Gunnar Þórðarson death at age 81
Gunnar Þórðarson, the Icelandic musician and songwriter, died on July 29, 2026, aged 81. Born in Hólmavík on January 4, 1945, he became one of Iceland’s most influential songwriters and…
Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
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Obituary: Khalid Nizami, dead at age 78
Khalid Nizami, the Pakistani comedian actor and music composer known for comic roles in television dramas such as Ankahi, died on July 29, 2026, aged 78. He was identified with…
Glen Hansard obituary: died at age 56
Glen Hansard, the Irish musician and frontman of The Frames, died on July 29, 2026, aged 56, after a traffic collision. Born Glen James Hansard in Dublin, he had led…
Obituary: Vassil Kazandjiev, dead at age 91
Vassil Kazandjiev, the Bulgarian composer, died on July 28, 2026, aged 91. Born in Ruse in 1934, he studied at the National Academy of Music and built a career in…
Death of Ray Gómez at age 73
Ray Gómez, the Spanish guitarist known for his work with the Pop-Tops, died on July 28, 2026, aged 73. Born in Casablanca in 1953, he began playing piano at age…
Kavinsky dies at age 50
Kavinsky, the French musician and DJ best known for the songs “Nightcall” and “Odd Look,” died on July 28, 2026, aged 50. Born Vincent Belorgey in Paris in 1975, he…
Konrad Beikircher passed away at age 80
Konrad Beikircher, the German cabaret artist, musician and author, died on July 28, 2026, aged 80. Born Konrad Johann Aloysia Beikircher in Bruneck, South Tyrol, he built a career that…
Geraldine Bey dies at age 91
Geraldine Bey, the American jazz singer and concert organiser associated with the Chicago Jazz Festival, died on July 28, 2026, aged 91. Performing as Geraldine Bey de Haas, she began…
Frank Tusa, died aged 79
Frank Tusa, an American bassist and composer, died on July 26, 2026, aged 79. Born in New York City on April 1, 1947, he became known as a jazz double-bassist,…
Milan Knížák passed away at age 86
Milan Knížák, the Czech artist, musician and performer who led the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and later directed the National Gallery Prague, died on July 26, 2026. Born…
Joel Cohen dead at age 84
Joel Cohen, an American musician and lutenist who specialized in early music, died on July 26, 2026, aged 84. He was associated for decades with the Boston Camerata, serving as…
Obituary: Leonid Margolin, dead at age 68
Leonid Margolin, a Russian musician, died on July 25, 2026, aged 68. Born on September 5, 1957, in Zhytkavichy, he was a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter whose career spanned…
Bill Oddie dead at age 85
Bill Oddie, the English wildlife presenter and comedian best known for Springwatch, Birding with Bill Oddie and his work with The Goodies, died on July 25, 2026, aged 85. Born…
Death of Marie-Paule Belle at age 80
Marie-Paule Belle, the French singer and pianist known for "La Parisienne," died on July 25, 2026, in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She was 80. Born on January 25, 1946, in Pont-Sainte-Maxence, she began…
Mary de Rachewiltz obituary: died at age 101
Mary de Rachewiltz, the Italian-American writer and poet known for her memoir Discretions, died on July 24, 2026. She was 101. Born Maria Rudge in Brixen, Italy, on July 9,…
Death of Loren Nerell at age 65
Loren Nerell, an American composer and performer of ambient music and Balinese gamelan, died on July 24, 2026. He was 65. Born in Long Beach, California, on November 30, 1960,…
Lou Koller death at age 59
Lou Koller, the American punk rock singer and founding vocalist of Sick of It All, died on July 24, 2026, at age 59. Born in Queens in 1967, he emerged…
Hope Clarke passes away at age 85
Hope Clarke, an American actress, dancer, vocalist, choreographer and director, died on July 23, 2026, aged 85. Born in Washington, D.C., she built a long career on stage and screen…
William Orbit dies at 69
William Orbit, the English musician, DJ and record producer known professionally under that name, died on July 23, 2026, aged 69. Born William Mark Wainwright in London on December 15,…
Asteryth Sloane dies at 26
Asteryth Sloane, a British composer of contemporary classical music and poet, died on July 23, 2026, at the age of 26. Born in 2000 and also known as Alexia Sloane…
Bill McGlaughlin died at age 82
Bill McGlaughlin, the American composer and radio host who led the public radio programs Exploring Music and Saint Paul Sunday, died on July 22, 2026. He was 82. Born William…
Luís Represas dies at 69
Luís Represas, the Portuguese singer and composer born Luís Paulo Fontes Represas, died on July 22, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Lisbon on November 24, 1956, he…
Shir-Mohammad Espandar died at age 98
Shir-Mohammad Espandar, an Iranian musician known for his mastery of the donali, died on July 22, 2026. Born in 1927 in Bampur, Balochistan, he was an Iranian Baloch musician whose…
Mary Linda passed away at age 90
Mary Linda, the Greek singer known for her folk-pop recordings, died on July 22, 2026, at age 90. Born Maria Dimitropoulou in Pyrgos in 1935, she later moved with her…
Oliver Jones died at age 91
Oliver Jones, the Canadian jazz pianist, died on July 22, 2026. Born Oliver Theophilus Jones in Montreal on September 11, 1934, he built a long career as a pianist, organist,…
Brian Doerksen death at age 60
Brian Doerksen, the Canadian Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader from Abbotsford, British Columbia, died on July 21, 2026. Born on January 1, 1965, Doerksen began his career in 1989 and…
Death of Olivera Katarina at age 86
Olivera Katarina, the Serbian actress and singer known for her work in I Even Met Happy Gypsies, Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment and The Dervish and Death, died…
Edward Wiley Ray obituary: died at age 99
Edward Wiley Ray, an American songwriter and record producer known professionally as Eddie Ray, died on July 21, 2026. Born on December 21, 1926, he built a career as a…
Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas dies at age 91
Héctor Ochoa Cárdenas, the Colombian musician and composer best known for the song “El Camino de la Vida,” died on July 21, 2026. He was 91. Born in Medellín in…
Tofig Mirzoyev, died aged 94
Tofig Mirzoyev, an Azerbaijani actor known for roles in films including The Last Night of Childhood, Tahmina and Nesimi, died on July 21, 2026. He was 94. Mirzoyev was born…
Claudio Strunz passed away at age 59
Claudio Strunz, an Argentine thrash metal drummer best known for his work with Hermética and Malón, died on July 20, 2026. He was 59. Born on November 11, 1966, in…
Vibert Cornwall obituary: died at age 87
Vibert Cornwall, the Vincentian jazz singer known professionally as Ray King, died on July 20, 2026. Born Vibert Edmund Cornwall in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in October 1938, he…
Obituary: Patrick Gleeson, dead at age 91
Patrick Gleeson, an American composer and musician, died on July 19, 2026, aged 91. An American musician, synthesizer pioneer, composer and producer, he helped shape electronic music through his work…
Salah Farzit dead at age 73
Salah Farzit, the Tunisian singer and composer who specialized in the use of the mezoued and was regarded as a pioneer in Tunisian popular music, died on July 18, 2026.…
Gianni Cazzola death at age 88
Gianni Cazzola, the Italian jazz drummer, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in San Giovanni in Persiceto on May 9, 1938, he became one of…
Jim Gilstrap dead at age 79
Jim Gilstrap, an American soul singer known for his work with Wonderlove, died on July 18, 2026. Born on November 10, 1946, in Pittsburg, Gilstrap built a long career as…
Tony Thorpe passes away at age 80
Tony Thorpe, the English guitarist and singer known for his work with the Rubettes, died on July 18, 2026, aged 80. He was associated with pop rock, glam rock and…
Chen Gang has died at age 91
Chen Gang, the Chinese composer best known for Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto, died on July 18, 2026. Born in Shanghai on March 10, 1935, he grew up in a musical…
Terence Donovan death at age 90
Terence Donovan, the British-Australian actor known for roles in Home and Away, Neighbours and Breaker Morant, died on July 18, 2026. Born Terence Patrick Donovan on 28 October 1935 in…
Jennifer Finch passed away at age 59
Jennifer Finch, an American musician and photographer best known as the bass player for the punk rock band L7, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 59. Born…
Robert Wiremu died at age 55
Robert Wiremu, a New Zealand composer and baritone singer, died on July 18, 2026, aged 55. Also known as Robert Spencer Wiremu, he was a music educator and choral director…
Freddy Cannon dies at age 89
Freddy Cannon, the American rock and roll singer best known for "Tallahassee Lassie" and "Palisades Park," died on July 17, 2026. Born Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr. on December 4, 1936,…
Cleveland Still dies at 91
Cleveland Still, an American singer with the doo-wop group the Dubs, died on July 17, 2026, at age 91. He was part of the vocal group formed in 1956, which…
El Ghazi obituary: died at age 84
El Ghazi died on July 16, 2026. He was an Algerian singer. Tags Musicians, 16 July 2026, El, Ghazi, July 16, July 2026
René Urtreger, died aged 92
René Urtreger, the French bebop pianist and composer, died on July 16, 2026. He was 92. Born in Paris on July 6, 1934, Urtreger became known as a jazz musician…
Death of Seputla Sebogodi at age 63
Seputla Sebogodi, the South African actor known for roles in Generations, Rhythm City and Scandal!, died on July 15, 2026. He was 63. Also known as Septula Sebogodi, he was…
Plas Johnson dies at 94
Plas Johnson, the American soul-jazz saxophonist widely known for his tenor saxophone solo on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme," died on July 15, 2026. He was 94. Born Plas…
Lee Underwood, died aged 87
Lee Underwood, an American musician and journalist who played lead guitar with Tim Buckley for much of Buckley’s career, died on July 14, 2026. Born on January 1, 1938, Underwood…
Little Gerhard passed away at age 92
Little Gerhard, the Swedish singer and rock musician born Karl-Gerhard Lundkvist, died on July 14, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Tillberga on May 17, 1934, he became…
Fantan Mojah obituary: died at age 49
Fantan Mojah, the Jamaican reggae singer born Owen Lennox Moncrieffe, died on July 14, 2026. He was 49. Born on August 5, 1976, in White Hill, St Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica,…
Mike Browning has died at age 61
Mike Browning, an American heavy metal drummer and singer, died on July 13, 2026. Born Michael George Browning on May 26, 1964, in Tampa, Florida, he began playing drums at…
Melaine Favennec passes away at age 75
Melaine Favennec, the French singer and musician known also as Mélaine Favennec, died on July 13, 2026, in Pont-l'Abbé. Born in Quimperlé in 1950, he began his musical career on…
Death of Barry Dickins at age 76
Barry Dickins, an Australian author, artist, actor, educator and journalist, died on July 13, 2026, aged 76. Born in Reservoir in Melbourne, he became known for historical dramas and for…
Dudley Laufman obituary: died at age 95
Dudley Laufman, an American contra dance caller and musician who helped spur the 20th-century revival of contra dancing, died on July 13, 2026. He was 95. Born in Newton, Massachusetts,…
Pedro Ignacio Calderón has died at age 92
Pedro Ignacio Calderón, an Argentine musician and conductor, died on July 13, 2026. Born in Paraná on December 13, 1933, he studied music from childhood and went on to a…
Death of Mary Morello at age 102
Mary Morello died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 102. An American activist and founder of Parents for Rock and Rap, she was also known as the mother…
Obituary: Vernon Taylor, dead at age 88
Vernon Taylor, an American rockabilly singer, died on July 12, 2026, at age 88. Born Walton Alderton on November 9, 1937, he grew up in a Baptist family and was…
Péter Szolnoki died at age 56
Péter Szolnoki died on July 12, 2026. He was a Hungarian singer. Tags Musicians, 12 July 2026, Hungary, Szolnoki, July 12, July 2026, Péter
Dave Hensman dies at age 63
Dave Hensman, a Canadian Christian singer-songwriter and priest, died on July 11, 2026. Born David John Hensman on August 19, 1962, in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, he was based…
Death of S. Janaki at age 88
S. Janaki, the Indian playback singer whose career began in 1957, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Sistla Sreeramamurthy Janaki on April 23, 1938, in…
Peppino di Capri passes away at age 86
Peppino di Capri died on July 11, 2026. He was 86. The Italian singer was known for songs including “Un grande amore e niente più” and “Champagne.” Tags Musicians, 11…
Robert W. Cole dead at age 95
Robert W. Cole, the American conductor, impresario and arts administrator who led Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, died on July 11, 2026, of complications from a stroke.…
Bob Farrell has died at age 77
Bob Farrell, an American Christian musician and songwriter best known for his work in the duo Farrell and Farrell, died on July 11, 2026. He was 77. Formed in 1977…
Michael Aspinall died at age 86
Michael Aspinall died on July 10, 2026. He was a British musicologist. Tags Musicians, 10 July 2026, Aspinall, Britain, Capricorn, Michael, July 10, July 2026
Calvin Hayes passes away at age 63
Calvin Hayes died on July 10, 2026. He was a British musician. Tags Musicians, 10 July 2026, Britain, Calvin, Hayes, July 10, July 2026
Mariazelle Goonetilleke has died at age 68
Mariazelle Goonetilleke died on July 10, 2026. She was a singer. Tags Musicians, 10 July 2026, Gemini, Goonetilleke, Mariazelle, July 10, July 2026
Ella Laboriel dead at age 77
Ella Laboriel died on July 8, 2026. She was a Mexican singer. Tags Musicians, 08 July 2026, Aries, Ella, Laboriel, Mexico, July 2026, July 8
Sylvie Grare dead at age 73
Sylvie Grare, a French singer, died on July 8, 2026, at the age of 73. A heavy metal vocalist, she began with classical music studies in her youth before turning…
Obituary: Martin Matoušek, dead at age 53
Martin Matoušek died on July 8, 2026. He was a Czech opera singer. Tags Musicians, 08 July 2026, Czechia, Martin, July 2026, July 8, Matoušek
Death of Rodney Franklin at age 67
Rodney Franklin died July 8, 2026. He was a musician. Tags Musicians, 08 July 2026, Franklin, Rodney, Virgo, July 2026, July 8
Bonnie Tyler dies at 75
Bonnie Tyler died on July 8, 2026. She was a singer. Tags Musicians, 08 July 2026, Bonnie, Faro, Gemini, Tyler, July 2026, July 8
Megas, died aged 81
Megas died on July 7, 2026. He was a singer-songwriter. Tags Musicians, 07 July 2026, Aries, Megas, July 2026, July 7
Lauren Bennett has died at age 37
Lauren Bennett died on July 6, 2026. She was an English singer. Tags Musicians, 06 July 2026, Bennett, Cancer, England, Lauren, July 2026, July 6
Kevin Chown obituary: died at age 56
Kevin Chown died on July 6, 2026. He was an American bass guitarist. Tags Musicians, 06 July 2026, America, Capricorn, Chown, Kevin, July 2026, July 6
Rahel Yohannes death at age 79
Rahel Yohannes, the Ethiopian singer and musician whose work helped define contemporary tizita, died on July 5, 2026. She was 79. Born in Addis Ababa on May 5, 1947, Yohannes…
John Dymond dies at 81
John Dymond, known as "Beaky," died on July 5, 2026. He was an English musician. Tags Musicians, 05 July 2026, Dymond, England, John, July 2026, July 5
Teejan Bai dies at age 69
Teejan Bai died on July 5, 2026. She was a Pandavani folk singer. Tags Musicians, 05 July 2026, Bai, Leo, Teejan, July 2026, July 5
Christian Moran died at age 42
Christian Moran died on July 5, 2026. He was an English-Korean drummer. Tags Musicians, 05 July 2026, Christian, England, Moran, July 2026, July 5
Death of Sparky D at age 61
Sparky D died on July 4, 2026. She was an American rapper. Tags Musicians, 04 July 2026, America, Gemini, Sparky, D, July 2026, July 4
Lothar Voigtländer, died aged 82
Lothar Voigtländer died on July 4, 2026. He was a German composer. Tags Musicians, 04 July 2026, Berlin, Germany, Lothar, Virgo, July 2026, July 4, Voigtländer
Death of Tommy Hunter at age 89
Tommy Hunter died on July 2, 2026. He was a singer. Tags Musicians, 02 July 2026, Hunter, Pisces, Tommy, July 2, July 2026
Hikaru Kurosaki passes away at age 64
Hikaru Kurosaki died on July 2, 2026. He was a Japanese actor and stunt performer. Born on January 31, 1962, in Osaka Prefecture, Kurosaki also worked as a singer. He…
Brian Potter died at age 86
Brian Potter, a British-born American songwriter and record producer, died on July 1, 2026. Born on January 1, 1939, he worked in pop music as a songwriter and record producer.…
Joe Melson died at age 91
Joe Melson, the American singer and songwriter known for his collaborations with Roy Orbison, died on July 1, 2026. Born in Bonham, Texas, on May 11, 1935, he helped write…
Shaun Glass died at age 57
Shaun Glass died July 1, 2026. Tags Musicians, 01 July 2026, America, Glass, Shaun, July 1, July 2026
Mykola Yanchenko obituary: died at age 66
Mykola Yanchenko died on July 1, 2026. Tags Musicians, 01 July 2026, Mykola, Sagittarius, Ukraine, Yanchenko, July 1, July 2026
Daniel Melingo passes away at age 68
Daniel Melingo died on June 30, 2026, at the age of 69. He was an Argentine singer, clarinetist, guitarist, saxophonist, composer and musician from Buenos Aires. Melingo was known for…
Jaroslav Foltýn died at age 90
Jaroslav Foltýn died on June 30, 2026. He was a Czech violinist. Tags Musicians, 30 June 2026, Czechia, Jaroslav, Foltýn, June 2026, June 30
Death of Gergely Molnár at age 76
Gergely Molnár died on June 30, 2026. He was a Hungarian musician. Tags Musicians, 30 June 2026, Gergely, Hungary, June 2026, June 30, Molnár
Victor Willis death at age 74
Victor Willis died on June 30, 2026. Tags Musicians, 30 June 2026, America, Cancer, Victor, Willis, June 2026, June 30
Antoinette Miggiani obituary: died at age 88
Antoinette Miggiani, the Maltese operatic soprano and singing teacher, died on June 29, 2026, at age 88. Born on September 5, 1937, in Sliema, Malta, she studied piano and voice…
Karel Pexidr passed away at age 96
Karel Pexidr died on June 29, 2026. He was a Czech writer, lawyer, philosopher and composer of classical music. Born on November 4, 1929, Pexidr was known for his work…
Faniya Suleymanova dies at age 87
Faniya Suleymanova died on June 29, 2026. She was a Soviet and Russian singer and journalist. Born on February 18, 1939, she studied at the Ufa State Institute of Arts.…
Ervin László dies at age 94
Ervin László, the Hungarian-born American philosopher and writer, died on June 29, 2026, at age 94. Born in Budapest on May 12, 1932, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy…
Phyllis Kinney dies at age 103
Phyllis Kinney, an American-born Welsh singer, musicologist and author, died on June 29, 2026, at the age of 103. Born in Pontiac, Michigan, on July 4, 1922, she studied at…
Dadi Yudistira died at age 46
Dadi Yudistira died on June 29, 2026. Tags Musicians, 29 June 2026, Dadi, Indonesia, Yudistira, June 2026, June 29
Ali Ideflawen has died at age 69
Ali Ideflawen died on June 28, 2026. He was an Algerian singer and musician. Tags Musicians, 28 June 2026, Ali, Ideflawen, June 2026, June 28
Ali Ideflawen has died at age 69
Ali Ideflawen died on June 28, 2026. Tags Musicians, 28 June 2026, Ali, Ideflawen, June 2026, June 28
Vlado Janevski, died aged 65
Vlado Janevski, the Macedonian singer who represented North Macedonia in its first Eurovision appearance, died on June 28, 2026, at the age of 65. Born Vladimir Janevski on November 27,…