Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Geoffrey Shovelton
English opera singer and illustratorDied on Monday July 4th 2016
Mubarak Begum
Indian playback singerDied on Monday July 18th 2016
Tamás Somló
Hungarian musician and singer (OmegaDied on Tuesday July 19th 2016
Carole Switala
American singer and voice actress (Mister Roger's Neighbourhood)Died on Saturday July 9th 2016
Maralin Niska
American sopranoDied on Saturday July 9th 2016
Atilla Manizade
Turkish opera singerDied on Sunday July 10th 2016
Gregg Smith
American conductor and composerDied on Tuesday July 12th 2016
El Lebrijano
Spanish flamenco singerDied on Wednesday July 13th 2016
Roland Prince
Antiguan jazz guitaristDied on Friday July 15th 2016
Erik Petersen
American punk rock musician (Mischief Brew)Died on Friday July 15th 2016
Claude Williamson
American jazz pianistDied on Saturday July 16th 2016
Rokusuke Ei
Japanese author and lyricist ("Sukiyaki")Died on Monday July 11th 2016
Om Prakash Sonik
Indian composerDied on Thursday July 7th 2016
Danny Smythe
American drummer (The Box Tops)Died on Wednesday July 6th 2016
Geneviève Castrée
Canadian musician and comic book artistDied on Saturday July 9th 2016
Vaughn Harper
American radio DJDied on Saturday July 9th 2016
Gladys Nordenstrom
American composerDied on Tuesday July 5th 2016
Alirio Díaz
Venezuelan classical guitarist and composerDied on Tuesday July 5th 2016
Elliot Wolff
American songwriter and music producerDied on Saturday June 25th 2016
Asım Can Gündüz
Turkish rock guitaristDied on Friday June 24th 2016
Teddy Rooney
American actor and musician (The Yellow Payges)Died on Saturday July 2nd 2016
Harry Halbreich
Belgian musicologistDied on Monday June 27th 2016
Renée de Haan
Dutch singer ("Vuile huichelaar")Died on Saturday July 2nd 2016
Randy Jones
British-born American jazz musician (Chet BakerDied on Monday June 13th 2016
Juan Habichuela
Spanish flamenco guitaristDied on Thursday June 30th 2016
Anahid Ajemian
American violinistDied on Monday June 13th 2016
Franz Cibulka
Austrian composerDied on Thursday June 30th 2016
Inocente Carreño
Venezuelan composerDied on Wednesday June 29th 2016
Steve French
American gospel singer (Kingdom Heirs)Died on Wednesday June 22nd 2016
Scotty Moore
American guitarist (Elvis Presley)Died on Tuesday June 28th 2016
Mike Pedicin
American jazz bandleaderDied on Sunday June 26th 2016
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Danish composerDied on Monday June 27th 2016
Mack Rice
American songwriter ("Mustang Sally"Died on Monday June 27th 2016
Edoardo Muller
Italian-born American conductor (San Diego Opera)Died on Saturday June 25th 2016
Maurice G. Dantec
French science fiction writer and musicianDied on Saturday June 25th 2016
Sergei Cortez
Chilean-born Belarusian composerDied on Sunday June 26th 2016
Edoarado Muller
Italian-born American conductor (San Diego Opera)Died on Saturday June 25th 2016
Shelley Moore
British-born American jazz singerDied on Thursday June 23rd 2016
Charles Chaynes
French composerDied on Friday June 24th 2016
Bernie Worrell
American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic)Died on Friday June 24th 2016
Ralph Stanley
American bluegrass musicianDied on Thursday June 23rd 2016
Igor Chukman
American Musician (The Common PlaceDied on Saturday June 11th 2016
Harry Rabinowitz
British film music composer and conductorDied on Thursday June 23rd 2016
Leo Brennan
Irish musician and founder of Leo's TavernDied on Wednesday June 22nd 2016
Freddy Powers
American musicianDied on Tuesday June 21st 2016
Pierre Lalonde
Canadian singer and television hostDied on Tuesday June 21st 2016
OJB Jezreel
Nigerian singer and record producerDied on Tuesday June 14th 2016
Eamonn Cooke
Irish DJ and criminalDied on Saturday June 4th 2016
Jerome Teasley
American drummerDied on Thursday June 16th 2016
Wayne Jackson
American musicianDied on Tuesday June 21st 2016
Chayito Valdez
Mexican-born American folk singer and actressDied on Monday June 20th 2016
Charles Thompson
American pianistDied on Thursday June 16th 2016
Bob Williamson
British songwriter and comedianDied on Sunday June 19th 2016
Brian Rading
Canadian bassist (Five Man Electrical Band)Died on Wednesday June 8th 2016
Sverre Kjelsberg
Norwegian musician (Pussycats) and 1980 Eurovision Song Contest participantDied on Sunday June 19th 2016
Jano Fuentes
American singer (La Voz... México)Died on Saturday June 18th 2016
Alejandro “Jano” Fuentes
American singer (La Voz... México)Died on Saturday June 18th 2016
Attrell Cordes
American rhythm and blues singer (P.M. Dawn)Died on Friday June 17th 2016
Oleg Karavaychuk
Soviet/Russian composerDied on Monday June 13th 2016
Chris Warren
American musician ("Break It Down")Died on Sunday June 12th 2016
Henry McCullough
Northern Irish guitarist (Spooky ToothDied on Tuesday June 14th 2016
Anatol Dumitraș
Moldovan singerDied on Tuesday June 14th 2016
Chips Moman
American record producerDied on Monday June 13th 2016
Adrian Posse
Argentine composerDied on Sunday June 12th 2016
Ofelya Hambardzumyan
Armenian folk singerDied on Monday June 13th 2016
José Luis Armenteros
Spanish musician and composerDied on Saturday June 11th 2016
J. Reilly Lewis
American choral conductor and Baroque music specialistDied on Thursday June 9th 2016
Habib Mohebian
Iranian singerDied on Friday June 10th 2016
Vladislav Yankovsky
Russian musician (Novosibirsk Youth Symphony OrchestraDied on Wednesday June 8th 2016
Akihiro Komori
Japanese composer (Yuusha RaideenDied on Sunday June 5th 2016
Häns’che Weiss
German jazz guitarist and composer. Died on Thursday June 2nd 2016
Juana la del Revuelo
Spanish Flamenco singerDied on Tuesday June 7th 2016
Terje Fjærn
Norwegian orchestra conductorDied on Wednesday June 8th 2016
Janusz Ekiert
Polish musicologistDied on Wednesday June 1st 2016
Rolf Schweizer
German composerDied on Monday June 6th 2016
Amber Gurung
Nepalese musician and composer (national anthem)Died on Tuesday June 7th 2016
Phyllis Curtin
American sopranoDied on Saturday June 4th 2016
Phyllis Curtain
American sopranoDied on Saturday June 4th 2016
Bobby Curtola
Canadian singerDied on Sunday June 5th 2016
Dave Swarbrick
British folk musician and singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention)Died on Friday June 3rd 2016
Corry Brokken
Dutch singer (Eurovision Song Contest winner)Died on Thursday June 2nd 2016
Jimmy Borges
American jazz singerDied on Monday May 30th 2016