- 1753 Columban Praelisauer, German music director and composer, dies at 50
- 1782 Joseph Riepel, Austrian-born German composer, dies at 73
- 1801 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60
- 1806 Franz Seydelmann, German composer, dies at 58
- 1869 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer, dies at 72
- 1886 Johann Nepomuk Kafka, Bohemian pianist and composer, dies at 67
- 1925 Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, Russian composer and music critic, dies at 50
- 1942 Ralph Rainger [Reichenthal], American song and film composer (Thanks for the Memory; Love In Bloom), dies in a plane crash at 41
- 1948 Eugeniusz Morawski-Dabrowa, Polish composer, dies at 71
Al Jolson (1886-1950)
American-Lithuanian jazz singer and silent film actor (Mamie, Swanee), dies at 64
- 1951 Charlie Creath, American jazz trumpeter, saxophonist, accordionist, and bandleader, dies at 60
- 1954 Henri Zagwijn, Dutch composer and musicologist, dies at 76 [1]
- 1969 Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter ("It's All In The Game"), dies from complications of cirrhosis of the liver at 47
- 1976 Leonard Lee, American vocalist (Shirley & Lee - "I'm Gone"), dies at 40
Maybelle Carter (1909-1978)
American country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69
- 1982 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist and composer, dies at 52
- 1984 James Petrillo, American labor leader (American Federation of Musicians president, 1940-58), and radio orchestra music director (WBBM Chicago), dies at 92
- 1992 William Masselos, American pianist, dies of Parkinson's complications at 72
- 1996 Alexander Kelly, British pianist and composer, dies at 67
Adolph Green (1914-2002)
American screenwriter (On The Town; Singin' in the Rain), lyricist ("Bells Are Ringing"; "Just In Time"), and playwright (It's Always Fair Weather) - all usually with collaborator Betty Comden, dies at 87
- 2003 Tony Capstick, English actor, comedian, and musician. dies of an aneurysm at 59
- 2004 Edward Toner Cone, American pianist, composer and pedagogue, dies at 87
- 2004 Robert Merrill [Moishe Miller], American operatic baritone (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1945-76), and actor, dies at 87
- 2005 Pete Nelson [Lipscomb], British pop singer (The Flower Pot Men - "Let's Go To San Francisco"), dies at 60
- 2006 Leonid Hambro, American concert pianist and composer, dies at 86
- 2014 Alvin Stardust [Bernard Jewry], English rock singer("Jealous Mind"), dies of prostate cancer at 72
- 2015 Bill Keith, American bluegrass, country, and session banjoist, and tuning instrument tuner inventor, dies of cancer at 75
- 2019 Hansheinz Schneeberger, Swiss violinist (Duo Paganini), dies at 93
- 2020 Jerry Jeff Walker [Ronald Clyde Crosby], American country music singer and songwriter ("Mr. Bojangles"), dies of throat cancer at 78
- 2023 Chronis Aidonidis, Greek folk and traditional music singer, dies at 95
- 2023 István Láng, Hungarian composer (Impulsioni), and pedagogue, dies at 90
- 2023 Mervin Shiner, American honky-tonk country and hillbilly singer, and guitarist, dies at 102
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