Carlos Gardel (1890-1935)
French-Argentine singer-songwriter and prominent figure in the history of tango, dies in a plane crash at 44
Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)
American comedian (The Jackie Gleason Show; The Honeymooners), actor (Requiem For A Heavyweight; The Hustler; Gigot), composer, and conductor (Music for Lovers Only), dies of colon cancer at 71
- 1987 (Lionel) "Linc" Chamberland, American R&B and jazz-fusion guitarist, dies of leukemia at 46
- 1988 Hibari Misora [Kazue Katō], Japanese pop singer ("Kawa no nagare no yō ni" - Like the Flow of the River), dies of heart failure at 52
- 1992 Tony LeMans [MansFortier], American singer-songwriter ("Cookie Crumbles"), dies in a motorcycle crash at 29
- 2004 Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek lyricist, journalist, and children's book author, dies of an allergic reaction at 39 or 40 [birth year uncertain]
- 2004 Jimmy Rowser, American jazz double-bassist (Dinah Washington; Ray Bryant; Les McCann), and teacher, dies at 78
- 2007 Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist, dies in a Jamaican car crash at 32
- 2010 Deborah Jo Billingsley, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and songwriter, dies of cancer at 58
- 2013 Alan Myers, American rock drummer (Devo, 1976-86 - "Whip It!"), dies of cancer at 58
- 2016 Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), dies of cancer at 72
- 2021 Richard Hoffmann, Austrian violinist, composer, and pedagogue (Oberlin, 1954-2004), dies at 96
- 2022 Lawrence Moss, American contemporary classical, opera, and electronic music composer, and educator, dies at 94