Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Graeme Allwright
New Zealand born French singer and song writerDied on Sunday February 16th 2020
Mike Lilly
American banjo player & singerDied on Sunday February 16th 2020
Prince Kudakwashe Musarurwa
Zimbabwean singer-songwriterDied on Saturday February 15th 2020
Darryl Braxton
Trinidadian music producer (Bunji GarlinDied on Saturday February 15th 2020
Sorrel Hays
American pianist and composerDied on Friday February 14th 2020
Jacob Thiele
American rock keyboardist (The Faint)Died on Friday February 14th 2020
Reinbert de Leeuw
Dutch conductorDied on Friday February 14th 2020
Sonam Sherpa
Indian guitarist (Parikrama)Died on Friday February 14th 2020
Lynn Evans
American singer (The Chordettes)Died on Thursday February 13th 2020
Paul English
American drummer (Willie Nelson)Died on Wednesday February 12th 2020
Victor Olaiya
Nigerian musicianDied on Wednesday February 12th 2020
Joseph Shabalala
South African musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)Died on Tuesday February 11th 2020
Mirella Freni
Italian sopranoDied on Sunday February 9th 2020
Abdel Aziz El Mubarak
Sudanese singerDied on Sunday February 9th 2020
Margareta Hallin
Swedish opera singerDied on Sunday February 9th 2020
Sergei Slonimsky
Russian and Soviet composerDied on Sunday February 9th 2020
Romuald Lipko
Polish composer and multiinstrumentalistDied on Friday February 7th 2020
Nexhmije Pagarusha
Albanian singer and actressDied on Friday February 7th 2020
Nello Santi
Italian conductorDied on Thursday February 6th 2020
Diego Farias
American metal guitarist (Volumes)Died on Thursday February 6th 2020
Ola Magnell
Swedish musicianDied on Thursday February 6th 2020
Buddy Cage
American pedal steel guitarist (New Riders of the Purple Sage)Died on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Volker David Kirchner
German violist and composerDied on Wednesday February 5th 2020
Ljiljana Petrović
Serbian and former Yugoslav singerDied on Tuesday February 4th 2020
Viktor Afanasyev
Russian military musicianDied on Tuesday February 4th 2020
Andrew Brough
New Zealand musician and songwriter (Straitjacket Fits)Died on Tuesday February 4th 2020
Harold Beane
American guitarist (Isaac HayesDied on Sunday February 2nd 2020
Peter Serkin
American classical pianistDied on Sunday February 2nd 2020
Vidmantas Bartulis
Lithuanian composerDied on Saturday February 1st 2020
Herbert Baumann
German composerDied on Thursday January 30th 2020
Rachelle Delarosa
British musical singerDied on Thursday January 30th 2020
Nedda Casei
American operatic mezzo-sopranoDied on Thursday January 30th 2020
Othmar Mága
German conductorDied on Thursday January 30th 2020
Natasha Stuart
Australian rock singer (Michael BoltonDied on Thursday January 30th 2020
Toni Smith
American R&B singer ("Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)"). Died on Wednesday January 29th 2020
Antonia Apodaca
American musician and songwriterDied on Wednesday January 29th 2020
Tonni Smith
American R&B singer ("Funkin' for Jamaica"). Died on Wednesday January 29th 2020
Alberto Naranjo
Venezuelan musicianDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Reed Mullin
American rock drummer (Corrosion of ConformityDied on Tuesday January 28th 2020
Norman Amadio
Canadian jazz pianist and bandleaderDied on Sunday January 26th 2020
Norm Amadio
Canadian jazz pianist and bandleaderDied on Sunday January 26th 2020
Bob Gullotti
American jazz drummer (Surrender to the Air) and music professor (Berklee College of Music)Died on Sunday January 26th 2020
Nusrat Badr
Indian lyricist ("Dola Re Dola")Died on Saturday January 25th 2020
Calder Prescott
New Zealand jazz musician and broadcaster (Otago Access Radio)Died on Friday January 24th 2020
Franz Mazura
Austrian operatic bass-baritoneDied on Friday January 24th 2020
Guy Thomas
Belgian-born French songwriterDied on Thursday January 23rd 2020
Barry Mayger
British musician (Chicory Tip)Died on Wednesday January 22nd 2020
Meritxell Negre
Spanish singer (Peaches and Herb)Died on Wednesday January 22nd 2020
Robert Parker
American R&B singer ("Barefootin'")Died on Monday January 20th 2020
Dan Andrei Aldea
Romanian rock musician (Sfinx)Died on Sunday January 19th 2020
Sunanda Patnaik
Indian classical singerDied on Sunday January 19th 2020
Jo Heng
Singaporean lyricistDied on Sunday January 19th 2020
Dennis Garcia
Filipino rock bassist (Hotdog)Died on Sunday January 19th 2020
Michael Allison
American composer and musicianDied on Saturday January 18th 2020
Puerto Plata
Dominican musicianDied on Friday January 17th 2020
R Sathyanarayana
Indian musicologistDied on Friday January 17th 2020
Barry Tuckwell
Australian horn player and conductorDied on Friday January 17th 2020
Maxim Golovin
Russian film composer (SavagesDied on Friday January 17th 2020
Chris Darrow
American musician (Nitty Gritty Dirt BandDied on Friday January 17th 2020
Bruno Nettl
Czech-born American ethnomusicologist and musicologistDied on Thursday January 16th 2020
Steve Martin Caro
American singer (The Left Banke)Died on Wednesday January 15th 2020
Chamin Correa
Mexican guitaristDied on Wednesday January 15th 2020
Hylda Sims
English folk musician and poetDied on Wednesday January 15th 2020
Alana Filippi
French singer and songwriterDied on Wednesday January 15th 2020
Naděžda Kniplová
Czech operatic sopranoDied on Tuesday January 14th 2020
Ana Lucrecia Taglioretti
Paraguayan violinistDied on Monday January 13th 2020
Joan Benson
American keyboard playerDied on Monday January 13th 2020
Petar Introvič
Czech blues singer (Bluesberry)Died on Saturday January 11th 2020
Bobby Comstock
American pop singerDied on Friday January 10th 2020
Wolfgang Dauner
German jazz fusion pianistDied on Friday January 10th 2020
Neil Peart
Canadian rock drummer and lyricist (Rush)Died on Friday January 10th 2020
Tom Alexander
Scottish musician (The Alexander Brothers)Died on Friday January 10th 2020
5th Ward Weebie
American rapperDied on Friday January 10th 2020
Martin Griffin
English rock drummer (HawkwindDied on Wednesday January 8th 2020
Junko Hirotani
Japanese singerDied on Tuesday January 7th 2020
Emanuel Borok
Soviet-born American violinist (Boston Symphony OrchestraDied on Monday January 6th 2020
Lorraine Chandler
American singer and songwriterDied on Monday January 6th 2020
Tommy Hancock
American musicianDied on Thursday January 2nd 2020
Jaap Schröder
Dutch violinist and conductorDied on Thursday January 2nd 2020
Marty Grebb
American keyboardist (The BandDied on Thursday January 2nd 2020
Lexii Alijai
American rapperDied on Thursday January 2nd 2020
Norma Tanega
American singer-songwriter/painter/experimental musicianDied on Monday December 30th 2019
Arlindo Júnior
Brazilian musician (Parintins Folklore Festival)Died on Monday December 30th 2019
Amy Patterson
Argentine composerDied on Sunday December 29th 2019