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…
Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
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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,…
Mignon Dunn passed away at age 98
Mignon Dunn, an American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher, died on June 28, 2026. She was 98. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she grew up in Tyronza, Arkansas and Memphis. Dunn studied…
Teruki Gotō obituary: died at age 43
Teruki Gotō, a Japanese musician and political activist, died on June 28, 2026. He was 43. Born on December 8, 1982, in Kunitachi, he was also known as a perennial…
Thomas Fey obituary: died at age 65
Thomas Fey, a German orchestral conductor, died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 65, following complications from a brain injury. Born on November 9, 1960, he studied music…
K. Bhagyaraj has died at age 73
K. Bhagyaraj, the Indian film director and actor known for Andha 7 Naatkal and Mundhanai Mudichu, died on June 27, 2026. He was 73. Bhagyaraj, born Krishnaswamy Bhagyaraj on January…
Raisa Mkrtchyan dead at age 84
Raisa Mkrtchyan died on June 27, 2026. She was an Armenian singer. Tags Musicians, 27 June 2026, Mkrtchyan, Pisces, Raisa, Yerevan, June 2026, June 27
Günter Lenz has died at age 87
Günter Lenz, the German jazz bassist and composer, died on June 26, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Frankfurt am Main on 25 July 1938, he began as…
Obituary: Adrian Jack, dead at age 83
Adrian Jack died on June 26, 2026. He was a British composer. Tags Musicians, 26 June 2026, Adrian, Britain, Jack, Pisces, June 2026, June 26
Oshim Ottawa dead
Oshim Ottawa, a Canadian actor and musician from Manawan, Quebec, died on June 25, 2026. He was best known for his role as Philippe Flamand in the 2023 film Atikamekw…
Onai Quiñonez passes away at age 32
Onai Quiñonez, a Venezuelan painter and cellist, died on June 24, 2026. He was born in Tovar, Mérida, in 1993 and studied cello at the Cátedra Latinoamericana de Violonchelo. Quiñonez…
Shapour Rahimi dies at age 78
Shapour Rahimi died on June 24, 2026. No cause of death was stated. Tags Musicians, 24 June 2026, Iran, Rahimi, Shapour, June 2026, June 24
Tullio Možina died at age 91
Tullio Možina died on June 24, 2026. Tags Musicians, 24 June 2026, Italy, Tullio, June 2026, June 24, Možina
Harold Wheeler died at age 82
Harold Wheeler, an American orchestrator and composer, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 82. Born William Harold Wheeler Jr. in St. Louis on July 14, 1943, he…
Manuel van Der Dijs dead
Manuel van Der Dijs, singer with the Venezuelan band Van Der Dijs, died on June 24, 2026. Also known as VDD, the group was formed in Caracas in 2024 and…
Abraham Foucault dead
Abraham Foucault, drummer for the Venezuelan band Van Der Dijs, died on June 24, 2026. He performed with the Caracas group, also known as VDD, during its brief run from…
Gabriel Gómez dead
Gabriel Gómez, guitarist for the Venezuelan band Van Der Dijs, died on June 24, 2026. He was identified with the nu metal, rap rock and alternative rock group, also known…
Xander Hernández dead
Xander Hernández, bassist for the Venezuelan band Van Der Dijs, died on June 24, 2026. He played with the group, also known as VDD, during its active years from 2024…
Obituary: David Clayton-Thomas, dead at age 84
David Clayton-Thomas, the British-Canadian singer best known as the lead vocalist of Blood, Sweat & Tears, died on June 24, 2026, at age 84. Born David Henry Thomsett on September…
Manuel van Der Dijs dead
Manuel van Der Dijs, a singer known professionally as VDD, died on June 24, 2026. Associated with a Venezuelan nu metal, rap rock and alternative rock band formed in Caracas…
Azar Azima obituary: died at age 98
Azar Azima died on June 23, 2026. Tags Musicians, 23 June 2026, Azar, Azima, Iran, June 2026, June 23
Jani Wickholm dead at age 48
Jani Wickholm, a Finnish singer and politician who finished second in the 2004 Finnish Idols competition, died on June 23, 2026. He was 48. Born in Kerava on September 20,…
Erie Mills has died at age 73
Erie Mills, an American operatic soprano and voice teacher, died on June 23, 2026, at age 73. Born in Granite City, Illinois, on June 22, 1953, she developed an early…
Azar Azima obituary: died at age 98
Azar Azima, an Iranian singer, died on June 23, 2026. She was 98. Born in Isfahan in 1927, Azima began collaborating with radio in 1955 and sang one of her…
Mikhail Nozhkin has died at age 89
Mikhail Nozhkin died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 89. He was a Russian actor and poet, as well as a songwriter, composer, lyricist and author. Born in…
Bruce Tull dead at age 71
Bruce Tull died on June 22, 2026. Tags Musicians, 22 June 2026, America, Bruce, Tull, June 2026, June 22
Clive Davis dies at age 94
Clive Davis, the American Hall of Fame music executive and record producer who founded Arista Records, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Clive Jay Davis…
Guesch Patti passed away at age 80
Guesch Patti, the French singer best known for “Étienne,” died on June 22, 2026. She was 80. Born Patricia Porrasse on March 16, 1946, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, she built a career…
Noël Deschamps death at age 83
Noël Deschamps, a French singer, died on June 21, 2026, in Châteauroux, France, one day before his 84th birthday. Born on June 22, 1942, in Villefranche-sur-Saône, then in German-occupied France,…