Aug 2 Clarence Dickinson, American composer, dies at 96 Aug 7 Joseph Kosma [József Kozma], Hungarian-French film composer (Les Enfants du Paradis; The Grand Illusion), dies at 63 Aug 7 Russ Morgan, American orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65 Aug 18 Laci Boldemann, Swedish composer, dies at 48 Aug 31 Ottmar Gerster, German composer (rector of the Liszt Music Academy in Weimar), dies at 72 Jul 1969 Deaths in Music by Year Sep 1969 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers