Dec 4 Daniel Gregory Mason, American composer (Chanticker), dies at 80 Dec 5 Jorge Negrete [Moreno], Mexican singer and actor (The Rebel, La madrina del diablo), dies of hepatitis at 42 Dec 11 Albert Coates, English conductor and composer (Eagle; Pickwick), dies at 78 Dec 15 Kishio Hirao, Japanese composer, dies at 46 Dec 27 Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and lyricist, dies at 59 Nov 1953 Deaths in Music by Year Jan 1954 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers
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