1978 Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, American composer, pianist and lecturer (Tre Ritratti Characteristici), dies at 86
1980 Jimmy Forrest, American jazz saxophonist (Night Train), dies at 60
1981 Lee Hays, American folk singer (The Weavers), songwriter ("Wasn't That a Time?"; "If I Had a Hammer"; "Kisses Sweeter than Wine"), and civil rights activist, dies at 67dies of a heart attack at 67
1981 Walter "Foots" Thomas, American saxophonist, flutist, and arranger (Cab Calloway Orchestra), dies from cancer at 74
1988 Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (Playback), dies in a car crash at 30
1990 Roh Ogura, Japanese composer and writer, dies at 74
1993 Rockin Dopsie Sr. [Alton Jay Rubin], American zydeco singer, and accordion player, dies of a heart attack at 61
1995 Ronnie White, American singer (The Miracles - "Shop Around"), dies of leukemia at 57
2000 [Douglas] Allen Woody, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule), dies at 44
2002 Miguel Querol Gavalda, Spanish musicologist and composer, dies at 90
2003 Wayne Andre, American jazz and session trombonist, dies at 72
2003 Wilma Burgess, American country-pop singer (Baby; Misty Blue), dies of a heart attack at 64
2004 Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter (Gloria), dies of a brain aneurysm at 52 [1]
2005 Denis D'Amour, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Voivod), dies of cancer at 45
2006 Josef Hadar, Israeli violinist and composer (Evening of Roses), dies at 79
2009 Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter ("Da-Doo Ron Ron"; "Leader of the Pack"), dies of a heart attack at 68
2013 Ruth S. White, American electronic music composer (Flowers Of Evil), dies at 87
2021 Kenny Malone, American Nashville-based session drummer (Dolly Parton; Dobie Gray: Waylon Jennings), dies of COVID-19 at 83
2022 Mable John, American blues, R&B, and gospel vocalist (Tamla-Motown; Ray Charles; "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)"), and minister, dies at 91
2023 John Kezdy, American punk-rock guitarist and singer (The Effigies), and later prosecuting attorney, dies from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash at 64