Deaths Famous Dead Musicians
Nobesuthu Mbadu
South African mbaqanga singer · 30 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 30
Lee Williams
American gospel singer · 29 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 29
Robert Cogan
American music theorist and composer · 29 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 29
Ron Bushy
American drummer (Iron Butterfly). · 28 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 28
Lee Scratch Perry
Jamaican reggae musician · 28 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 28 · Perry
Sam Salter
American R&B singer. · 28 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 28
Teresa Żylis-Gara
Polish operatic soprano · 27 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 27
Gary Lee Yoder
American musician (The Oxford Circle · 27 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 27 · Yoder
Radek Pobořil
Czech musician (Čechomor) · 26 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 26 · Czech
Marcus Birks
Italian-British Eurodance musician (Cappella) · 26 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 26
JB Tuhure
Nepali singer and Member of Parliament (MP) · 25 August 2021 · August 2021 · Politicians · August 25 · J.B.
Bob Fish
British singer (Darts) · 25 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 25
Subhankar Banerjee
Indian musician and tabla player of the Farukhabad tradition · 25 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 25
Fritz McIntyre
British keyboardist (Simply Red) · 23 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 23
Charlie Watts
English drummer (The Rolling Stones) · 23 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 23
Gary “Chicken” Hirsh
American drummer (Country Joe and the Fish) · 22 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 22 · Hirsh
Brian Travers
British musician (UB40) · 22 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 22
Olli Wisdom
British trance musician (Specimen) · 22 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 22
Eric Wagner
American heavy metal singer (Trouble) · 22 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 22 · Éric
Ian Carey
American house DJ ("Get Shaky" · 20 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 20 · Musicians
Peter Ind
British jazz double bassist and record producer · 20 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 20
Tom T. Hall
American singer-songwriter ("Harper Valley PTA" · 20 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 20 · Hall
Larry Harlow
American salsa musician and composer · 19 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 19
Roy Gaines
American blues guitarist · 16 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 16
Hormoz Farhat
Persian-American composer · 16 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 16
Vladimir Mendelssohn
Romanian composer and violist · 15 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 15
Ronnell Bright
American jazz pianist · 15 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 15
Baba Zumbi
American rapper (Zion I) · 15 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 15
Charli Britton
Welsh drummer (John ac Alun) · 14 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 14 · Welsh
Jagjit Kaur
Indian playback singer (Shagoon). · 14 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 14
Louie Knuxx
New Zealand hip hop musician · 13 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 13
Jerry Fujio
Japanese singer and actor (Yojimbo · 13 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 13
Pil Trafa
Argentine singer and composer (Los Violadores) · 13 August 2021 · August 2021 · Argentine · August 13
Nanci Griffith
American singer-songwriter ("Love at the Five and Dime" · 12 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 12
Stephen Wilkinson
English choral conductor and composer · 10 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 10
Chucky Thompson
American record producer (Bad Boy Records) · 08 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 8
Pierre Sprey
French-born American defence analyst (Fighter Mafia) and record producer · 08 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 8 · French
Jo Jo Bennett
Canadian musician (Sattalites) · 06 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 6 · Bennett
Doris Willens
American folk singer-songwriter (The Baby Sitters) and journalist · 05 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 5
Razzy Bailey
American country musician · 04 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 4
Anders Pettersson
Swedish musician (Lasse Stefanz) · 04 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 4
Kelli Hand
American musician and professional DJ · 03 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 3
Lyutsiya Tulesheva
Kazakh singer and pianist · 03 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 3
Al Rappa
American bassist (Bill Haley & His Comets) · 02 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 2
Paul Cotton
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco) · 02 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 2
Kalyani Menon
Indian playback singer (Nallathoru Kudumbam · 01 August 2021 · August 2021 · August 1
Charles Connor
American drummer (Little Richard) · 31 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 31
Gino Renni
Italian actor and singer · 31 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 31
Zentaro Watanabe
Japanese musician and music producer · 31 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 31
Jacob Desvarieux
French singer (Kassav') · 30 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 30 · French
Joe Cassidy
Irish singer-songwriter (Butterfly Child) · 29 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 29
Shahram Kashani
Iranian pop singer · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27
Johnny Ventura
Dominican musician · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27
Shahrum Kashani
Iranian pop singer · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27
Giuseppe Giacomini
Italian operatic tenor · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27
Willie Winfield
American singer (The Harptones) · 27 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 27
Joey Jordison
American musician (Slipknot · 26 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 26
Gianni Nazzaro
Italian singer and actor · 26 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 26
Pavel Pelc
Czech bass guitarist and vocalist (Progres 2) · 26 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 26 · Czech
Rita Brantalou
French actor and musician (Au Bonheur des Dames) · 26 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 26 · French
John Hutchinson
British guitarist (David Bowie) · 25 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 25
John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
British guitarist (David Bowie) · 25 July 2021 · Hutchinson · July 2021 · July 25
Claudio Valdés
Chilean singer · 25 July 2021 · July 2021 · Cláudio · July 25 · Valdes
Samad Samadov
Azerbaijani singer · 23 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 23
Ho-Kau Chan
Chinese Cantonese opera singer and actress · 22 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 22