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Musicians Who Died on October 27

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  • 1485 Rudolphus Agricola [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist, scholar (De inventione dialectica), poet, and organist, dies at 41 or 42
  • 1771 Johann Gottlieb Graun, German violinist and composer, dies at about 67 (exact birthday uncertain, c. 1703)
  • 1781 Herman-François Delange, Belgian composer, dies at 66
  • 1796 Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45
  • 1822 Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German pianist, composer and publisher, dies at 55
  • 1833 Ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66
  • 1848 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, Russian composer, dies at 46
  • 1864 Andreas Randel, Swedish composer, dies at 58
  • 1925 Wilhelm Gericke, Austrian composer, dies at 80
  • 1933 Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer, dies at 74
  • 1940 Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72
  • 1943 Béla Reinitz, Hungarian composer, dies at 64
  • 1949 Ginette Neveu, French child prodigy and concert violinist, dies in a plane crash on São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal at 30
  • 1953 Zdzislaw Jachimecki, Polish composer and music historian, dies at 71
  • 1954 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer (Puccini's Turandot), dies at 78
  • 1955 Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer, dies at 66
  • 1965 Edythe Wright, American big band era singer (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 1935-39), dies of pancreatic cancer at 51
  • 1969 Jaime Pahissa, Spanish-born composer and musicologist, dies at 89
  • 1976 Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 57
  • 1977 Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65
  • 1980 Steve Peregrin Took, English musician (Tyrannosaurus Rex), dies of a drug overdose at 31
  • 1986 Alan Branscombe, British jazz and session pianist, vibraphonist, and saxophonist (Tubby Hayes; Beatles - "Got To Get You Into My Life"), dies at 50
  • 1990 Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader, dies at 90
  • 1991 Andrzej Panufnik, Polish-British conductor and composer (Arbor Cosmica; Sinfonia Sacra), dies at 77
  • 1994 Robert White, American guitarist (The Funk Brothers), dies of complications from open heart surgery at 57
  • 1996 Belinda Quirey, British dance historian and teacher, dies at 84
  • 1996 John Gregory, English ballet dancer, dies at 82
  • 1999 Frank De Vol, American pop arranger, composer (theme songs to My Three Sons, The Brady Bunch, Family Affair; Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte ), orchestra leader, and actor (Fernwood 2 Night - "Happy Kyne"; The Big Mouth), dies of congestive heart failure at 88
  • 2000 Walter Berry, Austrian lyric bass-baritone singer, dies of a heart attack at 71
  • 2002 Tom Dowd, American recording engineer and producer (innovator of multitrack recording), dies of emphysema at 77
  • 2004 Claude Helffer, French classical pianist and composer, dies at 82
  • 2004 Lester Lanin, American orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits), dies at 97
  • 2012 Hans Werner Henze, German composer, dies at 86
  • 2012 Terry Callier, American soul, folk and jazz guitarist, and singer-songwriter ("What Color Is Love"), dies of cancer at 67
  • 2013 Lou Reed, American rock singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground - "Sweet Jane"; solo -"Take A Walk On The Wild Side"), dies from liver disease at 71
  • 2017 Ladislav Kubík, Czech-American composer (Aulos; Subterranean River) and educator (Florida State University, 1990-2017), dies at 71
  • 2018 Murray Khouri, New Zealand classical clarinet player (Australia Ensemble), writer, and broadcaster, dies at 77


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