- 1739 Reinhard Keiser, German opera conductor and composer, chiefly of operas and oratorios (Almira; Lukas-Passion), dies at 65
- 1764 Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80
- 1789 Franz Xaver Richter, Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theorist, dies at 79
- 1806 Christian Gottfried Thomas, German composer, publisher, and musicologist, dies at 58
- 1807 Edward Miller, English organist, flautist, composer (Rockingham; Galway), and musical theorist (Treatise of Thorough Bass and Composition), dies at 71
- 1815 José Maurício, Portuguese organist, and sacred music and modinha (love song) composer, dies at 63
- 1871 Karl Collan, Finnish composer, dies at 43
- 1877 Julius Reitz, German cellist, composer, teacher, and music editor, dies at 64
- 1879 Peter Arnold Heise, Danish organist, composer (Drot og Marsk (King and Marshal); Jylland mellem tvende), and teacher, dies at 49
- 1892 Carl Faust, Prussian military musician and composer (Marsch Glück auf - Lucky March), and conductor, dies at 62
- 1926 Edmund Jenkins, American clarinetist and composer (Charlestonia; Afram), dies at 32
- 1947 Harry Rowe Shelley, American hymn composer, dies at 89
Harry Burleigh (1866-1949)
African American baritone and composer (Five Songs of Laurence Hope), and Springarn Medal winner (1917), dies at 82
- 1960 Jules Buffano, American composer and pianist (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 62
- 1973 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor and composer, dies at 77
- 1988 (Carlos) "Charlie" Palmieri, American salsa and charanga music bandleader, musical director, and piano player (Tito Puente; Alegre All-Stars), dies after a heart attack at 60
Anthony Perkins (1932-1992)
American actor (Psycho; Friendly Persuasion; Fear Strikes Out; Pretty Poison), and singer, dies from AIDS-related pneumonia at 60 [1]
- 1993 Herman Nieland, Dutch organist, pianist, composer (Te Deum Laudamus; Blätterlos), and educator, dies at 82
- 1994 Major Bill Smith, American record producer, dies at 72
- 1995 Larry Gales, American jazz double-bassist, dies of leukemia at 59
- 1996 Toma Prošev, Macedonian composer, and pedagogue, dies at 64
- 1997 (Stig) "Stikkan" Anderson, Swedish actor, music entrepreneur and co-founder of Polar Music (ABBA), dies of a heart attack at 66
- 2000 Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), dies at 66
Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
American country singer ("I Walk the Line"; "Ring of Fire"; "A Boy Named Sue"), dies at 71
- 2004 John Buller, British composer, dies at 77
- 2004 Kenny Buttrey, American session drummer based in Nashville (Bob Dylan; Neil Young; Elvis Presley; Joan Baez, Jimmy Buffett), dies of cancer at 59
- 2014 Joe Sample, American jazz and session keyboardist and composer (The Jazz Crusaders), dies of mesothelioma at 75
- 2014 Salah El Mahdi, Tunisian composer, conductor, musicologist, and artistic director, dies at 89
- 2015 Bryn Merrick, British musician (The Damned), dies at 56
- 2016 Hidayat Inayat Khan, British-French classical composer, conductor and Sufi teacher, dies at 99
- 2017 Riem de Wolff, Indonesian-Dutch singer and guitarist (Blue Diamonds), dies at 74
- 2017 Siegfried Köhler, German conductor, music director, and composer, dies at 94
- 2020 Edna Wright, American pop singer (Honey Cone - "Want Ads"), dies of a heart attack while suffering from COPD at 75
- 2022 Ramsey Lewis, American Grammy Award-winning jazz-pop pianist ("The In Crowd"; "Wade in the Water"), dies at 87 [1]
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