- 1674 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian organist, choral director, composer (Jephta), and priest, dies at 68-ish
- 1735 John Eccles, English composer (Master of the King's Musick for four monarchs), dies (b. 1668)
- 1765 Johann Melchior Molter, German Baroque composer and violinist, dies at 68
- 1829 Michael Gotthard Fischer, German composer, dies at 55
- 1921 Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)
- 1933 Václav Suk, Czech-born Russian composer and violinist, dies at 71
- 1934 Pawel Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer, arranger, and pedagogue (Juilliard School, 1924-34), dies of cancer at 46
- 1950 Koos van de Griend, Dutch composer, dies at 44
- 1953 Simeon Roncal, Bolivian composer, dies at 82
- 1956 Norman Kerry, American actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of the Opera), dies at 61
- 1958 Arthur Shepherd, American composer and conductor, dies from surgery complications at 77
- 1962 Richard de Guide, Belgian composer, dies at 52
- 1983 (Anthony) "Rebop" Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (traffic, 1971-74), dies of cerebral hemorrhage during a performance in Stockholm, Sweden at 38
- 1990 Paul Amadeus Pisk, Austrian-American composer, musicologist, and educator, dies at 96
- 1998 Edgar Palm, Curaçaoan pianist and composer (Padu), dies at 92
- 1998 Peter Jona Korn, German composer, dies at 75
Maurice Gibb (1949-2003)
English rock-pop-disco singer-songwriter and bassist (Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever), dies of cardiac arrest at 53
- 2004 Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Just When I Needed You Most"), dies of leukemia at 48
- 2007 Alice Coltrane [née McLeod], American jazz harp, piano, and organ player (Journey in Satchidananda), dies of respiratory failure at 69
- 2012 Sadao Bekku, Japanese classical and film composer (Matango), dies at 89
- 2015 Clifford Adams, American trombone player, dies at 62
- 2018 Danny Woods, American soul singer (Chairmen of the Board - "Give Me Just a Little More Time"), dies at 75
- 2018 Pierre Pincemaille, French organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies of lung cancer at 61
- 2019 Bonnie Guitar [Buckingham], American guitarist, singer and record executive (Dark Moon), dies at 95
- 2022 Everett Lee, American violinist, and theater and classical conductor (Cosmopolitan Little Symphony, 1947-55; Norrkoping Symphony, 1962-72), dies at 105
- 2022 Jouko Linjama, Finnish organist and composer (Suomalainen sielunmessu (Finnish Mass for the Dead)), dies at 87
- 2022 Ronnie Spector [Veronica Bennett], American pop singer (The Ronettes -"Be My Baby"), dies of cancer at 78 [1]
Lisa Marie Presley (1968-2023)
American singer-songwriter ("Lights Out"), and daughter of Elvis, dies of cardiac arrest predicated by a small bowel obstruction at 54 [1]
- 2023 Robin "Robbie" Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"; "Takin' Care Of Business"), dies at 69 [1]