1803 Armand-Emmanuel Trial, French pianist and comic opera composer, dies at 30
1832 Bernhard Klein, German composer, mainly of vocal works, dies at 39
1878 Jacobo Ficher, Russian-Argentine composer, violinist, conductor, and music educator, dies at 81
1951 Cecil Gray, Scottish composer and music critic, dies at 56
1951 Gibson Gowland, British actor (Greed, Blind Husbands, The Phantom of the Opera), dies at 74
1954 Alfred Gradstein, Polish composer, dies at 49
1959 Max d'Ollone, French composer and writer (Le Ménestrel), dies at 84
1960 Armas Maasalo, Finnish composer, organist (St. John's Lutheran Church, 1926-58), and pedagogue (Helsinki Church Music Institute, 1914-51), dies at 75
1960 Jussi Björling, Swedish operatic tenor, dies from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) complications at 49
1964 Charles O'Neill, Canadian composer, dies at 82
1965 Julián Antonio Carillo Trujillo, Mexican violinist, conductor and composer (D.W. Griffith's Intolerance), and music theorist (Sonido 13 / The Thirteenth Sound), dies at 90
1966 Antonio Massana, Catalan composer, and Jesuit priest, dies at 76
1974 Soltan Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer and People's Artist of the USSR, dies at 55
1979 Norman "Norrie" Paramor, British composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and record producer (Cliff Richard: The Shadows; Helen Shapiro), dies at 65
1979 Solon Michaelides, Cypriot composer, teacher, and musicologist, dies at 73
1979 Wilbur Ware, American jazz double bassist (Riverside Records; Thelonious Monk; Sonny Rollins), included in photographer Art Kane's photo "A Great Day In Harlem", dies of emphysema at 56
1981 Helen Humes, American jazz and blues singer (Harry James; Count Basie; "Million Dollar Secret"), dies of cancer at 68
1984 Walter Kaufmann, German-American conductor (Winnipeg Symphony, 1948-57), composer (Navaratnam), and musicologist (The Ragas of South India), dies at 77
1987 Gunnar de Frumerie, Swedish pianist and composer (Circulus Quintus), dies at 79
1993 Helen O'Connell, American big-band singer (Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - "Green Eyes"; "Anapola"), and TV host (Today Show, 1956-58), dies of cancer at 74
1995 Ida Carroll, English double bassist, educator, administrator (Northern School of Music, 1956-72), and composer, dies at 89
1996 Bill Monroe, American singer known as the "Father of Bluegrass" ("Blue Moon of Kentucky"), dies at 84
1998 Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer, dies of liver cancer at 47
1998 Lucio Battisti, Italian pop singer and composer, dies of cancer at 55
2004 Ernie Ball, American entrepreneur and musician who pioneered the development of guitar-related products, dies at 74
2006 Richard Burmer, American composer and musician, dies at 50
2007 Hughie Thomasson, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Outlaws - "Green Grass and High Tides"; Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1996-2005), dies of a heartt attack at 55
2014 Antonín Tučapský, Czech composer, teacher, and choral conductor, dies at 86
2014 Robert 'Trob' Young, Scottish musician (Primal Scream), found dead at 49
2015 Robin McDonald, Scottish rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas), dies at 72
2020 Ronald Bell, American rock saxophonist and composer (Kool & The Gang), dies at 68
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