1758 Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer/conductor/violinist, dies
1786 Pietro Alessandro Pavona, Italian composer, dies at 58
1793 Francesc Morera i Cots, Valencian composer, dies at 62
1810 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (ballet d'action), dies at 83
1932 Arthur Friedheim, Russian composer, dies at 72
1956 Isham Jones, American saxophonist, bandleader ("Star Dust") and songwriter ("It Had To Be You"; "I'll See You in My Dreams"), dies of cancer at 62
1960 Günter Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57
1961 John Fernström, Swedish violinist, conductor (Nordic Youth Orchestra), and composer (Concertino for Flute, Women's Choir and Chamber Orchestra), dies at 63
1986 Moses Asch, Polish-American recording engineer (founder of Folkways Records), dies at 81 [1]
1987 Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies from complications of multiple sclerosis at 42
1988 Edward "Son" House, American delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Walking Blues"; "Preachin' The Blues"), dies of larynx cancer at 86
1989 Alan Murphy, British rock session guitarist (Kate Bush), dies of pneumonia at 36
1992 Maurice Le Roux, French conductor and film score composer (Kamouraska), dies at 69
1995 Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (Ornette Coleman), dies from liver cancer at 58
1997 Glen Buxton, American guitarist (Alice Cooper) and composer, dies at 49
2000 Hortense Ellis, Jamaican reggae singer ("Right On the Tip of My Tongue"), dies from a stomach infection at 59
2005 Dallas Cook, American ska-funk trombonist (Suburban Legends), killed in a motorcycle accident at 23
2007 Yolanda "LaLa" Brown, American R&B singer, shot and killed by an unknown gunman at a Milwaukee recording studio at 21
2013 Noel Harrison, British singer and actor, dies of a heart attack at 79
2013 Ronald Shannon Jackson, American avant-garde jazz and funk drummer, and composer (Cecil Taylor; Last Exit; Decoding Society), dies of leukemia at 73
2013 Roy Elihu Travis, American composer (Passion of Oedipus), dies at 91
2014 Raphael Ravenscroft, British session saxophone player (Gerry Rafferty - "Baker Street"; Maxine Nightingale; Roger Waters), dies at 60
2014 Stephen Paulus, American composer (To Be Certain of the Dawn) and co-founder of the American Composers Forum, dies of stroke complications at 65
2016 Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina, dies at 99
2020 Spencer Davis [Davies], English guitarist (Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin'"), dies of pneumonia at 81 [1][2]
2020 Tony Lewis, British rock singer-songwriter and bass player (The Outfield - "Your Love"), dies at 62
2021 Leslie Bricusse, British stage and film composer and lyricist (Doctor Dolittle; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; "Goldfinger"; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - "The Candy Man"; "Pure Imagination"), dies at 90
2022 Joanna Simon, American mezzo-soprano (1962-86), and Emmy Award-winning arts journalist (PBS, 1986-92), dies of thyroid cancer at 85 [1]
2023 Atsushi Sakurai, Japanese rock vocalist and songwriter (Buck-Tick), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 57
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