- 1775 Johann Georg Holzbogen, German violinist and composer, dies at 48
- 1819 Jean-Louis Duport, French cellist and composer, dies at 69
- 1838 Joseph Panny, Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 43
- 1845 Isabella Colbran, wife of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, dies
- 1872 Antoni Stolpe, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 21
- 1881 Sidney Lanier, American poet and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 39
- 1902 Franz Wüllner, German conductor and composer, dies at 70
- 1944 Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer, dies at 70
- 1968 Thom Kelling, Dutch singer, guitarist, and bandleader (Programa de Manha), dies at 46
- 1977 Gustave Reese, American musicologist (Music in the Middle Ages; Music in the Renaissance), and teacher, dies at 77
Keith Moon (1946-1978)
British rock drummer (The Who - "Bell Boy"), dies of a drug overdose at 32
- 1983 Hans Münch, Swiss conductor and composer, dies at 90
- 1986 Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, Russian-Soviet conductor and composer, dies at 83
- 1991 Archie Menzies, English playwright and composer (Under Your Hat), dies at 87
- 1992 Indra Kamadjojo [Broekveld], Indon/Dutch dancer (Stille Kracht), dies
- 1993 Lefty Dizz [Walter Williams], American Chicago-style blues guitarist and singer, dies of esophageal cancer at 56
- 1994 Eric Crozier, British theater producer and librettist (worked with Benjamin Britten), dies at 79
- 1996 Niccolo Castiglioni, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 64
- 1997 Derek Taylor, Beatles publicist, dies of cancer at 65
- 2001 Igor Buketoff, American conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra, 1964-65), dies at 86
- 2002 Erma Franklin, American gospel and R&B singer ("Piece Of My Heart"), dies at 64
- 2003 Warren Zevon, American rock singer-songwriter and musician ("Werewolves of London"; "Lawyers, Guns and Money"; "Excitable Boy"), dies of pleural mesothelioma at 56
- 2005 Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer Marianne), dies at 72
- 2008 Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik, Croatian singer known as "the Croatian King of Funk", dies of an overdose at 44
- 2008 Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, American R&B and soul pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and record producer, dies of congestive heart failure at 69
- 2012 Dorothy "Dottie" McGuire, American pop vocalist (McGuire Sisters - "Sincerely"; "Sugartime"), dies at 84
- 2013 Fred Katz, American classical and jazz cellist (Chico Hamilton Quintet), and composer (Roger Corman films), dies at 84
- 2013 Ilja Hurnik, Czech composer, dies at 90
- 2017 John Maxwell Geddes, Scottish composer and pedagogue, dies at 76
- 2018 Mac Miller [Malcolm McCormick], American rapper and music producer (Best Day Ever), dies of a drug overdose at 26
- 2021 Phil Schaap, American Grammy Award-winning jazz historian, DJ, author and educator, dies of cancer at 70
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