Deaths Famous Dead Musicians
Lawrence Minors
British Bermudian calypso bassist · 20 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 20
Claude Williamson
American jazz pianist · 16 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 16
Gary S. Paxton
American record producer ("Monster Mash") and singer-songwriter (Skip & Flip · 16 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 16 · Paxton
Bonnie Brown
American country singer (The Browns) · 16 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 16
Karina Jensen
Danish singer (Cartoons) · 18 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 18
Mubarak Begum
Indian playback singer · 18 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 18
Tamás Somló
Hungarian musician and singer (Omega · 19 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 19 · Šomlo
Carole Switala
American singer and voice actress (Mister Roger's Neighbourhood) · 09 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 9
Leif Nylén
Swedish musician (Blå Tåget) · 10 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 10
Gregg Smith
American conductor and composer · 12 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 12
Steven Young
British musician (Colourbox · 13 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 13
El Lebrijano
Spanish flamenco singer · 13 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 13
Roland Prince
Antiguan jazz guitarist · 15 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 15
Erik Petersen
American punk rock musician (Mischief Brew) · 15 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 15
Rokusuke Ei
Japanese author and lyricist ("Sukiyaki") · 11 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 11
Danny Smythe
American drummer (The Box Tops) · 06 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 6
Geneviève Castrée
Canadian musician and comic book artist · 09 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 9
Vaughn Harper
American radio DJ · 09 July 2016 · July 2016 · Musicians · July 9
Alirio Díaz
Venezuelan classical guitarist and composer · 05 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 5 · Diaz
Asım Can Gündüz
Turkish rock guitarist · 24 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 24 · Gündüz
Teddy Rooney
American actor and musician (The Yellow Payges) · 02 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 2
Renée de Haan
Dutch singer ("Vuile huichelaar") · 02 July 2016 · July 2016 · July 2 · Haan
Randy Jones
British-born American jazz musician (Chet Baker · 13 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 13
Juan Habichuela
Spanish flamenco guitarist · 30 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 30
Ben Patterson
American artist and musician · 25 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 25
Inocente Carreño
Venezuelan composer · 29 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 29
Steve French
American gospel singer (Kingdom Heirs) · 22 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 22
Scotty Moore
American guitarist (Elvis Presley) · 28 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 28
Mike Pedicin
American jazz bandleader · 26 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 26
Mack Rice
American songwriter ("Mustang Sally" · 27 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 27
Edoardo Muller
Italian-born American conductor (San Diego Opera) · 25 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 25
Maurice G. Dantec
French science fiction writer and musician · 25 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 25 · Dantec
Sergei Cortez
Chilean-born Belarusian composer · 26 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 26
Edoarado Muller
Italian-born American conductor (San Diego Opera) · 25 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 25
Shelley Moore
British-born American jazz singer · 23 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 23
Bernie Worrell
American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic) · 24 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 24
Ralph Stanley
American bluegrass musician · 23 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 23
Igor Chukman
American Musician (The Common Place · 11 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 11
Harry Rabinowitz
British film music composer and conductor · 23 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 23
Leo Brennan
Irish musician and founder of Leo's Tavern · 22 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 22
Pierre Lalonde
Canadian singer and television host · 21 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 21
Eamonn Cooke
Irish DJ and criminal · 04 June 2016 · June 2016 · Musicians · Éamonn · June 4
Peter Feuchtwanger
German-born British pianist · 18 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 18
Chayito Valdez
Mexican-born American folk singer and actress · 20 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 20
Brian Rading
Canadian bassist (Five Man Electrical Band) · 08 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 8
Sverre Kjelsberg
Norwegian musician (Pussycats) and 1980 Eurovision Song Contest participant · 19 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 19
Jano Fuentes
American singer (La Voz... México) · 18 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 18
Alejandro “Jano” Fuentes
American singer (La Voz... México) · 18 June 2016 · June 2016 · Fuentes · June 18
Attrell Cordes
American rhythm and blues singer (P.M. Dawn) · 17 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 17
Oleg Karavaychuk
Soviet/Russian composer · 13 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 13
Chris Warren
American musician ("Break It Down") · 12 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 12
Henry McCullough
Northern Irish guitarist (Spooky Tooth · 14 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 14
Ofelya Hambardzumyan
Armenian folk singer · 13 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 13
Martin van Dijk
Dutch pianist and composer · 05 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 5 · Dijk
J. Reilly Lewis
American choral conductor and Baroque music specialist · 09 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 9 · Lewis
Vladislav Yankovsky
Russian musician (Novosibirsk Youth Symphony Orchestra · 08 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 8
Akihiro Komori
Japanese composer (Yuusha Raideen · 05 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 5
Häns’che Weiss
German jazz guitarist and composer. · 02 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 2
Juana la del Revuelo
Spanish Flamenco singer · 07 June 2016 · June 2016 · Revuelo · June 7
Terje Fjærn
Norwegian orchestra conductor · 08 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 8
Amber Gurung
Nepalese musician and composer (national anthem) · 07 June 2016 · June 2016 · June 7