1996 Salli Terri [Stella Tirri], Canadian-American Grammy Award-winning pop-classical-folk-exotica singer, arranger, composer (Duets with the Spanish Guitar), musicologist, and educator, dies after a series of strokes at 75
1997 Tolia Nikiprowetzky, French composer, ethnomusicologist and broadcaster of Russian heritage, dies at 80
1998 Syd Lawrence, British bandleader (Syd Lawrence Orchestra), dies at 74
2004 José Maceda, Filipino composer and ethnomusicologist, dies at 87
2004 Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku), dies at 44
2006 Naushad Ali, Indian composer, and Hindi film music director, dies at 86
2008 Jerry Wallace, American country and pop singer ("Primrose Lane"; "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry"), dies of heart failure at 79
2008 Thomas Boggs, American rock drummer (Box Tops), dies at 63
2010 Alfons Kontarsky, German concert pianist (best known for duo-piano performance with his brother, Aloys), dies at 77
2011 Arthur Laurents, American playwright (West Side Story: Gypsy), and screenwriter (Rope; Anastasia), dies at 93
2012 "Sweet Joe" Russell, American a cappella singer (The Persuasions - "Slip Sliding Away"), dies at 72 [1]
2015 Craig Gruber, American rock bassist (Rainbow), dies of cancer at 63
2020 Hillard "Sweet Pea" Atkinson, American R&B singer (Was (Not Was)), dies of a heart attack at 74 [1]
2020 Millie Small, Jamaican ska singer, and songwriter ("My Boy Lollipop"), dies of a stroke at 72
2021 (Ivor) "Nick" Kamen, British pop singer-songwriter (Each Time You Break My Heart; I Promised Myself), and model (Levi's), dies of bone marrow cancer at 59
2023 Chris Strachwitz, German-born American folk, roots, and world music record producer and label founder (Arhoolie Records), dies at 91 [1]