1969 "Magic" Sam [Maghett], American blues guitarist ("Feelin' Good (We're Gonna Boogie)"), dies of a heart attack at 32
1975 Nick Kenny, American columnist and songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80
1982 Dorothy James, American composer, dies on her 81st birthday
1986 Horace Heidt, American orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
1986 [Irving] Lee Dorsey, American pop and R&B singer (Working in the Coal Mine), dies at 61
1989 Alvin Ailey, US choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58
1989 William "Billy" Lyall, Scottish musician (Bay City Rollers), dies of AIDS-related causes at 36
1993 Peter John Wood, British session and touring rock keyboardist, and songwriter, dies at 43
1993 Peter Wood, English session and touring rock keyboardist (Sutherland Bros and Quiver; Al Stewart; Joan Armatrading; Lou Reed), dies of injuries from a fall at 43
1996 Irving Gordon, American songwriter ("Unforgettable"; "Me, Myself, And I"), dies of multiple myeloma cancer at 81
1997 Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, dies at 89
1998 Albert de Klerk, Dutch organist, composer, and conductor, dies at 81
2005 Dai-Keong Lee, Hawaiian-American classical and theater composer, dies at 90
2008 Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
2009 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch singer and cabaret actor (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen), dies at 76
2010 Alojz Srebotnjak, Slovenian composer, dies at 79
2012 Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer (Britten's "War Requiem"), dies at 85
2013 Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist, album cover artist songwriter (Cream), and filmmaker, dies of emphysema at 71
2013 Richard Coughlan, British progressive rock drummer and percussionist (Caravan - "In the Land of Grey and Pink"), dies of pneumonia at 66
2014 (Moisés) "Mario" Abramovich, Argentinian tango and classical violinist (Sexteto Major, 1974-2014), dies at 88
2016 Elisabeth Carron, American soprano ("The Saint of Bleecker Street"; New York City Opera, 1958-73), dies at 94
2018 Calvin Newborn, American R&B and jazz guitarist, dies at 85
2021 Alvin Lucier, American composer of experimental music (I Am Sitting In A Room; Music On A Long Thin Wire), educator, and music director, dies from complications of a fall at 90