- 1705 Jean Gilles, French composer, dies at 37
- 1738 Georg Reidel, German composer, dies at 61
- 1745 Coelestin Praelisauer, German organist, composer, and monk, dies at 49
- 1758 Bernhard Christian Weber, German composer, dies at 45
- 1812 Franz Schneider, Austrian composer, dies at 74
- 1825 Pierre Gaveaux, French composer, dies at 64
- 1838 Philippe Libon, Spanish composer, dies at 62
- 1907 Ludwig Thuille, Austrian composer (sextet for piano and wind quintet), dies of a heart attack at 45
- 1917 Paul Rubens, English musical comedy composer, (Miss Hook of Holland), dies at 41
- 1922 James W. Tate, English composer, dies at 46
- 1924 Alexis Hollander, German conductor and composer, dies at 83
- 1926 André Gedalge, French composer (le Petit Savoyard, Phoebé) and Mayor of Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, dies at 69
- 1927 Inayat Khan, Indian singer, musicologist, and philosopher (founder of Sufi Order - London, 1914), dies at 44
- 1929 Siegfried Ochs, German composer, dies at 70
- 1941 Banjo Paterson, Australian poet, author of "Walzing Matilda" (b. 1864)
- 1949 Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, Lithuanian composer and conductor, dies at 50
- 1954 Vittorio Gnecchi, Italian composer, dies at 77
- 1959 Curt Sachs, German musicologist, dies at 77
- 1960 Rudolf Nelson, German composer, dies at 81
- 1962 Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71
- 1968 (Charles Luckyth) "Luckey" Roberts, stride pianist and composer, dies at 80-ish [various sources dispute birth year, 1887 to 1895] [1]
- 1975 Åke Persson, Swedish bebop jazz trombonist (Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band, 1963–71), dies at 42
- 1976 Rudy Pompilli, American musician (Bill Haley and His Comets) (b. 1926)
- 1989 Joe Raposa, American composer and songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51
- 1994 Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, American blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59
- 1996 Antonio Ruiz Soler, Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer, dies at 74
- 1996 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Italian opera conductor, musicologist, pianist and composer, dies at 86
- 1998 Timothy "Tim" Kelly, American guitarist (Slaughter), dies in a car accident at 35
- 2000 Barbara Pentland, Canadian concert pianist and composer, dies at 88
- 2003 Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian jazz double bassist, and music promoter, dies at 76
- 2012 Al De Lory, American session pianist, arranger, and record producer (Glen Campbell), dies 82
- 2013 Dietrich Manicke, German composer, dies at 89
- 2013 Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer, dies at 88
- 2013 Paul Tanner, American trombonist (Glenn Miller Orchestra), developer and player of the Electro-Theremin (The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations"; "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"), and educator (UCLA), dies of pneumonia at 95
- 2014 Richard Hayman, American orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 93
- 2019 Guy Webster, American celebrity portrait photographer, album cover artist (The Byrds; The Mamas & the Papas; Taj Mahal; Rolling Stones), and educator, dies of liver cancer and diabetes complications at 79
- 2020 Buddy Cage, American pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage, Great Speckled Bird), dies from multiple myeloma at 73
- 2021 Alan Scott, American lyricist (Candid Camera theme), writer, TV host (Spin the Picture), and actor, dies at 98
- 2022 Pat Britt, American jazz saxophonist, flute player, and producer, dies at 82
- 2023 Phil Spalding, English new wave and progressive rock bass player (Tovah; GTR; Mike Oldfield), and hepatitis patient support group founder, dies at 65
Toby Keith (1961-2024)
American country singer ("Should've Been A Cowboy"; "She Never Cried In Front Of Me"), and actor (Broken Bridges), dies of stomach cancer at 62 [1]
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