- 1641 John Amner, English composer, dies at 61
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Italian Baroque composer (The Four Seasons), dies at 63
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
German composer (St. Matthew's Passion; Brandenburg Concertos; Toccata and Fugue), dies at 65
- 1778 Arvid Niclas von Höpken, Swedish nobleman, soldier, and composer (Il Re Pastore), dies at 68
- 1802 Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at 72
- 1837 John Ross, British composer and organist, dies at 73
- 1838 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish-Finnish composer, dies at 62
- 1850 Stefano Pavesi, Italian opera composer (Ser Marcantonio), dies at 71
- 1864 Johann Hermann Kufferath, German composer, dies at 67
- 1937 Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani-Soviet composer, dies at 51
- 1940 Richard Ohlsson, Swedish composer, dies at 66
- 1965 Maurice Yvain, French composer, dies at 74
- 1969 Ernst Tittel, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 59
Frank Loesser (1910-1969)
American songwriter and composer (Guys And Dolls; "Baby, It's Cold Outside"; The Most Happy Fella), dies at 59
- 1969 Gabriel von Wayditch, Hungarian-American composer, dies at 80
- 1972 Helen Traubel, American soprano, dies at 73
- 1976 Lucie Mannheim, German singer and actress (39 Steps), dies at 77
- 1979 Charles Shadwell, British conductor (BBC Variety Orchestra, 1936-46), and bandleader dies at 81
- 1980 Cecil Burleigh, American violinist, composer (Sonnets of Autumn; Boyhood Recollections), and educator (University of Wisconsin, 1921-55), dies at 95
- 1982 George Kleinsinger, American composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68
- 1982 Keith Green, American contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and pianist ("There Is a Redeemer"; "(Until) Your Love Broke Through"), and minister, dies in plane crash at 28
- 1982 Nick Lucas [Dominic Lucanese], American jazz guitarist and singer ("Tiptoe Through the Tulips"; "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine"), dies of double pneumonia at 84
- 1984 Ahti Sonninen, Finnish composer (Pessi and Illusia, Rauhaa, vain rauhaa), dies at 70
- 1991 Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45
- 1994 Ralph Herman, American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time), orchestra leader, and music director (ABC-TV, 1952-71), dies after a stroke at 80
- 1996 Harold Fox, American fashion designer (the zoot suit), and big band trumpeter, dies of cancer at 86
- 1996 Marguerite "Marge" Ganser, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), dies of breast cancer at 48
- 1999 Rudolf Halaczinsky, German composer, dies at 78
- 2000 Jerome Smith, American guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band - "Boogie Shoes"), dies in a construction accident at 47
- 2002 Glenn Loren Glasow, American composer, dies at 78
- 2004 George Williams, American soul singer (The Tymes), dies at 68
- 2008 Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (Studio El Fan), murdered in her apartment in Dubai at 30
- 2009 Peter Richard Tahourdin, English-Australian composer, dies at 80
- 2013 Rita Reys [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer, dies from a intracranial hemorrhage at 88
- 2020 Bent Fabric [Fabricius-Bjerre], Danish pianist and composer (Alley Cat), dies at 95 [1]
Johnny Ventura (1940-2021)
merengue and salsa bandleader (“Patacon Pisao”), and politician (Mayor of Santiago, 1998-2002), dies of heart failure at 81 [1]
- 2021 Joseph "Dusty" Hill, American rock bassist and songwriter (ZZ Top - "Cheap Sunglasses"; "Legs"), dies at 72 [1]
- 2021 Ruben Radica, Croatian classical and electronic music composer (Towards A), and educator, dies at 90
- 2022 Bernard Cribbins, British character actor (Old Jack’s Boat; Doctor Who – “Wilfred Mott”; The Railway Children), voice-over artist (The Wombles; Jackanory), and novelty song singer (Right Said Fred), dies at 93