1888 Jean-Delphin Alard, French violinist and composer, dies at 72
1903 Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf, Austrian composer (Corregidor), dies at 42
1934 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra), dies at 78
1960 Hubert Cuypers, Dutch organist, composer and choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at 86
1961 Nick LaRocca, American jazz coronetist and composer (Tiger Rag), dies at 71
1971 Rudolf Mauersberger, German choral conductor and composer (Dresdner Requiem), dies at 82
1976 Florence Ballard, American pop and R&B singer (The Supremes, 1959-67 - "Buttered Popcorn"; "Where Did Our Love Go"), dies of a heart attack at 32
1983 Adrian Boult, British conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50; London Philharmonic, 1950-59), dies at 93
1983 Christina E "Christine" Auwen, singer and wife of John Kelly, dies at 75
1985 Efrem Zimbalist Sr, Russian-American violinist composer, and educator (Curtis Institute, 1928-68), dies at 95
1994 "Papa" John Creach, American blues violinist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane), dies of heart failure at 76
2000 Louis Alfred Mennini, American composer, dies at 79
2001 John Farley, American folk singer and guitarist (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death), dies at 61
2006 Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961)
2007 Edgar Evans, Welsh tenor (Covent Garden Opera Company), dies at 94
2007 Ian Wallace, British session and touring rock and jazz drummer (King Crimson, 1971-72; Bob Dylan, 1977-78; Crimson Jazz Trio, 2005-07), dies of esophageal cancer at 60
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