1605 Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer and teacher of the Renaissance, dies at about 58
1646 Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer, dies at about 81
1753 Georg Gebel, German musician and composer, dies at 45 [1]
1813 André Grétry, French opera composer, dies at 72
1855 Alexandre Stiévenard, French violinist, guitarist and composer, dies at 86
1865 Frantiszek Sołtyk, Polish composer, dies at 81
1868 Jan Albert van Eijken, Dutch composer and organist, dies at 45
1875 William Walker, American composer (The Southern Harmony), dies at 66
1881 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, Italian composer, music critic, attorney, and educator (Conservatory of Florence, 1862-81), dies at 74
1892 Patrick Gilmore, Irish-born American bandmaster and composer ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home"), dies at 62
1910 Rudolf Dellinger, German Bohemian composer, dies at 53
1934 Edwin H. Lemare, British organist and composer (Andantino in D-flat, also known as "Moonlight and Roses"), dies at 69
1949 Pierre de Bréville, French composer, author and professor (Une histoire du théâtre lyrique en France), dies at 88
1960 Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-British classical and jazz composer (Scherzando), dies at 55
1968 Harry Robert Wilson, American composer, dies at 67
1978 Ruth Etting, American stage, radio, and screen singer ("Shine On Harvest Moon"; "Ten Cents A Dance"), and actress (Roman Scandals; Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80
1983 Isobel Baillie, Scottish oratorio singer, dies at 88
1991 Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, commits suicide at 47
1993 Ian Stuart Donaldson, British punk rocker (Screwdriver), dies in a car crash at 36
1994 Guido Santórsola, Brazilian-Uruguayan composer and violinist, dies at 89
1995 Lauri Saikkola, Finnish violinist (Viipuri Philharmonic, 1923–34); Helsinki Philharmonic, 1934–65), and composer (Laulusarja; Unen kaivo), dies at 89
1996 Zeki Müren, Turkish actor, singer, and composer (Game of Silence), dies of a heart attack at 64
1997 Larry Hall, American rocker (Sandy), dies at 57
1999 Torsten Nilsson, Swedish organist, choral director, composer (Out of the Night of the Earth; Septem improvisationes), and pedagogue, dies at 79
2000 Ian "Spike" Spice, British drummer (Breathe - "Hands To Heaven", Flash Cadillac), dies at 34
2002 Tim Rose, American singer-songwriter, dies at 62
2003 Rosalie Allen, American country singer, yodeler, and disc jockey, dies of congestive heart failure at 79
2004 Joep Straesser, Dutch composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri), dies at 70
2006 Henry "Mule" Townsend, American blues singer, guitarist, and piano player, dies at 96
2006 Thomas Stewart, American bass-baritone (La Roche Capriccio), dies at 78
2008 Vinko "Vice" Vukov, Croatian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963 & 1965), dies from head injury at 72
2016 Buckwheat Zydeco [Stanley Dural, Jr.], American B-3 organist, accordionist and singer ("Where There's Smoke, There's Fire"), dies of lung cancer at 68
2022 (Farrell) "Pharoah" Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (John Coltrane groups), and composer (Karma), dies at 81 [1]