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Musicians Who Died on November 16

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  • 1628 Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer
  • 1667 Nathaniel Schnittelbach, German composer and violinist, dies at 34
  • 1775 Marian Paradeiser, Austrian composer, dies at 28
  • 1893 George Alexander Osborne, Irish pianist and composer (La Pluie de perles), dies of natural causes at 87
  • 1909 Francis Thome, French composer, dies at 59
  • 1924 Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, Russian composer, dies at 78
  • 1924 Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75
  • 1935 Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53
  • 1942 Joseph Schmidt, Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (Der Liebesexpreß, A Star Fell from Heaven), dies from a heart attack at 38
  • 1953 Sol Hoʻopiʻi [Kaʻaiʻai], Native Hawaiian acoustic and electric lap steel guitar virtuoso, dies of diabetes related kidney failure at 50
  • 1964 Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69
  • 1972 Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
  • 1980 O. V. [Overton Vertis] Wright, American blues singer, dies at 41
  • 1982 Al Haig, American bebop jazz pianist (Charlie Parker; Stan Getz; Chet Baker), dies of a heart attack at 60
  • 1984 Leonard Rose, American concert cellist (NY Phil 1943-51), dies at 66
  • 1984 Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
  • 1987 Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem, dies at 80
  • 1991 Wallace Berry, American-Canadian composer, educator, and music theorist, dies at 63
  • 1993 Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54
  • 1994 Dan J. Smith, British harmonica player and gospel singer-songwriter, dies at 83
  • 1994 Dino Valenti [Chester Powers, Jr], American rock guitarist and singer (Quicksilver Messenger Service - "Fresh Air"), dies at 57
  • 1994 Harvey Watkin, Sr, American gospel singer (The Canton Spitituals), dies at 64
  • 1996 Jack Popplewell, British composer and playwright (If I Should Fall In Love Again), dies at 87
  • 2000 DJ Screw [Robert Earl Davis Jr.], American hip-hop DJ and rapper (Screwed Up Click), dies of codeine overdose coupled with mixed drug intoxication at 29
  • 2000 Joe C. [Joseph Calleja], American rapper (hype man for Kid Rock), dies at 26
  • 2001 Jack Rothstein, British concert violinist (London Czech Trio), conductor (Viennese Orchestra of London), and session player (The Beatles - "I Am the Walrus"; "Within You Without You"; Paul McCartney - “Here Today”), dies at 75
  • 2001 Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
  • 2004 Massimo Freccia, Italian-American conductor (New Orleans Symphony, 1944-52: Baltimore Symphony), 1952-59, dies at 98
  • 2006 John Veale, English composer, dies at 84
  • 2007 Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
  • 2008 Ralph "Rusty" Gill, American singer (Polka Time), dies at 89
  • 2009 Edward Woodward, British actor (Breaker Morant; Wickerman; The Equalizer), and pop singer ("The Way You Look Tonight"), dies at 79
  • 2022 Mick Goodrick, American jazz guitarist (Liberation Music Orchestra), and pedagogue (The Advancing Guitarist), dies from complications of Parkinson's Disease at 77
  • 2022 Robert Clary [Widerman], French-American actor (Hogan's Heroes - "Cpl LeBeau"; Days of Our Lives), singer, author, artist, lecturer, and Holocaust survivor, dies at 96 [1]
  • 2023 George Brown, American R&B and funk drummer (Kool & the Gang - "Celebration"), dies of lung cancer at 74 [1]


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