1553 Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer, dies at about 53
1766 André Chéron, French composer, organist, and harpsichordist, dies at 71
1887 George James Webb, English-American composer, dies at 84
1890 John Hill Hewitt, American songwriter (A Minstrel's Return from the War), dies at 89
1915 Samuel Prowse Warren, Canadian composer and organist, dies at 74
1918 Hubert Parry, English musicologist and composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70
1925 Hubert Main, American hymn composer, dies at 86
1959 Mario Lanza [Alfredo Arnold Cocozza], Italian-American actor and singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans), dies of a heart attack at 38
1966 Johnny Kidd [Frederick Heath], British rock singer-songwriter (Johnny Kidd & Pirates - "Shakin' All Over"), dies in a car crash at 30
1966 Smiley Lewis [Overton Amos Lemons], American R&B singer, and guitarist ("The Bells Are Ringing"; "One Night (Of Sin)"; "I Hear You Knocking"), dies of stomach cancer at 46
1976 Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Estonian-American composer (Variazioni Concertanti), dies at 73
1998 Arnold Jacobs, American symphonic tuba player (Chicago Symphony, 1944-83), and pedagogue, dies at 83
2001 Jimmie Lloydd [Logdon], American country and rockabilly singer, dies at 79
2003 Arthur Berger, American composer (Ideas of Order), music critic, and educator (Brandeis, 1953-80; New England Conservatory of Music, 1980-99), dies at 91
2010 (Terry) "T" Lavitz, American jazz-fusion keyboardist (Dixie Dregs; Jazz Is Dead), dies at 54
2012 John Tchicai, Danish jazz saxophonist and composer (New York Art Quartet), dies at 76
2013 Patrice Chéreau, French opera director and actor (Danton), dies from lung cancer at 68
2021 (Frederick) "Rick" Jones, Canadian-British children's television presenter (Play School; Fingerbobs), and folk musician (Meal Ticket - "Better Believe It Babe"), dies of esophageal cancer at 84
2022 Art Laboe [Egnoian], American radio disc jockey ("Oldies but Goodies"), songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner, dies at 97 [1]
2022 Toshi Ichiyanagi, Japanese avant-garde composer, pianist, and first husband of Yoko Ono, dies at 89