Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Brian Priestman
British maestro and conductor (Denver Symphony Orchestra)Died on Friday April 18th 2014
Jacques Castérède
French composerDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Kartina Dahari
Malaysian singerDied on Wednesday April 30th 2014
Deon Jackson
American soul singer and songwriterDied on Friday April 18th 2014
Wayne Henderson
American jazz trombonist (The Jazz Crusaders) and record producerDied on Saturday April 5th 2014
Glenn Osser
American musicianDied on Tuesday April 29th 2014
Cheo Feliciano
American Puerto Rican salsa and bolero composer and singerDied on Thursday April 17th 2014
Alan Davie
Scottish painter and musicianDied on Saturday April 5th 2014
Iveta Bartošová
Czech singerDied on Tuesday April 29th 2014
Stan Kelly-Bootle
British songwriterDied on Wednesday April 16th 2014
Óscar Avilés
Peruvian guitarist and singerDied on Saturday April 5th 2014
Idris Sardi
Indonesian violinist and composerDied on Monday April 28th 2014
George W. Decker
American classical organistDied on Friday April 4th 2014
Dennis Kamakahi
American Grammy Award-winning musicianDied on Monday April 28th 2014
James Bates
American conductorDied on Friday April 4th 2014
Peter Hallock
American organist and choirmaster (Compline Choir)Died on Sunday April 27th 2014
Little Joe Cook
American doo-wop singer and songwriterDied on Tuesday April 15th 2014
Arthur Smith
American musician and songwriter ("Guitar Boogie"Died on Thursday April 3rd 2014
DJ E-Z Rock
American hip-hop musician (Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock)Died on Sunday April 27th 2014
Bill Sinegal
American rhythm and blues musicianDied on Monday April 14th 2014
Paul Salamunovich
American choral director (Los Angeles Master Chorale) and film conductor (Dracula)Died on Thursday April 3rd 2014
Joseph Kerman
American musicologistDied on Monday March 17th 2014
Renato Cioni
Italian operatic tenorDied on Tuesday March 4th 2014
Mercy Edirisinghe
Sri Lankan actress and singerDied on Monday March 17th 2014
Robert Ashley
American composerDied on Monday March 3rd 2014
Mitch Leigh
American Tony Award-winning composer (Man of La Mancha)Died on Sunday March 16th 2014
DJ Edwin
Australian DJDied on Sunday March 16th 2014
Lapiro de Mbanga
Cameroonian musicianDied on Sunday March 16th 2014
Cees Veerman
Dutch singer and musician (The Cats)Died on Saturday March 15th 2014
Huseyn Derya
Azerbaijani rapperDied on Saturday March 15th 2014
Frankie Knuckles
American disc jockey and record producerDied on Monday March 31st 2014
Scott Asheton
American drummer (The Stooges)Died on Saturday March 15th 2014
Billy Mundi
American drummer (The Mothers of InventionDied on Saturday March 29th 2014
Al Harewood
American jazz drummerDied on Thursday March 13th 2014
Dave Brockie
Canadian-born American heavy metal singer (Gwar)Died on Sunday March 23rd 2014
Jean Vallée
Belgian songwriter and performerDied on Wednesday March 12th 2014
Riina Gerretz
Estonian pianistDied on Saturday March 22nd 2014
Buren Fowler
American rock and roll guitarist (Drivin' N Cryin'Died on Saturday March 8th 2014
André Lavagne
French composerDied on Friday March 21st 2014
Marion Stein
British pianistDied on Thursday March 6th 2014
Ros Saboeut
Cambodian musician activist and film subjectDied on Thursday March 6th 2014
Paddy McGuigan
Irish songwriter ("The Men Behind the Wire"Died on Monday March 17th 2014
Dave Sampson
English rock singerDied on Wednesday March 5th 2014
Penny DeHaven
American country singerDied on Sunday February 23rd 2014
Raghunath Seth
Indian flautist and composerDied on Saturday February 15th 2014
Gerd Albrecht
German conductorDied on Sunday February 2nd 2014
Chip Damiani
American drummer (The Remains)Died on Sunday February 23rd 2014
Marty Thau
American rock and roll entrepreneur and music producerDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
Elisabetta Barbato
Italian opera singerDied on Saturday February 1st 2014
Trebor Jay Tichenor
American ragtime pianist and composerDied on Saturday February 22nd 2014
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
Indian Sufi musicianDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Swiss conductorDied on Friday February 28th 2014
Sakis Boulas
Greek singer-songwriter and actorDied on Friday February 21st 2014
King Kester Emeneya
Congolese singerDied on Thursday February 13th 2014
Tim Wilson
American stand-up comedian and country music singerDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Reghu Kumar
Indian composerDied on Thursday February 20th 2014
Frankie Sardo
American rock and roll musicianDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Duffy Power
English blues and rock and roll singerDied on Wednesday February 19th 2014
Seán Potts
Irish musician (The Chieftains)Died on Tuesday February 11th 2014
Frank Reed
American soul singer (The Chi-Lites)Died on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Simón Díaz
Venezuelan singer and composerDied on Wednesday February 19th 2014
Alice Babs
Swedish singer and actressDied on Tuesday February 11th 2014
Georges Hamel
Canadian country music singer-songwriterDied on Wednesday February 26th 2014
Maria Franziska von Trapp
Austrian-born American singerDied on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Hōzan Yamamoto
Japanese musicianDied on Monday February 10th 2014
Philip Smart
Jamaican record producerDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
Bernd Noske
German musician (Birth Control)Died on Tuesday February 18th 2014
Tomaž Pengov
Slovenian singer-songwriterDied on Monday February 10th 2014
Emil Simon
Romanian conductor and composerDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
R. K. Srikantan
Indian Carnatic singerDied on Monday February 17th 2014
Paco de Lucía
Spanish flamenco guitaristDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
Wayne Smith
Jamaican reggae musician ("Sleng Teng")Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Peter Callander
British songwriter and record producerDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
Frankie Kao
Taiwanese singerDied on Monday February 17th 2014
Bob McQuillen
American contra dance musicianDied on Thursday February 6th 2014
Angèle Arsenault
Canadian singer-songwriterDied on Tuesday February 25th 2014
Bob Casale
American guitarist (Devo) and film score engineer (Happy GilmoreDied on Monday February 17th 2014
Tzeni Vanou
Greek singerDied on Wednesday February 5th 2014
Anna Reynolds
English opera singerDied on Monday February 24th 2014
Juthika Roy
Indian bhajan singerDied on Wednesday February 5th 2014
Nicolae Herlea
Romanian operatic baritoneDied on Monday February 24th 2014
Richard Hayman
American conductor (St. Louis Symphony)Died on Wednesday February 5th 2014
Franny Beecher
American Hall of Fame guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets)Died on Monday February 24th 2014
Dénes Zsigmondy
Hungarian classical violinist and music educatorDied on Saturday February 15th 2014
Bunny Rugs
Jamaican reggae musician (Third World)Died on Sunday February 2nd 2014