Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Inezita Barroso
Brazilian folk singer
Died on Sunday March 8th 2015
Michael Brown
American musician (The Left Banke) and songwriter ("Walk Away Renée")
Died on Thursday March 19th 2015
Jim McCann
Irish musician (The Dubliners)
Died on Thursday March 5th 2015
Ronald Stevenson
Scottish composer and pianist
Died on Saturday March 28th 2015
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
Died on Wednesday March 18th 2015
Vlada Divljan
Serbian musician (Idoli)
Died on Thursday March 5th 2015
Johnny Helms
American jazz trumpet player and bandleader
Died on Friday March 27th 2015
Nazmi Yükselen
Turkish folk singer
Died on Monday March 16th 2015
Orrin Keepnews
American jazz record producer
Died on Sunday March 1st 2015
B.J. Crosby
American singer and actress (Smokey Joe's Cafe)
Died on Friday March 27th 2015
Don Robertson
American songwriter
Died on Monday March 16th 2015
John Renbourn
British guitarist (Pentangle)
Died on Thursday March 26th 2015
Andy Fraser
British musician (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
Died on Monday March 16th 2015
Bruce Crump
American rock drummer (Molly Hatchet)
Died on Monday March 16th 2015
Lil’ Chris
British singer-songwriter
Died on Monday March 23rd 2015
Daevid Allen
Australian musician (Soft Machine
Died on Friday March 13th 2015
Jackie Trent
English singer-songwriter and actress
Died on Saturday March 21st 2015
Carlo Ubaldo Rossi
Italian composer and music producer
Died on Wednesday March 11th 2015
Sharon Tandy
South African singer
Died on Saturday March 21st 2015
Jimmy Greenspoon
American keyboard player and composer (Three Dog Night)
Died on Wednesday March 11th 2015
Jørgen Ingmann
Danish musician ("Apache")
Died on Saturday March 21st 2015
Wayne Kemp
American country music singer and songwriter
Died on Monday March 9th 2015
Shahir Krishnarao Sable
Indian Marathi folk singer-songwriter
Died on Friday March 20th 2015
Nkululeko Habedi
South African rapper
Died on Monday March 9th 2015
Ben E. King
American soul and R&B singer ("Stand by Me")
Died on Thursday April 30th 2015
Batyrkhan Shukenov
Kazakh and Russian singer (A-Studio)
Died on Tuesday April 28th 2015
Guy LeBlanc
Canadian keyboard player (Nathan Mahl
Died on Tuesday April 28th 2015
Gary Brain
New Zealand conductor
Died on Monday April 20th 2015
Sid Tepper
American songwriter ("Red Roses for a Blue Lady")
Died on Saturday April 25th 2015
Wally Lester
American singer (The Skyliners)
Died on Wednesday April 22nd 2015
Lois Lilienstein
Canadian actress and singer (Sharon
Died on Friday April 24th 2015
Nimal Mendis
Sri Lankan singer and songwriter
Died on Friday April 17th 2015
Johnny Kemp
Bahamian singer ("Just Got Paid")
Died on Friday April 17th 2015
Gary Ignacio
Filipino rock musician (Alamid)
Died on Saturday April 18th 2015
Margo Reed
American jazz musician
Died on Thursday April 16th 2015
Keith McCormack
American singer and songwriter (Sugar Shack)
Died on Saturday April 11th 2015
Roel Cortez
Filipino singer-songwriter
Died on Thursday April 2nd 2015
Tut Taylor
American bluegrass musician (The Great Dobro Sessions)
Died on Friday April 10th 2015
Nagore E. M. Hanifa
Indian politician and playback singer
Died on Thursday April 9th 2015
David L. Kaplan
Canadian professor and conductor
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Ray Charles
American musician (The Perry Como Show
Died on Tuesday April 7th 2015
Juan Carlos Cáceres
Argentine tango musician and painter
Died on Monday April 6th 2015
John-Edward Kelly dead at age 56
John-Edward Kelly, an American conductor and saxophonist,
died on February 12, 2015, at age 56. Born in Fairfield, California, on October 7, 1958, he began music studies in Belleville, Illinois,…
Vera Gornostayeva dead at age 85
Vera Gornostayeva, the Russian pianist and piano teacher,
died on January 19, 2015. Born in Moscow on October 1, 1929, she studied at the Moscow Conservatory, where Heinrich Neuhaus was…
Jimmy Fontana dead at age 78
Jimmy Fontana, the Italian singer-songwriter known for songs including "Il mondo" and "Che sarà,"
died on September 11, 2013, aged 78. Born Enrico Sbriccoli in Camerino in 1934, he later…