Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Olle Ljungström
Swedish musicianDied on Wednesday May 4th 2016
Aaron Aites
American musicianDied on Sunday May 1st 2016
Alan Loveday
New Zealand-born British violinistDied on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Doug Raney
American jazz guitaristDied on Monday May 2nd 2016
Harrison Calloway
American musician and bandleaderDied on Saturday April 30th 2016
Remo Belli
American drummerDied on Monday April 25th 2016
Stephen Page
Australian musicianDied on Friday April 29th 2016
David Page
Australian musicianDied on Friday April 29th 2016
Dmytro Hnatyuk
Ukrainian baritone opera singerDied on Friday April 29th 2016
Gabriele Sima
Austrian opera singerDied on Wednesday April 27th 2016
Jan Henrik Kayser
Norwegian pianistDied on Sunday April 24th 2016
Wolfgang Rohde
German musicianDied on Monday April 25th 2016
Vjatšeslav Kobrin
Russian guitarist and songwriterDied on Monday April 11th 2016
Kong Bunchhoeun
Cambodian author and songwriterDied on Monday April 18th 2016
Billy Paul
American soul singer Me & Mrs. Jones. Died on Sunday April 24th 2016
Papa Wemba
Congolese singerDied on Sunday April 24th 2016
Lord Tanamo
Jamaican ska and mento musicianDied on Tuesday April 19th 2016
Ojārs Grīnbergs
Latvian singerDied on Friday April 22nd 2016
Bill Sevesi
Tongan-born New Zealand musicianDied on Saturday April 23rd 2016
Richard Lyons
American musician (NegativlandDied on Tuesday April 19th 2016
Nguyen Anh 9
Vietnamese songwriter and pianistDied on Thursday April 14th 2016
Emile Ford
Saint Lucian singer ("What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?") and sound engineerDied on Monday April 11th 2016
Gib Guilbeau
American musician (The Flying Burrito Brothers)Died on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Attila Özdemiroğlu
Turkish composerDied on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Atilla Özdemiroğlu
Turkish composerDied on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Guy Woolfenden
English composer and conductorDied on Friday April 15th 2016
Brian Asawa
American opera singerDied on Monday April 18th 2016
Ismael Quintana
Puerto Rican singer and composer. Died on Saturday April 16th 2016
Peter Rock
Chilean rock musicianDied on Saturday April 16th 2016
Mariano Mores
Argentine tango composer and pianistDied on Wednesday April 13th 2016
Royston Nash
English conductorDied on Monday April 4th 2016
Jack Hammer
American musician and songwriter ("Great Balls of Fire")Died on Monday April 11th 2016
Tony Conrad
American avant-garde musicianDied on Saturday April 9th 2016
Jade Lemons
American rock musician (Injected)Died on Thursday April 7th 2016
Jimmie Van Zant
American rock musicianDied on Thursday April 7th 2016
Giorgio Calabrese
Italian songwriterDied on Thursday March 31st 2016
Terry Plumeri
American musicianDied on Friday April 1st 2016
Irma Bule
Indonesian pop singerDied on Monday April 4th 2016
Dorothy Schwartz
American singer (The Chordettes)Died on Monday April 4th 2016
IIrma Bule
Indonesian pop singerDied on Monday April 4th 2016
Bill Henderson
American jazz vocalist and actorDied on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Leon Haywood
American funk and soul singerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2016
David Zychek
American rock guitaristDied on Thursday March 31st 2016
Carlo Mastrangelo
American doo-wop singer (The Belmonts)Died on Monday April 4th 2016
Don Francks
Canadian actor and jazz vocalistDied on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Manolo Tena
Spanish singerDied on Monday April 4th 2016
Lola Novaković
Serbian singerDied on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Joey Martin Feek
American country singer (Joey + Rory)Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Howard Cable
Canadian conductorDied on Wednesday March 30th 2016
Bram Beekman
Dutch pianistDied on Thursday March 31st 2016
Andy Newman
British pianist (Thunderclap Newman)Died on Wednesday March 30th 2016
Larry Payton
American R&B drummer (Brass Construction)Died on Wednesday March 30th 2016
Andy “Thunderclap” Newman
British pianist (Thunderclap Newman)Died on Wednesday March 30th 2016
Roger Cicero
German jazz and pop musicianDied on Thursday March 24th 2016
Ross Shapiro
American musician (The Glands)Died on Saturday March 26th 2016
Josef Anton Riedl
German composerDied on Friday March 25th 2016
David Baker
American jazz musicianDied on Saturday March 26th 2016
James Jamerson, Jr.
American R&B bass player (Chanson). (death announced on this date)Died on Friday March 25th 2016
Jean Prodromidès
French composerDied on Thursday March 17th 2016
Jimmy Riley
Jamaican reggae musicianDied on Wednesday March 23rd 2016
Gegham Grigoryan
Armenian opera singerDied on Wednesday March 23rd 2016
Phife Dawg
American rapper (A Tribe Called Quest)Died on Wednesday March 23rd 2016
Gavin Christopher
American R&B/Hip-hop singerDied on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Lyubka Rondova
Bulgarian folk singerDied on Tuesday March 15th 2016
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