Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Pete Overend Watts
English bass guitarist (Mott the Hoople)Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Veljo Tormis
Estonian composerDied on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Frank Thomas
French songwriterDied on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Nolitha Langa
South African gospel singerDied on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Darci Rossi
Brazilian sertanejo composerDied on Saturday January 21st 2017
Ramón Cordero
Dominican bachata singerDied on Saturday January 21st 2017
Maggie Roche
American singer-songwriter (The Roches)Died on Saturday January 21st 2017
Ca Lê Thuần
Vietnamese composerDied on Friday January 20th 2017
Elliot Meadow
British record producer and journalistDied on Friday January 20th 2017
Mike Kellie
English multi-instrumentalist and record producerDied on Friday January 20th 2017
Roberta Peters
American coloratura sopranoDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Loalwa Braz
Brazilian singer-songwriterDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Jan Stoeckart
Dutch composerDied on Thursday January 19th 2017
Charles “Bobo” Shaw
American jazz drummerDied on Wednesday January 18th 2017
William Onyeabor
Nigerian singer-songwriterDied on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Steve Wright
American bass guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band)Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Bill Price
British record producerDied on Monday January 16th 2017
Deepal Silva
Sri Lankan singerDied on Monday January 16th 2017
Franz Jarnach
German actor (Dittsche) and musician (The Rattles)Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Richie Ingui
American soul musician (Soul Survivors)Died on Sunday January 15th 2017
Richard Divall
Australian conductor and musicologistDied on Sunday January 15th 2017
Thandi Klaasen
South African jazz singerDied on Sunday January 15th 2017
José Vicente Asuar
Chilean composerDied on Sunday January 15th 2017
Yama Buddha
Nepalese rapperDied on Saturday January 14th 2017
Horacio Guarany
Argentine folkloric singer and writerDied on Friday January 13th 2017
Anton Nanut
Slovenian conductorDied on Friday January 13th 2017
Muhammad Fachroni
an Indonesian singer. diabetes complicationDied on Friday January 13th 2017
Meir Banai
Israeli singerDied on Friday January 13th 2017
Larry Steinbachek
English musicianDied on Thursday January 12th 2017
Tommy Allsup
American rockabilly and swing musicianDied on Wednesday January 11th 2017
Buddy Greco
American jazz and pop singer and pianistDied on Tuesday January 10th 2017
Crazy Toones
American rap DJDied on Monday January 9th 2017
Peter Sarstedt
English singer-songwriter ("Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?")Died on Sunday January 8th 2017
Johnny Dick
Australian drummer (Billy Thorpe and the AztecsDied on Sunday January 8th 2017
Sylvester Potts
American soul singer (The Contours)Died on Sunday January 8th 2017
Eddie Kamae
American musician (Sons of Hawaii)Died on Sunday January 8th 2017
Jerzy Kossela
Polish guitaristDied on Saturday January 7th 2017
Géori Boué
French sopranoDied on Friday January 6th 2017
Mike Gaborno
American musician (Manic Hispanic)Died on Thursday January 5th 2017
Auriel Andrew
Australian country musicianDied on Thursday January 5th 2017
Vlastimir Trajković
Serbian composerDied on Thursday January 5th 2017
Georges Prêtre
French orchestral and opera conductorDied on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Bade Fateh Ali Khan
Pakistani singerDied on Wednesday January 4th 2017
Barbara Fei
Chinese opera singerDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Barbara Fei Ming-yi
Chinese opera singerDied on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Stuart Hamilton
Canadian musician and broadcasterDied on Monday January 2nd 2017
Memo Morales
Venezuelan singerDied on Sunday January 1st 2017
David Meltzer
American poet and musicianDied on Saturday December 31st 2016
Miriam Pirazzini
Italian opera singerDied on Friday December 30th 2016
Knut Kiesewetter
German jazz musicianDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Pierre Barouh
French writer-composer-singerDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Elizabeth Bell
American composerDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Aghakhan Abdullayev
Azerbaijani folk singerDied on Wednesday December 28th 2016
Carole Smith
American songwriter ("Don't Keep Me Hangin' On")Died on Tuesday December 27th 2016
Alphonse Mouzon
American jazz drummer and record label ownerDied on Monday December 26th 2016
Jiří Smetana
Czech musician and producerDied on Monday December 26th 2016
George Michael
British singer and member of Wham!Died on Sunday December 25th 2016
Rick Parfitt
British musicianDied on Saturday December 24th 2016
Heinrich Schiff
Austrian cellistDied on Friday December 23rd 2016
Sven Zetterberg
Swedish blues musicianDied on Thursday December 22nd 2016
Weston Noble
American music educator and conductorDied on Thursday December 22nd 2016
Betty Loo Taylor
American jazz pianistDied on Thursday December 22nd 2016
Abdul Gafur Hali
Bangladeshi singerDied on Wednesday December 21st 2016
Andrew Dorff
American songwriterDied on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Antonio Membrado
Spanish classical guitaristDied on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Gordie Tapp
Canadian country singer and entertainerDied on Monday December 19th 2016
Léo Marjane
French singerDied on Monday December 19th 2016
Gustavo Quintero
Colombian singer-songwriterDied on Sunday December 18th 2016
Valerie Gell
British singer and guitarist (The Liverbirds)Died on Saturday December 17th 2016
Arnie Norse
Norwegian singer and entertainerDied on Friday December 16th 2016
Ajit Varman
Indian composerDied on Friday December 16th 2016
Karel Husa
Czech-born American composerDied on Thursday December 15th 2016
Päivi Paunu
Finnish singerDied on Thursday December 15th 2016
Betsy Pecanins
American born Mexican singerDied on Wednesday December 14th 2016
Alan Thicke
Canadian actor (Growing Pains) and songwriterDied on Wednesday December 14th 2016
Bunny Walters
New Zealand singerDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
George Mantalis
American pop singer (The Four Coins)Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Barrelhouse Chuck
American blues musicianDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Damião Experiença
Brazilian singer and musicianDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Lucila Campos
Peruvian singerDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Ahuva Ozeri
Israeli singerDied on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Jim Lowe
American singer-songwriter (Green Door)Died on Tuesday December 13th 2016
Palani Vaughan
American Hawaiian music singerDied on Monday December 12th 2016
Esma Redžepova
Macedonian Romani singerDied on Sunday December 11th 2016
Mohamed Tahar Fergani
Algerian singerDied on Friday December 9th 2016
Elliott Schwartz
American composerDied on Friday December 9th 2016
Chelsea Dolan
American musician and radio personality (KALX)Died on Thursday December 8th 2016
Julia Gomelskaya
Ukrainian composer. car accidentDied on Wednesday December 7th 2016
Junaid Jamshed
Pakistani musicianDied on Wednesday December 7th 2016
Mona Maraachli
Lebanese female singerDied on Tuesday December 6th 2016