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Musicians Who Died on May 5

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  • 1613 Johann Steuerlein, German composer, dies at 66
  • 1702 Jacob Hintze, German composer, dies at 79
  • 1765 August Friedrich Graun, German organist and composer, dies at about 67 (exact birthday uncertain, c. 1698)
  • 1831 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65
  • 1837 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (Andromeda), dies at 85
  • 1840 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, German composer, dies at 67
  • 1840 Matthäus Fischer, German organist and composer, dies at 76
  • 1885 Lauro Rossi, Italian composer (I falsi monetari), dies at 73
  • 1892 Jan Nepomuk Škroup, Czech composer, dies at 80
  • 1957 Mikhail Gnesin, Russian composer (Vrubel; The Youth Of Abraham), dies at 74
  • 1960 Sulho Ranta, Finnish composer, dies at 58
  • 1963 Heinrich Gebhard, German-born American composer, dies at 84
  • 1972 [Reverend] Gary Davis, American blues and folk guitarist (A Little More Faith), dies of a heart attack at 76
  • 1977 Sam Lanin, American sweet jazz arranger and bandleader (Roseland Orchestra; The Ipana Troubadors), dies at 85
  • 1982 Cal Tjader, American Latin jazz vibraphonist, dies of a heart attack at 56
  • 1986 John William Haussermann Jr., American composer, dies at 76
  • 1986 Rui Coelho, Portuguese composer, dies at 94
  • 1988 George Rose, British actor and singer (Beacon Hill; Holocaust), dies at 68
  • 1995 Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63
  • 1996 Salli Terri [Stella Tirri], Canadian-American Grammy Award-winning pop-classical-folk-exotica singer, arranger, composer (Duets with the Spanish Guitar), musicologist, and educator, dies after a series of strokes at 75
  • 1997 Tolia Nikiprowetzky, French composer, ethnomusicologist and broadcaster of Russian heritage, dies at 80
  • 1998 Syd Lawrence, British bandleader (Syd Lawrence Orchestra), dies at 74
  • 2003 David Lewin, American composer, dies at 69
  • 2004 José Maceda, Filipino composer and ethnomusicologist, dies at 87
  • 2004 Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku), dies at 44
  • 2006 Naushad Ali, Indian composer, and Hindi film music director, dies at 86
  • 2008 Jerry Wallace, American country and pop singer ("Primrose Lane"; "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry"), dies of heart failure at 79
  • 2008 Thomas Boggs, American rock drummer (Box Tops), dies at 63
  • 2010 Alfons Kontarsky, German concert pianist (best known for duo-piano performance with his brother, Aloys), dies at 77
  • 2011 Arthur Laurents, American playwright (West Side Story: Gypsy), and screenwriter (Rope; Anastasia), dies at 93
  • 2012 "Sweet Joe" Russell, American a cappella singer (The Persuasions - "Slip Sliding Away"), dies at 72 [1]
  • 2015 Craig Gruber, American rock bassist (Rainbow), dies of cancer at 63
  • 2020 Hillard "Sweet Pea" Atkinson, American R&B singer (Was (Not Was)), dies of a heart attack at 74 [1]
  • 2020 Millie Small, Jamaican ska singer, and songwriter ("My Boy Lollipop"), dies of a stroke at 72
  • 2021 (Ivor) "Nick" Kamen, British pop singer-songwriter (Each Time You Break My Heart; I Promised Myself), and model (Levi's), dies of bone marrow cancer at 59
  • 2023 Chris Strachwitz, German-born American folk, roots, and world music record producer and label founder (Arhoolie Records), dies at 91 [1]


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