Musicians Who Died on November 29

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Italian opera composer (La bohème; Tosca; Madame Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65

1925 Karl Flodin, Finnish composer, dies at 67
1954 George Robey, English musical theatre actor and comedian, dies at 85
1954 Ollie "Dink" Johnson, American Dixieland jazz clarinetist, pianist, and drummer, dies at 62
1957 Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian-American composer (Violanta; The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 60
1959 Fritz Brun, Swiss composer and conductor, dies at 81
1970 Karl Ottó Runólfsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 70
1970 Robert Ruthenfranz, German composer, dies at 65
1971 Heinz Tiessen, German composer, dies at 84
1972 Carl W. Stalling, American film composer (Disney's Silly Symphonies; Warner Brothers Cartoons), dies at 81
1978 Alan Richardson, Scottish pianist and composer, dies at 74

Natalie Wood (1938-1981)

American actress (Miracle on 34th Street; Gypsy; Rebel Without A Cause; West Side Story), dies due to "drowning and other undetermined factors" at 43

1989 Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz], Dutch jazz singer, dies of throat cancer at 56
1992 Cary Scott Lowenstein, American dancer and singer, dies of AIDS at 30
1994 Sviatoslav S. Stravinsky, French-American composer, son of Igor S, dies at 84
1998 George Van Eps, American seven-string jazz and session guitarist, dies of pneumonia at 85

British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and sitar player (Beatles - "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; "Here Comes The Sun"; solo - "If Not For You"; Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care"), dies of lung cancer at 58

2001 Mic Christopher, Irish rock singer and songwriter (The Mary Janes; solo - "Heyday";"Skylarkin'"), dies of head injury after a fall at 32
2006 Nina Milkina, Russian-British concert pianist, dies at 87
2007 Tom Terrell, American musicologist, NPR reviewer and deejay, dies at 57
2008 Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House), dies at 90
2015 George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist and conductor, dies at 92
2019 Irving Burgie (Lord Burgess), American Caribbean music composer and musician (Day-O), dies at 95
2019 Ruth Anderson, American flutist, classical and electronic music composer (I Come Out of Your Sleep), dies at 91 [1] [2]
2023 Mildred Miller (Posvar, née Müller), American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1951-74; The Marriage of Figaro - "Cherubino"), and artistic director (Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, 1978-99), dies at 98