- 1878 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, German-Russian violinist, composer, and conductor, dies at 89
- 1895 Charles Hallé, Anglo-German pianist, conductor and founder (Halle Orchestra), dies at 76
- 1904 Teresa Milanollo, Italian composer, dies at 77
- 1907 Edmund Hart Turpin, English composer, dies at 72
- 1910 Hermann Kipper, German music teacher and composer, dies at 84
- 1926 Frederick Zech, Jr., American pianist and composer, dies at 68
- 1952 Sergei Bortkiewicz, Ukranian composer, dies at 75
- 1960 José Padilla, Spanish composer and pianist (La Violetera - City Lights; Ça c'est Paris - Moulin Rouge), dies at 71
- 1963 Abu-Bakr Khairat, Egyptian composer, dies at 53
- 1968 Rudolf Forster, Austrian actor (Threepenny Opera), dies at 83
- 1980 Virgil Fox, American organist, dies at 68
- 1983 Hermann Ambrosius, German composer, dies at 86
- 1984 Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of a heart attack at 24
- 1985 (John) Morton Downey, American pop tenor, known as "The Irish Nightengale", songwriter, radio and television host, dies at 83
- 1988 Johnnie Richardson, American R&B musician (Johnnie & Joe), dies at 53
- 1991 Bill Graham, [Wulf Grajonca], German-American impresario and rock concert promoter (Fillmore; Winterland Ballroom; Live-Aid), dies in a helicopter crash in California at 60
- 1991 Margo J. Sylvia (née Lopez), American pop singer (Tune Weavers - "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby"), dies of heart attack and stroke at 55
Roger Miller (1936-1992)
American country singer-songwriter ("King of the Road"; "Dang Me"), dies at 56
Richard Harris (1930-2002)
Irish actor (A Man Called Horse, This Sporting Life) and singer ("MacArthur Park"), dies of Hodgkin's disease at 72
- 2003 Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor and educator (Leaves of Grass: A Choral Symphony), dies at 88
- 2010 Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican reggae musician, dies of lung cancer at 59
- 2014 Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist and singer-songwriter (Cream - "White Room"), dies at 71
- 2017 John Manduell, British-based South African composer and educator (Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, 1973-96), dies at 89
- 2018 Sonny Fortune [Cornelius Fortune], American jazz saxophonist, dies at 79
- 2019 Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer (Mode of Shang), dies at 96
- 2022 Jules Bass, American director, producer, lyricist (Rankin/Bass Productions -The Year Without A Santa Claus; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Frosty The Snowman), and cookbook author, dies at 87
- 2023 Zdeněk Mácal, Czech conductor (Milwaukee Symphony, 1986-95; New Jersey Symphony, 1992-2003; Czech Philharmonic, 2003-07), dies at 87 [1]