Musicians Who Died on May 7

Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)

Italian composer (Tarare; La Fiera), opera director (Habsburg Court, 1774-92), and Kapellmeister (Austrian Imperial Court, 1788-1824), dies in Vienna at 74

1836 Norbert Burgmuller, German composer, drowns during an epileptic seizure at 26
1914 Edward Mollenhauer, American composer, dies at 87
1922 Max Wagenknecht, German composer, dies at 64
1928 Alexander Spendiaryan, Armenian-Soviet conductor and composer (Three Palms; Yerevan Sketches), dies at 56
1934 Edward Naylor, English composer, dies at 67
1942 (Paul) Felix Weingartner, Austrian pianist, conductor (Vienna Philharmonic, 1907-27; first to record all nine of Beethoven's symphonies), and composer (Die Dorfschule), dies at 78
1950 Bertha "Chippie" Hill, American blues and vaudeville singer (King Oliver's Jazz Band), struck and killed by a car in New York City at 45
1970 Carlos Estrada, Uruguayan composer and conductor, dies at 60
1977 Irwin Fischer, American composer and organist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at 73
1981 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, Polish-Canadian composer (Encounterpoint), educator, and ethnomusicologist, dies at 79
1986 Jeffrey Mylett, American actor and songwriter (Godspell), dies from complications of HIV/AIDS at 36
1995 Ray McKinley, American orchestra leader and jazz drummer (Glenn Miller Time), dies at 84
1998 Eddie Rabbitt, American songwriter ("Kentucky Rain"), and country singer ("I Love a Rainy Night"), dies of lung cancer at 56
2002 Xavier Montsalvatge, Spanish composer (El gato con botas), dies at 90
2004 Rudi Maugeri, Canadian doo-wop vocalist (Crew Cuts - "Sh-Boom"), and broadcaster, dies of cancer at 73
2006 Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend, dies of pancreatic cancer at 67
2007 Bianco [Eugene Capobianco], American jazz, easy-listening, and session harpist, dies at 80
2010 Adele Mara [Adelaida Delgado], American actress, singer and dancer (Cool Million; Wheels), dies at 87
2011 "Big" George Webley, British broadcaster, composer, bandleader and musician, dies of a heart attack at 53
2011 John Walker [Maus], American rock vocalist (Walker Brothers - "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"), dies of liver cancer at 67
2014 Will Gaines, American-British tap dancer, dies at 86
2017 David Pell, American big band jazz saxophonist, bandleader (Dave Pell Octet), and record producer, dies at 92
2018 Maurane [Claudine Luypaerts], Belgian Francophone jazz and chanson singer, dies at 57
2018 Roman Toi, Estonian-Canadian composer, choral conductor and organist, dies at 101
2019 Georg Katzer, German composer (electro-acoustic music), dies at 84
2020 John Macurdy, American operatic bass (Met Opera), dies at 91
2022 Mickey Gilley, American nightclub owner (Urban Cowboy) and country singer (Roomful of Roses), dies at 86 [1]