- 1764 Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 68
- 1864 Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinetist and composer, dies 52
- 1875 Marie Moke Pleyel, Belgian composer, dies at 63
- 1884 Hans Hampel, Czech composer, dies at 61
- 1935 Romanos Melik'yan, Armenian composer, dies at 51
- 1936 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, dies at 40
- 1945 Karel Moor, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 71
- 1953 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, Austrian composer, dies at 75
- 1960 Joseph Haas, German late romantic opera composer (Tobias Wunderlich; Totenmesse), dies at 81
- 1962 Jack Purvis, American jazz trumpet player and composer, dies at 55
- 1963 Alexander Gauk, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 69
- 1964 Willem Andriessen, Dutch composer and pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
- 1976 Reuben "Rube" Bloom, American pianist, arranger, bandleader (The Bayou Boys), songwriter ("Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"; "Give Me the Simple Life"), dies at 73
- 1977 Abdel Halim Hafez [Shabana], Egyptian singer and actor, dies of liver failure due to schistosomiasis (parasitic flatworm infection) at 47
- 1977 Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer, music editor and pedagogue, dies at 88
- 1978 Larry Young [aka Khalid Yasin], American hard-bop and jazz-fusion Hammond B-3 organist (Unity), dies from several untreated illnesses, including pneumonia, at 37
- 1988 Taneli Kuusisto, Finnish organist and composer (Suomalainen rukous - Finnish Prayer), dies at 82
- 1994 Sid Weiss, American jazz bassist, dies at 79
- 1995 Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer (Janis Joplin - Pearl), dies at 59
- 1995 Rozelle Claxton, American jazz pianist and arranger, dies at 82
- 2000 Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (Little Carib Theatre), dies at 84
- 2002 Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and lyricist, dies of multiple organ failure at 72
- 2004 (Rosemary) "Timi" Yuro, American singer ("Hurt"), dies at 63
- 2005 Derrick Plourde, American punk rock drummer, takes his own life at 33
- 2005 Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)
- 2010 John Bunch, American jazz pianist (New York Swing Trio), dies of melanoma at 88
- 2013 Phil Ramone [Rabinowitz], American 14-time Grammy Award-winning music producer (Burt Bacharach; Paul Simon; Billy Joel; Tony Bennett), and studio owner (co-founded A&R Recording), dies from an aortic aneurysm at 79
- 2016 Bram Beekman, Dutch organist, composer and teacher (Brabants Conservatory, 1980-2012), dies at 66
- 2016 Gianmaria Testa, Italian singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 57
- 2016 Howard Cable, Canadian conductor, arranger, and composer, dies at 95
- 2016 Mike Gibbons, American rocker (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods - "Billy Don't Be A Hero"), dies at 69
- 2017 Rosalie “Rosie” Hamlin, American singer-songwriter (Rosie and The Originals – “Angel Baby”), dies at 71
Bill Withers (1938-2020)
American singer-songwriter and rhythm & blues musician ("Ain't No Sunshine"; "Lean on Me"; "Just The Two Of Us"), dies of heart complications at 81
- 2022 Yanick Étienne, Haitian singer (Roxy Music - "Avalon"; Bryan Ferry), dies of cancer at 64
- 2023 Mark Russell, American political satirist, song parody writer, and pianist (Real People), dies at 90 [1]
- 2023 Ray Shulman, Scottish progressive rock bassist, songwriter (Gentle Giant), and record producer (The Sugarcubes), dies at 73
- 2024 Casey Benjamin, American R&B and hip-hop saxophonist, vocoder wizard, and songwriter (The Robert Glasper Experiment), dies at 45 [1]
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