- 1559 Jacquet of Mantua [Colebault], French composer of sacred vocal music dies at about 76 [b. 1483, exact birthday unknown]
- 1629 Antonio Cifra, Italian composer dies at about 45
- 1656 Stephan Otto, German composer, dies at 53
- 1842 José Mariano Elízaga, Mexican composer, dies at 56
- 1915 Russell Alexander, American vaudenille performer, euphonium virtuoso, and march composer, dies at 38
- 1920 Max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82
- 1943 R. Nathaniel Dett, Canadian-American pianist, organist, choral director, and composer (In The Bottoms), dies of a heart attack while on tour with the USO at 60
- 1960 Jaroslav Doubrava, Czech composer, dies at 51
- 1967 Albertina Rasch, Austrian-born American ballerina and choreographer, dies at 76
- 1970 Alfred Swan, Russian composer, dies at 79
- 1970 Bo Linde, Swedish neo-classical composer, dies at 37
- 1971 Bola de Nieve [Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández], Cuban singer, pianist and songwriter, dies at 60
- 1981 Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer and pianist, dies at 63
- 1983 Gerald Strang, American classical and electronic music composer, dies at 75
- 1993 Ahmed Abdul-Malik [Jonathan Tim, Jr.], American jazz double bassist and oud player (Odetta; Thelonius Monk), dies at 66
- 1994 Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson [Peggy Lou Snyder], American singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Follow the Fleet), dies of heart failure at 85 [1]
- 1996 Frida Knight, English Communist activist and author, dies at 85
- 1996 Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (The Last Temptations), dies at 74
- 1998 Gene Autry, American cowboy singer, songwriter, actor, musician, ("Back In The Saddle Again";"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer") and business tycoon (owner MLB Angels team, 1961-97), dies of lymphoma at 91
- 2001 Franz Biebl, German composer, mostly of choral music, dies at 95
- 2007 (Elfriede) "Elfi" von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American opera singer, pianist, vocal coach, and film producer, dies of heart failure at 83
- 2012 Big Jim Sullivan [Tomkins], British session and touring rock guitarist, sitar, and banjo player, dies of heart disease and diabetes at 71
- 2013 Bob Rozario, American pianist (Louis Prima), and orchestra leader (Bobby Darin; Tony Orlando; Donny & Marie), dies of cancer at 80
- 2015 Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-British jazz double bassist (Joe Harriot Quintet), dies at 100 [1]
- 2016 Neville Marriner, English conductor and violinist (Academy of St Martin in the Fields), dies at 92
- 2016 Thomas Round, British tenor (Gilbert and Sullivan For All), dies at 100
- 2017 Klaus Huber, Swiss composer (Tenebrae) and academic, dies at 92
Tom Petty (1950-2017)
American classic rock singer and songwriter (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "American Girl"; Traveling Wilburys - "Last Night"; solo -"I Won't Back Down"), dies of an accidental overdose at 66
- 2018 Geoff Emerick, British sound engineer and record producer (Beatles; Elvis Costello), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 2019 Barrie Masters, British pub-rock singer (Eddie & the Hot Rods - "Teenage Depression"), dies of drug intoxication at 63
- 2019 Giya Kancheli, Georgian composer (NightPrayers; Exil), dies at 84
- 2022 Mary McCaslin, American contemporary folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and banjo player ("Prairie In The Sky"), dies from complications of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) at 75
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