Deaths 1 - 24 of 24
1825 - Peter Winter,
composer, dies at 71
1837 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel,
Austrian composer, dies at 58
1849 - Frederic F Chopin,
Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39
1890 - Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton,
composer, dies at 77
1897 - Isidor Dannstrom,
composer, dies at 84
1904 - Nikolai Amani,
composer, dies at 32
1909 - Nicola Spinelli,
composer, dies at 44
1910 - Julia Ward Howe,
composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91
1944 - Pavel Haas,
composer, dies at 45
1966 - Wieland Wagner,
German opera director, dies
1972 - Billy Williams,
American singer (b. 1910)
1975 - Vittorio Gui,
Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90
1979 - Karel Reiner,
composer, dies at 69
1981 - David Guion,
composer, dies at 88
1984 - Alberta Hunter,
US blues singer/composer, dies at 89
1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford,
country singer, dies of liver disease at 72
1993 - Criss Oliva,
American musician (Savatage) (b. 1963)
1996 - Berthold Goldschmidt,
composer/conductor, dies at 93
1996 - Christopher Acland, musician, dies at 30
Composer Frederic Chopin (1849)
2001 - Jay Livingston,
American songwriter (b. 1915)
2004 - Uzi Hitman,
Israeli singer (b. 1952)
2007 - Teresa Brewer,
American pop and jazz singer (b. 1931)
2008 - Levi Stubbs,
American baritone singer (Four Tops) (b. 1936)
2009 - Vic Mizzy,
American composer (themes to Green Acres and The Addams Family) (b. 1916)
