1975 Al Jackson Jr., American session drummer, known as "The Human Time Keeper" (Stax; Booker T. & MGs - "McLemore Avenue"), murdered by an intruder in his home at 39 [1]
1979Roy Harris, American composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home: An American Overture), dies at 81
1990 Andrzej Krzanowski, Polish classical composer and accordionist (The Wind Carries the Echo Across a Wood Clearing), dies at 49
1990 Phil Napoleon [Filippo Napoli] American early jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Original Memphis Five; Napoleon and HIs Emperors), dies at 89
1992 Harry Ray, American soul singer (Ray, Goodman, Brown), dies of a stroke at 45
1994 Scott Dunbar, American blues vocalist and guitarist, dies at 90
1998 Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter, social and political activist, takes her own life after a brain disease diagnosis, at 70
1999 Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and child star ("Ma! (He's Making Eyes At Me)"), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 35
2000 Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays"; "Chances Are"), dies of colon cancer at 73
2003 (Greig) "Chubby" Jackson, American big band jazz double-bassist, bandleader, and TV host, dies at 84
2004 Bruce Palmer, Canadian bassist (Buffalo Springfield), dies of a heart attack at 58
2007 Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and TV theme song composer (Are You Being Served?), dies at 79
2008 Nick Reynolds, American folk singer, tenor guitarist, and bongo player (The Kingston Trio, 1957-67 - "Tom Dooley"; "M.T.A."), dies from respiratory disease at 75
2011 David Vickerman Bedford, British composer and educator, dies at 74
2014 Lynsey de Paul, British singer and actress (Sugar Me), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 66
2016 Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic stage and screen actress, singer, theater director, and painter, dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 58
2018 Charles Aznavour [Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian], French-Armenian singer-songwriter ("She"; "Monsieur Carnavel"; "Tin Drum"), dies at 94
2019 Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, American blues guitarist, and singer, dies of a heart attack at 80
2019 Karel Gott, Czech singer 'Sinatra of the East', dies at 80
2023 Julian Bahula, South African-British jazz and world music drummer, composer, bandleader (Jabula), and anti-apartheid activist, dies at 84