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• 1765 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, Flemish carillonneur and composer, dies at 53
• 1826 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, German-Dutch composer, brother of Friedrich Christian Ruppe, dies at 72
• 1862 Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor, singer and playwright (Judith und Holofernes), dies at 60

• 1914 Paolo Giorza, Italian-Australian composer, dies at 81
• 1917 Léon Vasseur, French composer, dies at 72
• 1924 Theodore F. Morse, American composer, dies at 51
• 1934 Gustav Holst, English composer (The Planets; Ode to Death), dies at 59
• 1936 Ján Levoslav Bella, Slovak composer, dies at 92
• 1942 Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-born cellist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies of complications during surgery at 39
• 1946 Patty Smith Hill, American composer, teacher and songwriter ("Happy Birthday To You"), dies at 78
• 1955 Wardell Gray, American swing and bebop jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 34
• 1964 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, Russian composer (Rhapsodie hébraïque; Prince Lake), and teacher, dies at 92
• 1965 Sonny Boy Williamson II [Aleck Miller], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, dies at 65
• 1966 Ricardo Castillo, Guatemalan composer, dies at 71
• 1971 Mark Brunswick, American composer, dies at 69
• 1981 Rosa Ponselle [Ponzillo], American soprano opera diva ("Casta Diva"; La Forza del Destino - "Leonora"; Metropolitan Opera, 1918-37), dies at 84

• 1981 Roy Brown, American R&B singer, songwriter ("Good Rockin' Tonight"), dies of a heart attack at 55
• 1984 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist, conductor and composer, dies at 79
• 1994 Eric Gale, American jazz, R&B, session and touring guitarist (Negril; Stuff; Paul Simon's One-Trick Pony; Bob James; Grover Washington, Jr.), dies of lung cancer at 55
• 1995 Dick Curless, American country music singer-songwriter (A Tombstone Every Mile), dies of stomach cancer at 63
• 1996 Barney Wilen, French tenor, composer and saxophonist, dies of cancer at 59
• 1996 Bradley Nowell, American ska musician (Sublime), dies of a heroin overdose at 28
• 2003 Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta), dies of a heroin overdose at 27
• 2005 Ruth Laredo, American concert pianist, dies of ovarian cancer at 67
• 2006 Desmond Dekker [Dacres], Jamaican reggae pioneer (The Aces - "007 (Shanty Town)"; "Israelites"), dies of a heart attack at 64
• 2006 Otto Zykan, Austrian pianist and composer, dies at 71
• 2008 David Gahr, American photographer noted for his work with folk, jazz and rock musicians (Time Magazine; Folkways albums), dies at 85 [1]
• 2010 Robert Muczynski, American classical pianist, composer (Time Pieces), and educator, dies at 81
• 2010 Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African operatic tenor, dies of meningitis at 35
• 2013 Marshall Lytle, American rock bassist (Bill Haley, 1951-55), dies from lung cancer at 79
• 2018 Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer, dies at 90
• 2020 Joel Revzen, American opera conductor and pianist, dies of COVID-19 at 74
• 2022 Jean-Louis Chautemps, French jazz and session saxophonist (Claude Bolling; Chet Baker; Elton John), dies at 90
• 2024 Richard Sherman, American Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist, with his brother Robert (Mary Poppins; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; "It's a Small World (After All)"), dies at 95 [1]

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