- 1677 Charles Coypeau Dassoucy, French poet and singer, dies at 72
- 1802 Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, French composer, dies at 95
- 1829 Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist and Wolfgang's sister, dies at 78
- 1853 Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, French pianist, music teacher, and composer, dies at 68
- 1853 William Richard Bexfield, English composer, dies at 29
- 1876 Jacques Gregoir, Belgian composer and pianist, dies at 59
- 1882 Gustav Nottebohm, German teacher and composer, dies at 64
- 1883 Robert Volkmann, German composer and pedagogue, dies at 68
- 1920 Ernst Perabo, German-American composer and painist, dies at 74
- 1922 Georg August Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra, 1891-97), dies at 79
- 1931 Luciano Gallet, Brazilian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator, dies at 38
- 1934 Gustavo Campa, Mexican composer, dies at 71
- 1947 Theodore Holland, British composer, dies at 69
- 1953 William Kapell, American concert pianist and recording artist, dies in a plane crash at 31
- 1962 Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer, dies at 77
- 1963 Michael Holliday [Norman Milne], British pop singer ("The Story of My Life"), dies of a suspected drug overdose at 38
- 1968 Marius Ulfrstad, Norwegian composer, dies at 78
- 1971 Duane Allman, American rock guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band), dies in a motorcycle accident at 24
- 1973 Heathcote Dicken Statham, English organist, composer, and conductor, dies at 83
- 1975 John Scott Trotter, American orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67
- 1979 Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, American funk drummer (Parliament-Funkadelic; Miles Davis), dies of stomach cancer at 35
- 1983 Sten Broman, Swedish composer, dies at 81
- 1986 Abel Meeropol, American songwriter ("Strange Fruit"; "The House I Live In'), and librettist ("The Good Soldier Schweick"), dies at 83
- 1986 Osamu Shimizu, Japanese composer, dies at 74
- 1987 Woody Herman, American jazz clarinetist and composer (Thundering Herd), dies at 74
- 1990 Anthony Donato, America violinist, composer (The Hidden Fortress), pedagogue, and music writer (Preparing Music Manuscript), dies at 81
- 1994 Evelyn Anderson, American dancer (Josephine Baker review), dies at 87 [1]
- 1994 Pearl Primus, Trinidad-born American dancer (poplularized African dance), dies at 74
- 1998 Paul Misraki [Misrachi], French jazz pianist, songwriter, and film score composer (Jean Renoir), dies at 90
- 2003 Franco Corelli, Italian tenor, dies after suffering a stroke at 82
Vaughn Meader (1936-2004)
American comedian and musician, dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 68 (b. 1936)
- 2004 Washington Castro, Argentine cellist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 95
- 2008 Mike Baker, American heavy metal singer and bass player (Shadow Gallery), dies of a heart attack at 45
- 2013 Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet classical pianist of German heritage, dies at 90
- 2016 Roland Dyens, French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger (Libra Sonatine), dies at 61
- 2017 Muhal Richard Abrams, American educator and composer, dies at 87
- 2023 Heath [Hiroshi Morie], Japanese rock bassist, singer and songwriter (X Japan), dies of colorectal cancer at 55
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