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Musicians Who Died on November 2

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  • 1635 Aurelio Signoretti, Italian composer, dies at 68
  • 1717 Johann Jacob Walther, German composer and violinist, dies at about 67
  • 1731 Johann Matthias Leffloth, German composer, dies at 26
  • 1845 Chretien Urhan, French violinist and composer, dies at 55
  • 1882 Cenobio Paniagua, Mexican composer, dies at 61
  • 1884 Auguste Vaucorbeil, French composer, dies at 62
  • 1887 Swedish Nightingale [Jenny Lind], Swedish soprano, dies at 67
  • 1937 Maude Valérie White, French-born English composer, dies at 82
  • 1956 Jacob Weinberg, Russian-born Jewish composer, dies at 77
  • 1958 Adam Carse, English composer and music writer, dies at 80
  • 1960 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek-American pianist, conductor (Minneapolis Symphony, 1937-49; New York Philharmonic, 1949-58), and composer, dies of heart failure at 64
  • 1962 Felice Lattuada, Italian composer and educator (Civica Scuola di Musica, Milan, 1935-62), dies at 80
  • 1966 Mississippi John Hurt, American country blues singer and guitarist, dies at 73
  • 1968 Ernst Hess, Swiss composer, dies at 56
  • 1969 (Wilmore) "Slick" Jones, American jazz drummer (Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet), dies at 62
  • 1991 Fran Stevens, singer, dies of cancer in Bronx NY at 72
  • 1991 Mort Shuman, American singer, and songwriter, with Doc Pomus ("Viva Las Vegas"; "Save The Last Dance For Me"), dies of cancer at 54
  • 1994 Egbert George "Pete" Pitterson, trumpeter, dies at 73
  • 1996 Eva Cassidy, American singer, dies of cancer at 33
  • 2007 Witold Kiełtyka, Polish heavy metal drummer (Decapitated), dies in a tour bus crash at 23
  • 2011 Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)
  • 2014 (Bernard) "Acker" Bilk, British clarinetist who was part of the traditional jazz revival of the 1950s and 1960s, dies at 85
  • 2015 David Stock, American composer (Rosewood Reflections), and conductor (Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, 1976-99), dies at 76 [1]
  • 2015 Raul Rekow, American percussionist and conguero (Santana, 1976-2013), dies of cancer at 61
  • 2016 Bob Cranshaw, American jazz bassist (Blue Note Records; Sonny Rollins; Stanley Turrentine; Duke Pearson), dies of cancer at 83
  • 2018 Glenn Schwartz, American rock guitarist (Pacific Gas & Electric -"Are You Ready?"), dies at 78
  • 2018 Roy Hargrove, American trumpeter, dies of kidney disease at 49
  • 2020 Baron Wolman, American photographer, founding chief photographer for Rolling Stone, dies of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) at 83
  • 2021 Ronnie Wilson, American R&B keyboardist (Gap Band - "Burn Rubber On Me"), dies at 73
  • 2023 Yuri Temirkanov, Russian conductor (Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre, 1976-88; Baltimore Symphony, 2000-06), dies at 84 [1]


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