Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Elisabeth Carron
American operatic sopranoDied on Tuesday December 6th 2016
Adam Sagan
American drummer (Circle II CircleDied on Tuesday December 6th 2016
Herbert Hardesty
American jazz musicianDied on Monday December 5th 2016
Gigliola Frazzoni
Italian opera singerDied on Monday December 5th 2016
Mark Gray
American country singer and songwriter (Take Me Down. The Closer You Get)Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Ivar Thomassen
Norwegian folk singer-songwriterDied on Sunday December 4th 2016
Radim Hladík
Czech musician (Blue Effect)Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Wayne Duncan
Australian musician (Daddy Cool)Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Lionel Stoléru
French politician and conductorDied on Saturday December 3rd 2016
Kamilló Lendvay
Hungarian composerDied on Friday December 2nd 2016
Micky Fitz
British punk singer (The Business)Died on Friday December 2nd 2016
Amar Ezzahi
Algerian singerDied on Friday December 2nd 2016
Aleksei Maslennikov
Russian tenorDied on Thursday December 1st 2016
Allan Zavod
Australian pianistDied on Wednesday November 30th 2016
Diz Russell
American singer (The Orioles)Died on Tuesday November 29th 2016
Martin Stone
British guitarist and booksellerDied on Tuesday November 29th 2016
Ray Columbus
New Zealand rock singer (Ray Columbus & the Invaders)Died on Tuesday November 29th 2016
Carlton Kitto
Indian jazz guitaristDied on Monday November 28th 2016
Alexander Yossifov
Bulgarian composerDied on Monday November 28th 2016
Colonel Abrams
American musician ("Trapped")Died on Sunday November 27th 2016
Shirley Bunnie Foy
American jazz musicianDied on Saturday November 26th 2016
Pauline Oliveros
American composer and accordionistDied on Saturday November 26th 2016
Fred Stobaugh
American songwriterDied on Saturday November 26th 2016
Ben Zion Shenker
American rabbi and composerDied on Friday November 25th 2016
Tayssir Akla
Syrian composer and conductorDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Hod O’Brien
US american jazz pianistDied on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
M. Balamuralikrishna
Indian Carnatic musician and composerDied on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Don Waller
American music journalist and singer (Imperial Dogs)Died on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Jean-Claude Risset
French composerDied on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Craig Gill
British rock drummer (Inspiral Carpets)Died on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Balamuralikrishna
Indian musicianDied on Tuesday November 22nd 2016
Hugh McDonald
Australian musician (Redgum)Died on Monday November 21st 2016
Saki Kaskas
Greek video game music composerDied on Monday November 21st 2016
Raynoma Gordy Singleton
American songwriter (Motown) and record producerDied on Saturday November 19th 2016
Sharon Jones
American singer (Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings)Died on Saturday November 19th 2016
Doug Edwards
Canadian musicianDied on Thursday November 17th 2016
Mentor Williams
American songwriterDied on Thursday November 17th 2016
Jules Eskin
American cellist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)Died on Wednesday November 16th 2016
Mose Allison
American jazz musician and songwriter ("Young Man Blues")Died on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Holly Dunn
American country music singerDied on Tuesday November 15th 2016
David Mancuso
American DJ and founder of The LoftDied on Tuesday November 15th 2016
Mohammad Ebrahim Sharifzadeh
Iranian Mughami singer and composerDied on Sunday November 13th 2016
Leon Russell
American musicianDied on Sunday November 13th 2016
Jacques Werup
Swedish musicianDied on Saturday November 12th 2016
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer-songwriter ("Suzanne"Died on Friday November 11th 2016
Laurent Pardo
French bass guitaristDied on Tuesday November 8th 2016
Jimmy Young
British singer and radio personalityDied on Monday November 7th 2016
Biser Kirov
Bulgarian pop singerDied on Monday November 7th 2016
Zoltán Kocsis
Hungarian pianistDied on Sunday November 6th 2016
Jean-Jacques Perrey
French electronic music producerDied on Saturday November 5th 2016
Eddie Harsch
Canadian musician (The Black Crowes)Died on Friday November 4th 2016
W. D. Amaradeva
Sri Lankan musicianDied on Thursday November 3rd 2016
Pocho La Pantera
Argentine singerDied on Tuesday November 1st 2016
Mike Daniels
British jazz trumpeter and bandleaderDied on Monday October 31st 2016
Curly Putman
American songwriterDied on Monday October 31st 2016
Roland Dyens
French classical guitarist and composerDied on Sunday October 30th 2016
John Del Carlo
American opera singer (Metropolitan Opera)Died on Sunday October 30th 2016
Barry Socher
American violinist (Los Angeles Philharmonic)Died on Saturday October 29th 2016
Melhem Barakat
Lebanese singerDied on Friday October 28th 2016
Nelson Pinedo
Colombian singerDied on Thursday October 27th 2016
Eddy Christiani
Dutch musician and songwriterDied on Tuesday October 25th 2016
Eugeniusz Rudnik
Polish composer and sound engineerDied on Monday October 24th 2016
Pete Burns
British singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive)Died on Monday October 24th 2016
Mieke Telkamp
Dutch singerDied on Friday October 21st 2016
Achieng Abura
Kenyan musicianDied on Thursday October 20th 2016
Phil Chess
Polish-born American record producer and company executiveDied on Wednesday October 19th 2016
Robert Edwards
American singer (The Intruders)Died on Wednesday October 19th 2016
Danny Champagne
Jamaican music producerDied on Monday October 17th 2016
Issa Bagayogo
Malian musicianDied on Monday October 10th 2016
Natalie Lamb
American jazz and blues singerDied on Friday October 7th 2016
Robert Bateman
American songwriter and record producer ("Please Mr. Postman")Died on Wednesday October 12th 2016
Sonny Sanders
American songwriterDied on Wednesday October 12th 2016
Gerhard Wimberger
Austrian composerDied on Thursday October 13th 2016
Werner Lämmerhirt
German singer-songwriter and guitaristDied on Friday October 14th 2016
Bored Nothing
Australian musicianDied on Sunday October 9th 2016
Peter Reynolds
Welsh composerDied on Tuesday October 11th 2016
Marin Petrache Pechea
Romanian musicianDied on Sunday October 9th 2016
Michiyuki Kawashima
Japanese musician (Boom Boom Satellites)Died on Sunday October 9th 2016
Angus R. Grant
Scottish musicianDied on Sunday October 9th 2016
Don Ciccone
American singer-songwriter and musician (The CrittersDied on Saturday October 8th 2016
Kuo Chin-fa
Taiwanese Hokkien pop singerDied on Saturday October 8th 2016
Anne Pashley
British Olympic athlete and opera singerDied on Friday October 7th 2016