- Aug 3 Henri Belolo, French disco music producer and songwriter (The Village People; The Ritchie Family), dies at 82
- Aug 3 Joe Longthorne, English singer, impressionist, and television presenter, dies of cancer at 64
- Aug 6 Maurice Simon, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 90
- Aug 14 Ivo Malec, Croat-French composer (Miniatures pour Lewis Carroll; Lumina), dies at 94
- Aug 16 Princess Christina [Maria Christina], Dutch royal, singer, and dance therapist, dies of bone cancer at 72
- Aug 19 Larry "The Mole" Taylor, American session (The Monkees) and touring rock and blues bass player (Canned Heat - "On the Road Again"; John Mayall; Tom Waits), dies of cancer at 77
- Aug 23 Mario Davidovsky, Argentine-American electro-acoustic composer (Synchronisms), dies at 85
- Aug 25 Bob Bouber [Boris Blom], Dutch singer (ZZ & Masks), dies at 83
- Aug 31 Wim Statius Muller, Curaçaoa conductor, pianist, and composer, dies at 89
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