1839 Robert Gallenberg, Austrian composer, dies at 55
1890 Henry Wylde, English composer and conductor, dies at 67
1918 Karel Stecker, Czech organist, pedagogue, and composer of organ and sacred music dies at 57
1934 Fritz Cortolezis, German conductor, opera director, and composer, dies at 56
1945 Herbert Bedford, English author and composer, dies at 78
1946 Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer, dies at 69
1970 Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), dies of internal hemorrhages at 45
1971 Piero Coppola, Italian conductor, artistic director (La Voix de son Maître (The Gramophone Company - France), 1923-34). pianist, and composer, dies at 82
1978 David McKinley Williams, Welsh born American church composer, dies at 91
1980 Tauno Pylkkänen, Finnish opera composer dies at 61
1982 Albert Weisser, American musicologist and composer, dies at 64
1985 Robert "Bob" Shad [Abraham Shadrinsky], American record producer and record label owner (Big Brother and the Holding Company), dies at 65
1987 Fela Sowande, Nigerian musician and composer, dies at 81
1987 Finn Videro, Danish organist and composer, dies at 80
1987 Gerald Moore, English pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87
1990 Karl Münchinger, German conductor (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, 1945-87), dies at 74
1991 James "Jimmy" McPartland, American cornetist and musician (Magic Horn), dies of cancer at 83 [1]
1992 Clarence Wright, English actor and singer, dies at 84
1993 Rocky Dijon [Kwasi Dzidzornu] Ghanaian rock and R&B percussionist (The Rolling Stones, Taj Mahal, Stevie Wonder), dies at 61
1994 Danny Barker, American jazz musician (wrote Bourbon Street Black), dies at 85
1995 Lorraine Macleod, American dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65
2003 Enriko Josif, Serbian composer and pedagogue (Lyric Symphony), dies at 78
2003 Ian Samwell, British songwriter and record producer (Cliff Richard; Small Faces; America), dies at 66
2004 Vilayat Khan, Indian classical sitar player and composer, dies at 75
2005 Lyn Collins [Gloria Lavern Collins], American soul singer (Think About It), dies from cardiac arrhythmia at 56
2006 Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, dies at 84
2010 Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter, dies at 79
2013 Ramesh Mishra, Indian sarangi, a 3-string bowed traditional music instrument, player (Aerosmith - "Taste of India"), dies of cancer at 68
2014 Al Harewood, American jazz drummer (Grant Green, Stanley Turrentine), and teacher, dies at 90
2015 Daevid Allen [Christopher David], Australian musician and performance artist (Soft Machine, Gong), dies of cancer at 77
2017 Tommy LiPuma, American Grammy Award-winning jazz record producer (George Benson; Natalie Cole; Diana Krall), and record label executive (A&M, Verve, GRP), dies at 80
2021 Janine Dacosta, French classical pianist, dies at 97
2021 Kenneth Cooper, American harpsichordist, pianist, musicologist, and professor (Barnard College, Brooklyn, NYC), dies shortly after a stroke at 79
2023 Jim Gordon, American drummer and studio musician (Derek and the Dominos), dies in prison at 77 [1]
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