Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
David Egan
American musicianDied on Friday March 18th 2016
Steve Young
American outlaw country singer and songwriter ("Seven Bridges Road")Died on Thursday March 17th 2016
Trần Lập
Vietnamese rock singerDied on Thursday March 17th 2016
Adnan Abu Hassan
Malaysian composerDied on Friday March 18th 2016
Grace Chinga
Malawian gosepel singerDied on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Lee Andrews
American doo-wop singer (Lee Andrews & the Hearts)Died on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Frank Sinatra, Jr.
American singerDied on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Thanh Tùng
Vietnamese songwriterDied on Tuesday March 15th 2016
Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan
Indian shehnai musicianDied on Wednesday March 16th 2016
François-Eudes Chanfrault
French composerDied on Friday March 11th 2016
Conor Walsh
Irish indie rock pianist and composerDied on Saturday March 12th 2016
Ras Munya
Zimbabwean reggae bassistDied on Friday March 11th 2016
Tommy Brown
American R&B singerDied on Saturday March 12th 2016
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and conductorDied on Monday March 14th 2016
Joe Ascione
American jazz drummerDied on Friday March 11th 2016
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz vocalistDied on Thursday March 10th 2016
Keith Emerson
English keyboardist (EmersonDied on Friday March 11th 2016
Gogi Grant
American popular singerDied on Thursday March 10th 2016
Joe Cabot
American jazz musician and band leaderDied on Monday March 7th 2016
Timothy Makaya
Nigerian jazz guitaristDied on Monday March 7th 2016
Jon English
English-born Australian musician and actorDied on Thursday March 10th 2016
Naná Vasconcelos
Brazilian percussionist and vocalistDied on Wednesday March 9th 2016
Bruce Geduldig
American experimental synth musician (Tuxedomoon)Died on Monday March 7th 2016
Andrew Loomis
American rock drummer (Dead Moon)Died on Tuesday March 8th 2016
George Martin
British record producer (The Beatles)Died on Wednesday March 9th 2016
Ross Hannaford
Australian musician (Daddy Cool)Died on Tuesday March 8th 2016
Aaron Huffman
American rock bassist (Harvey Danger) and art director (The Stranger)Died on Sunday March 6th 2016
Ekrem Jevrić
Montenegrin singer from YonkersDied on Friday March 4th 2016
Koyo Bala
South African musicianDied on Sunday March 6th 2016
Danny Finn
British pop singer (Prima DonnaDied on Sunday March 6th 2016
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductorDied on Saturday March 5th 2016
C. L. Blast
American soul singerDied on Friday February 26th 2016
Ireng Maulana
Indonesian jazz guitaristDied on Sunday March 6th 2016
Bankroll Fresh
American rapperDied on Friday March 4th 2016
Gwyneth George
British concert cellist and music academicDied on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Zhou Xiaoyan
Chinese vocal pedagogue and classical sopranoDied on Friday March 4th 2016
Kenneth van Barthold
British concert pianist and musical academicDied on Tuesday February 16th 2016
Christine Palmer
American opera singer (San Carlo Opera Company)Died on Saturday February 27th 2016
Don Battye
Australian composer and television producerDied on Tuesday March 1st 2016
Miguel Ángel Coria
Spanish composerDied on Wednesday February 24th 2016
Josefin Nilsson
Swedish singerDied on Monday February 29th 2016
Reynaldo G. Reyes
Filipino-born American concert pianist and music academicDied on Monday February 15th 2016
Gordon Ranney
American rock bassist (The GomersDied on Saturday February 27th 2016
Francisco Kraus Trujillo
Spanish baritoneDied on Saturday February 27th 2016
James Atkins
American rock bassist (Hammerbox)Died on Saturday February 27th 2016
Reynaldo Reyes
Filipino-born American concert pianist and music academicDied on Monday February 15th 2016
Otto-Werner Mueller
German conductorDied on Thursday February 25th 2016
Merritone Blake
Jamaican music producer and sound system engineerDied on Saturday February 27th 2016
Zdeněk Marat
Czech music composer (How the World Is Losing Poets) and conductorDied on Sunday February 21st 2016
Howard L. Quilling
American classical music composerDied on Friday February 26th 2016
Nina Dorda
Russian singerDied on Friday February 26th 2016
Howard Quilling
American classical music composerDied on Friday February 26th 2016
Eric Charles
Haitian musician and composerDied on Thursday February 25th 2016
Lennie Baker
American musician and singer (Sha Na Na)Died on Wednesday February 24th 2016
Betty Jane Watson
American actress and singerDied on Sunday February 21st 2016
John Chilton
British jazz musician and writerDied on Thursday February 25th 2016
Johnny Murphy
Irish musician and actor (The CommitmentsDied on Tuesday February 23rd 2016
The Commitments
Irish musician and actor (The Commitments)Died on Tuesday February 23rd 2016
Ole Erling
Danish musicianDied on Saturday February 20th 2016
Sonny James
American country singer-songwriter ("Young Love")Died on Monday February 22nd 2016
Hans Reffert
German musicianDied on Monday February 22nd 2016
Pantelis Pantelitidis
Greek singerDied on Friday February 19th 2016
Pascal Bentoiu
Romanian composerDied on Sunday February 21st 2016
Ove Verner Hansen
Danish actor and opera singerDied on Saturday February 20th 2016
Harald Devold
Norwegian jazz musicianDied on Friday February 19th 2016
Vi Subversa
singer and guitarist of British anarcho-punk band Poison GirlsDied on Friday February 19th 2016
Brendan Healy
English actor and musicianDied on Thursday February 18th 2016
Paul Gordon
American musician (New RadicalsDied on Thursday February 18th 2016
Pantelis Pantelidis
Greek singerDied on Thursday February 18th 2016
Abdul Rashid Khan
Indian Hindustani musicianDied on Thursday February 18th 2016
Piero Buscaroli
Italian musicologistDied on Tuesday February 16th 2016
Quan Minyu
Japanese singerDied on Tuesday February 9th 2016
Asami Nagakiya
Japanese musicianDied on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Steven Stucky
American classical music composerDied on Sunday February 14th 2016
L. C. Ulmer
American blues musicianDied on Sunday February 14th 2016
Anselmo López
Venezuelan musicianDied on Sunday February 14th 2016
Jack Dakin
British rock drummer (Viola Beach)Died on Saturday February 13th 2016
Robin Ghosh
Bangladeshi composerDied on Saturday February 13th 2016
Jun Min-woo
South Korean singerDied on Friday February 12th 2016
Kim Williams
American songwriterDied on Thursday February 11th 2016
Rick Wright
American guitarist (Connie Smith)Died on Sunday February 7th 2016
Leslie Bassett
American composerDied on Thursday February 4th 2016
Jimmie Haskell
American composerDied on Thursday February 4th 2016
Berre Bergen
Belgian guitarist and songwriterDied on Sunday February 7th 2016
Ray Colcord
American film and television composer (Boy Meets WorldDied on Friday February 5th 2016