Deaths Famous Dead Musicians
Zurab Sotkilava
Georgian-Russian football player (Dinamo Tbilisi) and opera singer (People's Artist of the USSR) · 18 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 18
Laudir de Oliveira
Brazilian musician and producer · 17 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 17 · Oliveira
Brenda Lewis
American operatic soprano and theatre actress · 17 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 17
Alla Tarán
Ukrainian violinist and teacher · 14 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 14
Jessi Zazu
American musician (Those Darlins) · 13 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 13
Siegfried Köhler
German conductor (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden · 12 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 12
Riem de Wolff
Dutch-Indonesian singer (The Blue Diamonds) · 12 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 12 · Wolff
Virgil Howe
British drummer (Little Barrie) · 12 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 12
Michael Friedman
American composer and lyricist (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) · 10 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 10
Josh Schwartz (musician)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Beachwood Sparks · 09 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 9 · (musician)
Troy Gentry
American country music singer (Montgomery Gentry) · 08 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 8
Don Williams
American Hall of Fame singer and songwriter · 08 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 8
Rick Stevens
American R&B singer (Tower of Power) · 06 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 6
Earl Lindo
Jamaican reggae musician · 05 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 5
Hedley Jones
Jamaican musician · 04 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 4
Dave Hlubek
American musician (Molly Hatchet) · 03 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 3
Halim El-Dabh
Egyptian composer and ethnomusicologist · 03 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 3
Walter Becker
American musician (Steely Dan) · 03 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 3
Larry Marshall
Jamaican ska musician (Larry & Alvin) · 03 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 3
Pete Kuykendall
American bluegrass musician · 03 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 3
Novella Nelson
American actress and singer (A Perfect Murder) · 02 September 2017 · September 2017 · September 2
Larry Elgart
American jazz bandleader · 31 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 31
Janne “Loffe” Carlsson
Swedish actor and musician (drums) · 31 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 31 · Carlsson
Winston Samuels
Jamaican ska musician (The Aces) · 31 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 31
L. N. Shastri
Indian playback singer · 30 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 30 · Shastri
Melissa Bell
British singer (Soul II Soul) · 29 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 29
Wilson das Neves
Brazilian percussionist and singer · 27 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 27 · Neves
Margot Hielscher
German singer and film actress · 22 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 22
Nati Mistral
Spanish actress and singer (Currito of the Cross · 20 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 20
Sonny Burgess
American country music singer · 19 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 19
Robert Yancy
American musician and son of Natalie Cole · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18
Max Roach
American jazz drummer · 18 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 18
Bruno Canfora
Italian jazz composer · 14 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 14
Ivo Pavlík
Czech composer and musician · 13 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 13 · Pavlik
Janet Seidel
Australian cabaret singer · 10 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 10
Marián Varga
Slovak musician · 09 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 9 · Marian
Barbara Cook
American singer and actress (The Music Man) · 08 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 8
Skapti Ólafsson
Icelandic rock and jazz musician · 07 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 7
Jessy Serrata
American Tejano musician · 06 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 6
Daniel Licht
American film composer and musician · 04 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 4
Peter Principle Dachert
American bassist (Tuxedomoon) · 04 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 4 · Dachert
Raiman Rai
Nepalese musician · 04 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 4
Goldy McJohn
Canadian keyboardist (Steppenwolf) · 03 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 3
Chuck Loeb
Americasn jazz guitarist · 01 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 1
H. Sayeeduddin Dagar
Indian classical singer of Dhrupad · 31 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 31 · Dagar
Michael Johnson
American singer ("Bluer Than Blue") · 27 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 27
Zoi Fitoussi
Greek actress and singer · 27 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 27
Abby Nicole
American country singer · 25 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 25
Thomas Füri
Swiss violinist (I Salonisti) · 24 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 24
Paapa Yankson
Ghanaian highlife musician · 24 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 24
Jan Stulen
Dutch conductor (Residentie Orchestra · 23 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 23
Bobby Taylor
Canadian soul singer (Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers) · 23 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 23