- 1717 Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
- 1778 Jean-Noël Hamal, Walloon composer, and music director (Saint-Lambert Cathedral), dies at 68
- 1809 Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac, French composer, dies at 56
- 1810 Nicolas Etienne Framery, French composer, dies at 65
- 1821 Friedrich Heine, German composer, dies at 57
- 1822 Johann Baptist Henneberg, Austrian composer, dies at 53
- 1866 Adrien-François Servais, Belgian composer, dies at 59
- 1866 Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck), dies at 72
- 1880 Guilherme Cossoul, Portuguese composer, dies at 52
- 1925 Johannes Haarklou, Norwegian organist, composer, and educator, dies at 78
- 1927 Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch cabaret singer and comedian ("M'n Eerste" - "My First"; "The French Governess"), killed along with his wife by her jilted lover at 47
- 1929 Michele Esposito, Italian composer who worked in Ireland, dies at 74
- 1933 Edward Julius Biedermann, American organist and composer, dies at 84
Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)
American trombonist and big band bandleader ("Opus No. 1"; "I'll Never Smile Again"; "Yes, Indeed!"), dies at 51
- 1959 Albert Ketèlbey, British composer (In a Monastery Garden), dies at 84
- 1961 Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, Russian-Soviet pianist, composer, and teacher, dies at 86
- 1963 Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), dies at 81
- 1966 Harold Burrage, American R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter ("Got to Find a Way"), dies of heart failure at 35
- 1973 John Rostill, British rock bassist (The Shadows, 1963-70 - "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt"), and songwriter ("If You Love Me, Let Me Know"), dies of barbiturate poisioning at 31
- 1978 Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (The Frank Rosolino Sextet), kills himself after shooting his sons at 52
- 1982 Juhan Aavic, Estonian composer, dies at 98
- 1985 Sylvain Poons, Dutch stage actor and singer (Blue Jackets), dies at 89
- 1987 Emmanuel Bondeville, French composer, dies at 89
- 1988 Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), dies at 72
- 1993 César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist and composer (Brasilia Symphony), dies at 79
- 1994 Nimrod Workman, American folk singer, dies at 99
- 1995 David Briggs, American record producer (Neil Young; Nils Lofgren), dies of lung cancer at 51
- 1996 Dame Joan Hood Hammond, Australian operatic soprano, dies at 84
- 1996 May Moxon, Scottish dance producer, dies at 91
- 1997 Francis Paudras, designer and jazz fan, dies at 62
- 2001 Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish Sami writer (The Sun, My Father) and musician, dies at 58
- 2002 Polo Montañez, Cuban son cubano singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies from injuries suffered in a car crash at 47
- 2003 Meyer Kupferman, American composer (Infinites), clarinetist, and educator (Sarah Lawrence College, 1951-94), dies of heart failure at 76 [1]
- 2003 Soulja Slim [James Adarryl Tapp Jr.], American rapper (Slow Motion), shot to death by an assailant at 26
- 2006 Enrique Antonio "Tony" Silvester, Panamanian-American R&B singer-songwriter (The Main Ingredient - "Everybody Plays the Fool"), dies of multiple myeloma at 65
- 2015 Alexander Kholminov, Russian composer, dies at 90
- 2015 Ronnie Bright, American doo-wop bass vocalist (Johnny Cymbal - "Mr. Bass Man"; The Coasters, 1968-2009), dies at 77
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
American Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning theater composer and lyricist (West Side Story; Sunday in the Park With George; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Gypsy), dies at 91 [1]