Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Donald Mitchell
British musicologist
Died on Wednesday October 4th 2017
Klaus Huber
Swiss composer and academic teacher
Died on Tuesday October 3rd 2017
Azra Kolaković
Bosnian singer
Died on Monday October 2nd 2017
Donna Ares
Bosnian singer
Died on Monday October 2nd 2017
Elaine Hoffman Watts
American drummer
Died on Sunday October 1st 2017
Gérard Palaprat
French singer
Died on Saturday September 30th 2017
Dmitry Smolsky
Belarusian composer
Died on Friday September 29th 2017
CeDell Davis
American blues musician
Died on Thursday September 28th 2017
Joy Fleming
German singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1975)
Died on Thursday September 28th 2017
Hiromi Hayakawa
Mexican actress and singer
Died on Wednesday September 27th 2017
Folke Rabe
Swedish composer
Died on Wednesday September 27th 2017
Frank Capp
American jazz drummer
Died on Wednesday September 27th 2017
Guy Villari
American singer (The Regents)
Died on Tuesday September 26th 2017
Caesar Giovannini
American composer and pianist
Died on Tuesday September 26th 2017
Johnny Burke
Canadian country singer
Died on Sunday September 24th 2017
Corrosion of Conformity
American singer (Corrosion of Conformity)
Died on Sunday September 24th 2017
Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov
Russian opera singer
Died on Sunday September 24th 2017
Ammon Tharp
American drummer and singer (Bill Deal and the Rhondels)
Died on Sunday September 24th 2017
Tsisana Tatishvili
Georgian opera singer
Died on Saturday September 23rd 2017
Eric Eycke
American singer (Corrosion of Conformity)
Died on Saturday September 23rd 2017
Charles Bradley
American singer
Died on Saturday September 23rd 2017
André Van den Meersschaut
Belgian singer and guitarist (The Cousins)
Died on Friday September 22nd 2017
Cees Bergman
Dutch singer and music producer
Died on Friday September 22nd 2017
Mark Selby
American musician
Died on Thursday September 21st 2017
Rosa Judge
Maltese musician
Died on Wednesday September 20th 2017
Johnny Sandlin
American record producer
Died on Tuesday September 19th 2017
Da Real Gee Money
American rapper
Died on Monday September 18th 2017
Zurab Sotkilava
Georgian-Russian football player (Dinamo Tbilisi) and opera singer (People's Artist of the USSR)
Died on Monday September 18th 2017
Laudir de Oliveira
Brazilian musician and producer
Died on Sunday September 17th 2017
Brenda Lewis
American operatic soprano and theatre actress
Died on Sunday September 17th 2017
Grant Hart
American singer
Died on Thursday September 14th 2017
Alla Tarán
Ukrainian violinist and teacher
Died on Thursday September 14th 2017
Jessi Zazu
American musician (Those Darlins)
Died on Wednesday September 13th 2017
Siegfried Köhler
German conductor (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Died on Tuesday September 12th 2017
Riem de Wolff
Dutch-Indonesian singer (The Blue Diamonds)
Died on Tuesday September 12th 2017
Virgil Howe
British drummer (Little Barrie)
Died on Tuesday September 12th 2017
Michael Friedman
American composer and lyricist (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson)
Died on Sunday September 10th 2017
Josh Schwartz
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Beachwood Sparks
Died on Saturday September 9th 2017
Derek Bourgeois
English composer
Died on Friday September 8th 2017
Troy Gentry
American country music singer (Montgomery Gentry)
Died on Friday September 8th 2017
Don Williams
American Hall of Fame singer and songwriter
Died on Friday September 8th 2017
Leo Cuypers
Dutch jazz pianist
Died on Wednesday September 6th 2017
Rick Stevens
American R&B singer (Tower of Power)
Died on Wednesday September 6th 2017
Holger Czukay
German musician
Died on Tuesday September 5th 2017
Earl Lindo
Jamaican reggae musician
Died on Tuesday September 5th 2017
John Byrne Cooke
American author and musician
Died on Monday September 4th 2017
Hedley Jones
Jamaican musician
Died on Monday September 4th 2017
Dave Hlubek
American musician (Molly Hatchet)
Died on Sunday September 3rd 2017
Halim El-Dabh
Egyptian composer and ethnomusicologist
Died on Sunday September 3rd 2017
Walter Becker
American musician (Steely Dan)
Died on Sunday September 3rd 2017
Larry Marshall
Jamaican ska musician (Larry & Alvin)
Died on Sunday September 3rd 2017
Pete Kuykendall
American bluegrass musician
Died on Sunday September 3rd 2017
Novella Nelson
American actress and singer (A Perfect Murder)
Died on Saturday September 2nd 2017
Larry Elgart
American jazz bandleader
Died on Thursday August 31st 2017
Tormod MacGill-Eain
Scottish comedian and singer
Died on Thursday August 31st 2017
Seija Simola
Finnish singer
Died on Thursday August 31st 2017
Janne “Loffe” Carlsson
Swedish actor and musician (drums)
Died on Thursday August 31st 2017
Winston Samuels
Jamaican ska musician (The Aces)
Died on Thursday August 31st 2017
Skip Prokop
Canadian drummer
Died on Wednesday August 30th 2017
L. N. Shastri
Indian playback singer
Died on Wednesday August 30th 2017
Abdul Jabbar
Bangladeshi singer
Died on Wednesday August 30th 2017
Melissa Bell
British singer (Soul II Soul)
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2017
Denis Richard
Canadian singer
Died on Monday August 28th 2017
René Tuček
Czech opera singer and educator
Died on Monday August 28th 2017
Wilson das Neves
Brazilian percussionist and singer
Died on Sunday August 27th 2017
Aloys Kontarsky
German pianist
Died on Thursday August 24th 2017
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Margot Hielscher
German singer and film actress
Died on Tuesday August 22nd 2017
Wilhelm Killmayer
German composer
Died on Monday August 21st 2017
Fredell Lack
American violinist
Died on Monday August 21st 2017
Concha Valdés Miranda
Cuban composer
Died on Sunday August 20th 2017
Nati Mistral
Spanish actress and singer (Currito of the Cross
Died on Sunday August 20th 2017
Sonny Burgess
American country music singer
Died on Saturday August 19th 2017
Zhu Jian’er
Chinese composer
Died on Saturday August 19th 2017
Robert Yancy
American musician and son of Natalie Cole
Died on Friday August 18th 2017
Arthur Boyars
British poet and musicologist
Died on Thursday August 17th 2017
Andrzej Blumenfeld
Polish actor (The Pianist
Died on Wednesday August 16th 2017
Durga Fuckendale
American singer-songwriter
Died on Wednesday August 16th 2017
Pavel Egorov
Russian pianist
Died on Wednesday August 16th 2017
Benard Ighner
American musician and songwriter
Died on Wednesday August 16th 2017
Bruno Canfora
Italian jazz composer
Died on Monday August 14th 2017
Ivo Pavlík
Czech composer and musician
Died on Sunday August 13th 2017
Segun Bucknor
Nigerian musician
Died on Saturday August 12th 2017
Janet Seidel
Australian cabaret singer
Died on Thursday August 10th 2017
Marián Varga
Slovak musician
Died on Wednesday August 9th 2017
Pēteris Plakidis
Latvian composer and pianist.
Died on Wednesday August 9th 2017
Glen Campbell
American musician
Died on Tuesday August 8th 2017
Barbara Cook
American singer and actress (The Music Man)
Died on Tuesday August 8th 2017
David Maslanka
American composer
Died on Monday August 7th 2017
Walter Levin
American violinist
Died on Monday August 7th 2017