2006 Bruce Gary, American rock drummer (The Knack - "My Sharona"'), dies of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 55
2011 Jean-Charles Capon, French jazz cellist and composer (Confluence; Baroque Jazz Trio), dies at 75
2011 Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (Leiber & Stoller - "Hound Dog"; "Jailhouse Rock"; "Is That All There Is?"), dies at 78
2011 Nickolas "Nick" Ashford, American songwriter, record producer ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"; "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"), and singer (Ashford & Simpson - "Solid"), dies of throat cancer at 70
2013 Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer and actress, dies at 62
2016 (Jean-Baptiste) "Toots" Thielemans, Belgian-American jazz harmonica player, guitarist, whistler, and composer, dies at 94
2016 Roberto Cassan, Italian-American jazz and folk accordionist, dies of a heart attack at 53
2017 John Abercrombie, American jazz guitarist, dies of heart failure at 72
2018 Ed King, American psychedelic rock musician (Strawberry Alarm Clock; Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of cancer at 68
2021 Brian Travers, British rock saxophonist (UB40 - "Red, Red Wine"), dies of cancer at 62
2021 Micki Grant [Minnie Perkins], American theater singer, actress, and composer (Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope; Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With God), dies at 92
2022 Creed Taylor, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and bossa nova record producer (Stan Getz; Wes Montgomery), and label founder (Impluse!; CTI Records), dies at 93
2022 Jaimie Branch, American avant-garde trumpet player and composer (Fly Or Die), dies at 39
2022 Jerry Allison, American rock drummer and songwriter (Buddy Holly & Crickets - "That'll Be The Day"; "Peggy Sue"), dies at 82 [1]
2023 (Salvatore) "Toto" Cutugno, Italian pop singer-songwriter ("L'Italiano"; Eurovision, 1990; "Insieme: 1992"), dies of prostate cancer at 80