Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Lars Diedricson
Swedish songwriter Take Me to Your Heaven (winner Eurovision Song Contest 1999)
Died on Monday March 6th 2017
Valerie Carter
American singer-songwriter
Died on Sunday March 5th 2017
Edi Fitzroy
Jamaican reggae singer
Died on Sunday March 5th 2017
Tommy Page
American singer
Died on Saturday March 4th 2017
Alice Ludes
American singer
Died on Saturday March 4th 2017
Misha Mengelberg
Dutch jazz pianist and composer
Died on Friday March 3rd 2017
Wally Pikal
American musician and entertainer
Died on Friday March 3rd 2017
Hiroshi Kamayatsu
Japanese musician (The Spiders)
Died on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Eva Maria Zuk
71 Polish-born Mexican pianist
Died on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Toshio Nakanishi
Japanese musician (Plastics)
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Jórunn Viðar
Icelandic pianist and composer
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Helmut Brenner
Austrian musicologist
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Eric Miller
American record producer
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Deanna Summers
American songwriter
Died on Monday February 27th 2017
Graciela Paraskevaidis
Argentine writer and composer
Died on Monday February 27th 2017
Fumio Karashima
Japanese jazz pianist
Died on Monday February 27th 2017
Don Markham
American musician (The Strangers)
Died on Sunday February 26th 2017
Enzo Carella
Italian singer-songwriter
Died on Friday February 24th 2017
Chuckie Bush
American musician (Manchild)
Died on Friday February 24th 2017
Huang Feili
Chinese musician and conductor
Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Leah Adler
American pianist
Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Stanisław Skrowaczewski
Polish-American conductor and composer
Died on Tuesday February 21st 2017
Elric Pronce
Belgian pianist and 3D-designer
Died on Tuesday February 21st 2017
Larry Coryell
American jazz guitarist
Died on Monday February 20th 2017
Pericoma Okoye
Nigerian singer
Died on Sunday February 19th 2017
Clyde Stubblefield
American drummer (James Brown)
Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Maurice Vander
French music composer and pianist
Died on Saturday February 18th 2017
Peter Skellern
English singer-songwriter
Died on Friday February 17th 2017
Tibério Gaspar
Brazilian musician and composer
Died on Thursday February 16th 2017
Walter Morrison
American musician (Ohio Players
Died on Thursday February 16th 2017
Tony Davis
British folk singer (The Spinners)
Died on Wednesday February 15th 2017
Tony “It” Särkkä
Swedish musician (Abruptum
Died on Tuesday February 14th 2017
Trish Doan
Canadian musician (Kittie)
Died on Tuesday February 14th 2017
Giusto Pio
Italian musician and songwriter ("I treni di Tozeur")
Died on Monday February 13th 2017
Robert Fisher
American musician (Willard Grant Conspiracy)
Died on Monday February 13th 2017
Barbara Carroll
American jazz pianist
Died on Monday February 13th 2017
Carol Lloyd
Australian rock singer
Died on Monday February 13th 2017
Al Jarreau
American jazz and R&B singer.
Died on Sunday February 12th 2017
Krystyna Sienkiewicz
Polish actress and singer
Died on Sunday February 12th 2017
Jarmila Šuláková
Czech folk singer
Died on Sunday February 12th 2017
Nicolai Gedda
Swedish operatic tenor
Died on Thursday February 9th 2017
Rina Matsuno
Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku)
Died on Thursday February 9th 2017
Gianfranco Plenizio
Italian composer
Died on Wednesday February 8th 2017
Svend Asmussen
Danish violinist
Died on Tuesday February 7th 2017
Loukianos Kilaidonis
Greek singer/songwriter
Died on Tuesday February 7th 2017
Steve Lang
Canadian musician (April Wine)
Died on Monday February 6th 2017
Noel Simms
Jamaican reggae musician
Died on Monday February 6th 2017
David Axelrod
American musician
Died on Monday February 6th 2017
Sonny Geraci
American musician (The Outsiders
Died on Sunday February 5th 2017
Martin Gotthard Schneider
German theologian and musician
Died on Sunday February 5th 2017
Robert Dahlqvist
Swedish rock musician (The Hellacopters
Died on Friday February 3rd 2017
Tommy Tate
American soul singer and songwriter
Died on Friday February 3rd 2017
John Schroeder
British composer
Died on Friday February 3rd 2017
Matilde Capuis
Italian organist
Died on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Walter Hautzig
Austrian-born Israeli pianist
Died on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Carsten Mohren
German keyboardist
Died on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Deke Leonard
Welsh rock guitarist (Man)
Died on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Bobby Freeman
American singer
Died on Tuesday January 31st 2017
James Laurence
American musician and record producer (Friendzone)
Died on Tuesday January 31st 2017
John Wetton
English prog-rock musician (Asia
Died on Tuesday January 31st 2017
Guitar Gable
American singer and musician
Died on Tuesday January 31st 2017
Don Grilley
American actor and singer. (South Pacific
Died on Monday January 30th 2017
Elkin Ramírez
Colombian singer-songwriter (Kraken)
Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Geoff Nicholls
English keyboardist (Black Sabbath)
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Henry-Louis de La Grange
French musicologist
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Alexander Tikhanovich
Belarusian pop singer (Verasy)
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Jean Karakos
French music producer
Died on Friday January 27th 2017
Björn Thelin
Swedish musician (The Spotnicks)
Died on Thursday January 26th 2017
Ståle Wikshåland
Norwegian musicologist
Died on Thursday January 26th 2017
Butch Trucks
American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2017
Bingo Mundy
American singer (The Marcels)
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Joey Powers
American singer-songwriter
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Marvell Thomas
American keyboardist
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Karl Hendricks
American singer
Died on Monday January 23rd 2017
Bimba Bosé
Spanish singer and actress
Died on Monday January 23rd 2017
Jaki Liebezeit
German drummer (Can)
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Pete Overend Watts
English bass guitarist (Mott the Hoople)
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Veljo Tormis
Estonian composer
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Naqsh Lyallpuri
Indian poet and songwriter
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Frank Thomas
French songwriter
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Nolitha Langa
South African gospel singer
Died on Sunday January 22nd 2017
Darci Rossi
Brazilian sertanejo composer
Died on Saturday January 21st 2017
Ramón Cordero
Dominican bachata singer
Died on Saturday January 21st 2017
Maggie Roche
American singer-songwriter (The Roches)
Died on Saturday January 21st 2017
Ca Lê Thuần
Vietnamese composer
Died on Friday January 20th 2017
Elliot Meadow
British record producer and journalist
Died on Friday January 20th 2017
Mike Kellie
English multi-instrumentalist and record producer
Died on Friday January 20th 2017
Roberta Peters
American coloratura soprano
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
Loalwa Braz
Brazilian singer-songwriter
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
Jan Stoeckart
Dutch composer
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
Charles “Bobo” Shaw
American jazz drummer
Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
William Onyeabor
Nigerian singer-songwriter
Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Steve Wright
American bass guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band)
Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017
Bill Price
British record producer
Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Deepal Silva
Sri Lankan singer
Died on Monday January 16th 2017