Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Seymour Barab
American composer and cellistDied on Saturday June 28th 2014
Pierre D’Archambeau
Belgian-born American violinistDied on Monday June 16th 2014
Doc Neeson
Australian musician (The Angels)Died on Wednesday June 4th 2014
Bobby Womack
American Hall of Fame R&B singer ("Harry Hippie") and songwriter ("I Can Understand It")Died on Friday June 27th 2014
Attia Sharara
Egyptian composer and conductorDied on Sunday June 15th 2014
James Alan Shelton
American bluegrass guitarist (Ralph Stanley)Died on Tuesday June 3rd 2014
Julius Rudel
Austrian-born American Grammy Award-winning conductor and director (New York City OperaDied on Thursday June 26th 2014
Sara Widén
Swedish opera singer (Royal Swedish Opera)Died on Friday June 13th 2014
Mary Rodgers
American composer (Once Upon a Mattress) and children's author (Freaky Friday)Died on Thursday June 26th 2014
Jim Keays
Australian rock musician (The Masters Apprentices)Died on Friday June 13th 2014
Źmicier Sidarovič
Belarusian musicianDied on Saturday May 17th 2014
Bongani Masuku
South African singer (Johnny Clegg)Died on Saturday May 17th 2014
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi
Iranian classical musicianDied on Friday May 2nd 2014
Tito Torbellino
American banda singer and musicianDied on Thursday May 29th 2014
Jessica Cleaves
American singer (The Friends of DistinctionDied on Friday May 2nd 2014
Miljenko Prohaska
Croatian composerDied on Thursday May 29th 2014
Zil-e-Huma
Pakistani singerDied on Friday May 16th 2014
Juan Formell
Cuban Grammy Award-winning musicianDied on Thursday May 1st 2014
Stefans Grové
South African composerDied on Thursday May 29th 2014
Morvin Simon
New Zealand Māori composerDied on Wednesday May 14th 2014
Hellmut Federhofer
Austrian musicologistDied on Thursday May 1st 2014
Christine Charbonneau
Canadian singer and songwriterDied on Thursday May 29th 2014
Douglas Cummings
British cellist (London Symphony Orchestra)Died on Wednesday May 14th 2014
James K. Randall
American composerDied on Wednesday May 28th 2014
Ľudovít Lehen
Slovakian painter and chess composerDied on Monday May 12th 2014
David Nadien
American violinistDied on Wednesday May 28th 2014
Ed Gagliardi
American bass guitarist (Foreigner)Died on Sunday May 11th 2014
Janice Scroggins
American jazz pianistDied on Tuesday May 27th 2014
André Popp
French composerDied on Saturday May 10th 2014
Herb Jeffries
American actor and jazz and traditional pop singerDied on Sunday May 25th 2014
Nash the Slash
Canadian rock musician (FM)Died on Saturday May 10th 2014
Tommy Blom
Swedish radio host and singer (Tages)Died on Sunday May 25th 2014
Frank Strazzeri
American jazz pianistDied on Friday May 9th 2014
Tommie Wright
American pianist and composer (Florida State Seminoles fight song)Died on Thursday May 8th 2014
Anand Modak
Indian musician and film composerDied on Friday May 23rd 2014
Abbas Kamandi
Iranian Kurdish singerDied on Wednesday May 21st 2014
William Olvis
American film and television music composer (Dr. QuinnDied on Tuesday May 6th 2014
Franz-Paul Decker
German-born Canadian conductor (Montreal Symphony OrchestraDied on Monday May 19th 2014
Antony Hopkins
British composerDied on Tuesday May 6th 2014
Jerry Vale
American singer ("Have You Looked into Your Heart"Died on Sunday May 18th 2014
Mike Hawker
English songwriterDied on Sunday May 4th 2014
Patric Standford
English composerDied on Wednesday April 23rd 2014
Jesse Winchester
American musician and songwriterDied on Friday April 11th 2014
Akira Endo
Japanese-born American conductorDied on Thursday April 3rd 2014
Benjamín Brea
Spanish-born Venezuelan musicianDied on Wednesday April 23rd 2014
David Werdyger
Polish-born American Hasidic singerDied on Wednesday April 2nd 2014
Mundo Earwood
American country music singer-songwriterDied on Monday April 21st 2014
Gil Askey
American-born Australian musician and composer (Lady Sings the Blues)Died on Wednesday April 9th 2014
Lyndsie Holland
English opera singer and actressDied on Wednesday April 2nd 2014
Sonia Silvestre
Dominican singer and announcerDied on Saturday April 19th 2014
George Shuffler
American Hall of Fame bluegrass musician (The Stanley Brothers)Died on Monday April 7th 2014
Kevin Sharp
American country music singerDied on Saturday April 19th 2014
John Shirley-Quirk
English bass-baritone opera singerDied on Monday April 7th 2014
King Fleming
American jazz pianistDied on Tuesday April 1st 2014
Larry Ramos
American guitaristDied on Wednesday April 30th 2014
Helena Bliss
American actress and sopranoDied on Saturday April 19th 2014
Erzsi Kovács
Hungarian pop singer and performerDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Anker Buch
Danish violinistDied on Tuesday April 1st 2014
Volodymyr Kudryavtsev
Ukrainian lyricistDied on Wednesday April 30th 2014
Bashir Ahmad
Bangladeshi playback singerDied on Saturday April 19th 2014
Peter Kaberere
Kenyan gospel singerDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
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
Konstantin Orbelyan
Armenian composer and conductorDied on Thursday April 24th 2014
Brita Koivunen
Finnish schlager singerDied on Saturday April 12th 2014
Paul Lüönd
Swiss musician and politicianDied on Thursday April 3rd 2014
Mercy Edirisinghe
Sri Lankan actress and singerDied on Monday March 17th 2014
Robert Ashley
American composerDied on Monday March 3rd 2014