1867 Thomas Täglichsbeck, German violinist and composer, dies at 67
1880 Jacques Offenbach, German-French composer (Tales of Hoffman), dies at 61
1899 Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, Austrian composer, dies at 57
1911 Charles Malherbe, French violinist and composer, dies at 58
1915 José María Usandizaga, Spanish Basque composer (Mendi Mendiyan - High in the Mountains), dies of tuberculosis at 28
1915 Otto Valdemar Malling, Danish organist and composer (Det hellige Land, opus 46), dies at 67
1919 Jean Louis Nicodé, Prussian pianist and composer, dies at 66
1924 Joseph Vézina, Canadian conductor (Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, 1902-24), and composer (Le Rajah), dies at 75
1940 Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican classical violinst, conductor, and composer (Cuauhnáhuac; Planos), dies of pneumonia at 40
1943 Leon Roppolo, American early jazz clarinetist, dies at 41
1954 Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter), dies at 78
1961 Don Barbour, American singer (The Four Freshmen), dies at 34
1965 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, Swedish composer, dies at 79
1981 Jud Strunk, American singer-songwriter ("Daisy a Day"), and comedian (Laugh-In), dies of aheart attack while piloting a private plane in Maine at 45
1985 Brian Keenan, American rock drummer (The Chamber Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 42
1986 Emanuel Sayles, American jazz banjo player (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), dies at 79
1992 Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations, 1960-71 - "I Can't Get Next To You"; "Just My Imagination"), dies of lung cancer at 52
1992 Laurie Anders, American actress and singer, dies of cancer at 70
1992 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher (Music Express) and impresario (North Sea Jazz Festival), dies of lung cancer at 69
1995 Dick Henry Jurgen, American swing bandleader, and songwriter ("Elmer's Tune"), dies of cancer at 85
1997 Arthur Tracy [Avrom Tracovutsky], Ukrainian-American radio personality, vocalist, and accordion player (The Street Singer), dies at 98
2001 Aldo Jones [Albert Mansis], American rockabilly bassist and singer (Ben Vaughn Combo), dies of leukemia at 41
2010 Steve Lee [Stefan Alois], Swiss rock musician and vocalist (Gotthard), dies in a vehicle crash at 47
2011 Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician (Pentangle), dies of lung cancer at 67
2012 Edvard Mirzoyan, Armenian composer, dies at 91
2014 Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, choreographer, singer, director and painter (Annie; The Wiz), dies at 84
2016 Pompeiu Hărăşteanu, Romanian basso profondo singer (Opera Bonn, 1968-72; Romanian National Opera, 1972-2012), dies at 81
2018 Bobby Notkoff, American rock and blues violinist (Crazy Horse; The Rockets), dies at 80
2019 Larry Junstrom, American rock bassist (.38 Special), dies at 70
2019 Marcello Giordani, Italian tenor (Metropolitan Opera, 1993-2008), dies of a heart attack at 56