- 1618 Giulio Caccini, Italian composer, buried at 67
- 1665 Tarquinio Mercula, Italian violinist, organist, and Baroque composer, dies at 70
- 1746 Teodorico Pedrini, also known as De Lige, Italian Vincentian priest, musician, composer, and missionary at the imperial court of China (1711-46), dies at 75
- 1770 Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist and composer, dies at 80
- 1805 Friedrich Franz Hůrka, Bohemian operatic tenor, conductor, and composer, dies at 43
- 1826 Benedikt Schack, Bohemian-Austrian singer, composer, and friend of Wolfgang Mozart (originated role of Tamino in Die Zauberflöte), dies at 68
- 1833 Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, Belgian composer, dies at 79
- 1877 Federico Ricci, Italian composer, dies at 68
- 1888 Marià Obiols, Catalan composer, dies at 79
- 1910 Pablo Hernandez Salces, Spanish composer, dies at 76
- 1921 Viktor Jacobi, Hungarian operetta composer (Szibill), dies at 38
- 1938 Mario Pilati, Italian composer, dies at 35
- 1939 Wilhelm Grosz, Austrian pianist, conductor, classical composer (Afrika Songs), and popular songwriter ("Red Sails in the Sunset"; "Isle of Capri"), dies at 45 [1]
- 1944 Johnny Marvin, American jazz, pop, and country ukulele player, singer, and vaudevillian, dies of dengue fever at 47
- 1965 Henry Cowell, American pianist, composer (The Tides of Manaunaun; Aeolian Harp), and modern music promoter (New Musical Resources), dies of cancer at 68
- 1966 Boris Koutzen, Russian violinist, composer and educator, dies at 65
- 1967 Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz, Brazilian composer, dies at 71
- 1967 Carl Cunningham, American drummer (The Bar-kays - "Soul Finger"), killed in Otis Redding plane crash in Lake Monona, Wisconsin crash at 19
- 1967 Jimmy King, American guitarist (The Bar-kays - "Soul Finger"), dies in Otis Redding plane crash in Lake Monona, Wisconsin crash at 18
Otis Redding (1941-1967)
American soul singer-songwriter ("(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"; "Respect"), dies in a plane crash in Lake Monona, Wisconsin at 26
- 1967 Phalin Jones, American soul and R&B saxophonist (The Bar-kays - "Soul Finger"), dies in Otis Redding plane crash in Lake Monona, Wisconsin at 19
- 1967 Ron Caldwell, American soul and R&B keyboardist (The Bar-kays - "Soul Finger"), dies in Otis Redding plane crash in Lake Monona, Wisconsin at 18
- 1969 Franco Capuana, Itlalian opera conductor, dies of a heart attack on the podium while leading a performance of Gioachino Rossini's "Mosè in Egitto" in Naples, at 75
- 1969 Leigh Harline, American composer and conductor, dies at 62
- 1982 Roy Webb, American film score composer (films of Val Lewton), dies at 94
- 1986 Kate Wolf [Allen], American folk singer-songwriter ("Love Still Remains"; "Across the Great Divide"), dies of leukemia at 44
- 1987 (Leroy) "Slam" Stewart, American jazz double bass player, dies of congestive heart failure at 73
- 1987 Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist, dies at 86
- 1991 Headman Tshabalala, South African singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), shot and killed at 44
- 1992 Bernard Reichel, Swiss composer, dies at 91
- 1993 Alice Tully, American singer and patroness (Carnegie Hall), dies at 91
- 1994 George van Renesse, Dutch concert pianist and music director, dies at 85
- 1994 Robert Blum, Swiss composer, dies at 94
- 1995 Darren Robinson [Human Beatbox], American rapper and actor (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock), dies of a heart attack at 28
- 1996 Faron Young, American country and honky-tonk singer ("Hello Walls"; "It's Four in the Morning"), and actor (Hidden Guns; Daniel Boone, Trailblazer), commits suicide at 64
- 1996 John Duffey, bluegrass guitarist, dobro, and mandolin player (Country Gentlemen), dies of a heart attack at 62
- 1997 Gershon Kingsley [Götz Ksinski], German-American composer, electronic music pioneer, and Moog synthesizer player (Popcorn), dies at 97
- 1999 Rick Danko, Canadian rock bassist and singer (The Band - "Stagefright"), dies of heart failure at 55
- 2007 Robert Moevs, American composer, dies at 87
- 2008 Didith Reyes [Maria Avenila], Filipino pop singer, dies of a heart attack at 59
- 2008 Dorothy Porter, Australian poet (The Monkey's Mask), librettist, (The Eternity Man), and lyricist (The Fiery Maze), dies of breast cancer at 54
- 2008 Henning Christiansen, Danish experimental composer, dies at 76
- 2013 Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist and composer, dies at 83
- 2021 Michael Nesmith, American rock guitarist (The Monkees), and singer-songwriter ("Different Drum"), dies of heart failure at 78 [1]
- 2022 Beryl Grey [Groom], English prima ballerina (Sadler’s Wells/Royal Ballet, 1941-57), artistic director, and dance teacher, dies at 95 [1]
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