitis at 35
2013 Marshall Lytle, American rock bassist (Bill Haley, 1951-55), dies from lung cancer at 79
2018 Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer, dies at 90
2020 Joel Revzen, American opera conductor and pianist, dies of COVID-19 at 74
2022 Jean-Louis Chautemps, French jazz and session saxophonist (Claude Bolling; Chet Baker; Elton John), dies at 90