- 1522 Jean Mouton [de Hollingue], French composer, dies at about 63 [date of birth dispute]
- 1667 Johann Jakob Wolleb, a Swiss organist, theologian and composer, dies in the plague at 54
- 1853 Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (Triple Oratorio:, Putifar-Giuseppe-Giacobbe), dies at 66
- 1883 Johann Vesque von Püttlingen, Austrian lawyer and composer, dies at 80
- 1885 Gustav Merkel, German organist (Dresden Cathedral, 1864-85), composer, and pedagogue (Dresden Conservatory), dies at 57
- 1912 Jan Karol Gall, Polish conductor and composer of mostly vocal pieces (Mizerna, cicha), dies at 55
- 1916 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, American composer (The Tragedy of the Deep), dies at 70
- 1928 Oscar Sonneck, American editor (The Musical Quarterly), musicologist, and librarian (Library of Congress, 1902-17), dies at 55
- 1933 Guillermo M. Tomás, Cuban composer, dies at 65
- 1941 (Leon) "Chu" Berry, American swing jazz tenor saxophonist (Fletcher Henderson; Cab Calloway), dies in a car accident at 33
- 1944 Paul Ladmirault, French composer, dies at 66
- 1953 Emmerich Kálmán, Hungarian composer of operettas, dies at 71
- 1960 Alfred Hill, Australian-New Zealand composer and conductor (Hinemoa), dies at 90
- 1969 George "Pops" Foster, American jazz double bassist, tuba player, and trumpeter (Louis Armstrong; Sidney Bechet; Earl Hines), dies at 77
- 1971 Osvald Chlubna, Czech organist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 78
- 1972 Alan Roth, American orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
- 1973 Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, German composer, and music educator, dies at 77
- 1981 Georges Brassens, French poet and singer-songwriter (Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète), dies of cancer at 60
- 1982 Angelo Ephrikian, Armenian-Italian composer, dies at 69
- 1986 Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, dies at 62
- 1995 Brian Easdale, British orchestral and film composer (The Red Shoes; Gone To Earth), dies at 86
- 1995 Roland Leich, American composer, chiefly of art songs, vocal, and choral music, and educator (Carnegie Institute, 1946-76), dies at 72
Steve Allen (1921-2000)
American comedian, composer, actor and TV host (Tonight Show; Steve Allen Show), dies of injuries from a car accident at 78
- 2002 Jam Master Jay [Jason Mizell], American rapper, DJ and musician (Run-DMC), fatally shot by a drug dealer at 37
- 2002 Rudolf Brucci [Bruči], Italian-Croatian composer (Gilgamesh; Lesta), and educator, dies at 85
- 2003 Abel Ehrlich, Israeli composer, dies at 88
- 2004 Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), dies at 80
- 2007 Linda Stein, Ramones manager and real estate broker, murdered by her personal assistant at 62
Robert Goulet (1933-2007)
American Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer, stage and screen actor (Camelot - "If Ever I Would Leave You"), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 73
- 2009 Norton Buffalo [Phillip Jackson], American singer-songwriter and country and blues harmonica player, dies of cancer at 58
- 2013 Frank Wess, American jazz flutist, saxophonist (Duke Ellington, 1953-64; New York Jazz Quartet, 1974-82) and composer, dies of a heart attack related to kidney failure at 91
- 2013 Pete Haycock, British blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and composer (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), dies of a heart attack at 62
- 2020 Arthur Wills, British organist and composer ("God and Music"), and educator, dies at 94
- 2022 Anthony Ortega, American session and jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist (A Man and His Horns), dies at 94
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