Musicians Who Died on May 30
- 1746 Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69
- 1791 Ildephons Haas, German composer, dies at 56
- 1797 Carl Ludwig Junker, German composer, dies at 48
- 1833 Josef Slavik, Czech composer, dies at 27
- 1870 Gustave Vogt, French composer, dies at 89
- 1906 William Hurlstone, English composer, dies of bronchial asthma at 30
- 1923 Camille Chevillard, French composer, dies at 63
- 1935 Lothar Windsperger, German composer and editor, dies at 49
- 1947 Sidney Nicholson, English composer, dies at 72
- 1953 Dooley Wilson [Arthur Wilson], American musician and actor (Beulah, Casablanca), dies of natural causes at 67
- 1959 Thomas Carl Whitmer, American composer, dies at 85
- 1969 Gaston Brenta, Belgian composer, dies at 66
- 1969 John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of ephysema at 45
- 1971 Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer, dies at 85
- 1972 Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer, dies at 104
- 1973 Hal Hastings, American orchestra leader (Chevrolet on Broadway), dies at 66
- 1977 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor and composer, dies at 76
- 1977 Paul Desmond, American jazz alto saxophonist (Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five), dies of lung cancer at 52
- 1980 Carl Radle, American bass guitarist (Derek and the Dominoes), dies of a kidney infection at 37
- 1986 Hank Mobley, American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist, dies of pneumonia at 55
- 1987 Melvin "Turk" Murphy, American Dixieland jazz trombonist, dies at 71
- 1989 Zinka Milanov (née Kunc), Croatian soprano (Ljubljana Opera 1927-34; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1937-66), dies of a stroke at 83
- 1992 Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist and composer, dies at 72
- 1993 Sun Ra [Herman Blount], American jazz pianist (The Arkestra), dies at 79
- 1996 Bob Stroup, trombonist, dies at 57
- 1996 John Kahn, American acoustic and electric rock bassist (Jerry Garcia), dies of a heart attack at 47
- 1997 West Arkeen, American musician, best known for co-writing several Guns N' Roses songs (It's So Easy, The Garden), dies of a drug overdose at 36
- 1998 Klaus Hashagen, German composer (Ars Nova Ensemble Nürnberg), dies at 73
- 2000 Tex Beneke, American bandleader and musician (b. 1914)
- 2001 Tony Ashton, British musician (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke), dies of cancer at 55
- 2003 Mickie Most [Michael Hayes], British record producer (Herman's Hermits; The Nashville Teens; Donovan; Lulu), dies of stomach cancer at 64
- 2011 Giorgio Tozzi, American operatic bass (dubbed vocals of Emile de Becque for "South Pacific" film), dies at 88
- 2013 Elliot del Borgo, American music educator (SUNY/Crane School of Music, 1966-95) and composer (1980 Winter Olympics), dies at 74
- 2019 Leon Redbone [Dickran Gobalian], American blues and jazz musician ("Seduced"; Theme to Mr. Belvedere), dies at 69
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