May 2, 2015 Musicians Ervin Drake American songwriter (“It Was a Very Good Year” Died on Thursday January 15th 2015 Other musiciansVáclav Hybš Czech musician, trumpeter and conductor dead at age 90Asha Bhosle Indian playback singer, cardiac arrest dead at age 92Mike Westbrook English jazz pianist and composer dead at age 90Pedro Ramayá Beltrán Colombian caña de millo player, pleural effusion dead at age 96Afrika Bambaataa American DJ and rapper, complications from cancer dead at age 67Björgvin Halldórsson Icelandic musician dead at age 74Blondy American rapper and songwriter dead at age 66Gwendolyn Chisolm American rapper and songwriter dead at age 66Álvaro Cassuto Portuguese composer and conductor dead at age 87Michail Belchev Bulgarian singer and poet dead at age 79More from AmericaBob Hall American wheelchair racer dead at age 74Chris Payton-Jones American football player, traffic collision dead at age 30Phil Garner American baseball player and manager, pancreatic cancer dead at age 76William Edwin Franklin American Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Dubuque and bishop Diocese of Davenport dead at age 95Harry Kim American trumpeter, cancer dead at age 74Eliot Engel American politican, member of the U.S. House of Representatives dead at age 79Browning Nagle public figure dead at age 57Afrika Bambaataa American DJ and rapper, complications from cancer dead at age 67Billy Bryan American baseball player dead at age 87Stephen M. Schwebel American jurist, judge, vice president and president of the ICJ dead at age 97More from January 15, 2015Jean-Claude BakerLudmila Brožová-PolednováArnaldo CalveyraEugene E. CovertKim FowleyAlan HirschfieldAnwarul IqbalArchibald Kennedy, 8th Marquess of AilsaEthel LangKarel Lichtnégl Tags 15 January 2015 2015-01-15 America Drake Ervin January 15 January 2015 Musicians ←Kim Fowley Eugene E. Covert→