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Musicians Who Died on March 23

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  • 1658 Valentin Dretzel, German composer, dies at 79
  • 1669 Philipp Buchner, German composer, dies at 54
  • 1748 Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer and musicologist, dies at 63
  • 1756 Georg Gottfried Wagner, German composer, dies at 57
  • 1783 Gaspard Fritz, Swiss composer and violinist, dies at 67
  • 1806 George Pinto [Sanders], English violin prodigy, keyboard virtuoso, and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 20
  • 1809 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, Belgian composer, dies at 60
  • 1816 Ignaz Vitzthumb, Austrian musician, composer, and conductor, dies at 91
  • 1818 Nicolas Isouard, French composer, dies at 42
  • 1821 Bernhard Anselm Weber, German pianist, conductor and composer, dies at 56
  • 1832 Wilhelm Würfel, Bohemian pianist, conductor, teacher, and composer, dies at 41
  • 1869 Charles Lucas, English composer and Principle of the Royal Academy of Music, dies at 60
  • 1880 Gustav Mankell, Moravian-Swedish organist and composer, dies at 67
  • 1881 Nikolay Rubinstein, Russian pianist, conductor, and composer, dies at 45
  • 1918 César Cortinas, Uruguayan composer, dies of tuberculosis at 27
  • 1943 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47
  • 1971 Armin Loos, German-born American composer, dies at 67
  • 1977 Bennie Green, American swing jazz and soul trombonist (Earl Hines), dies at 53
  • 1978 Bill Kenny, American singer, dies at 63
  • 1983 David Wynne, Welsh composer (Owain ab Urien), dies at 82
  • 1990 Al Sears, American jazz and R&B saxophonist (Duke Elllington Orchestra; Johnny Hodges - "Castle Rock"), dies at 80
  • 1995 Alan Barton, English singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash at 41
  • 1995 Danny Apolinar, American composer and songwriter, dies at 61
  • 1995 Ripley L. Ingram, American singer, dies at 65
  • 1996 J. D. "Jay" Miller, American record producer, dies at 73
  • 2000 Dick van Niehoff, Dutch pop vocalist (Fouryo), dies at 62
  • 2002 Eileen Farrell, American soprano (I Got A Right To Sing The Blues; Metropolitan Opera, 1960-66) and film voice (Interrupted Melody), dies at 82
  • 2003 Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-British classical flautist, broadcaster, composer, and wit, dies at 77
  • 2006 Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, dies at 87
  • 2006 Sarah Caldwell, American conductor/opera director (Flagstaff), dies at 82
  • 2010 Blanche Thebom, American mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida), dies at 94
  • 2013 Barbara Donald, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader ("The Past and Tomorrows"), dies at 70
  • 2015 Lil' Chris [Hardman], British rock singer (Checkin' It Out), takes his own life at 24 [1]
  • 2015 Roy Douglas, English composer and arranger (Tomorrow We Live - At Dawn We Die), dies at 107
  • 2016 Gegham Grigorian, Armenian operatic tenor, and artistic director (Yerevan Opera, 2000-07), dies at 65
  • 2017 Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad, A Cold Wind in August), dies at 92
  • 2017 Louis Frémaux, French conductor (Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, 1956-65; City of Birmingham Symphony, 1969-78; Sydney Symphony, 1979-82), dies at 95
  • 2021 Don Heffington, American touring and session drummer, singer, songwriter and producer (Lone Justice; Watkins Family Hour; Emmylou Harris), dies of leukemia at 70
  • 2021 Ethel Gabriel (nee Nagy), American record producer and label executive (RCA, 1943-84), dies at 99
  • 2021 George Segal, American actor (Carbon Copy; Fun With Dick & Jane; Just Shoot Me!), and banjo player, dies at 87
  • 2023 Keith Reid, British poet and lyricist (Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale"), dies of cancer at 76 [1]
  • 2024 Maurizio Pollini, Italian classical pianist, dies at 82 [1]


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