Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Elsie Morison
Australian soprano
Died on Tuesday April 5th 2016
Ursula Mamlok
German composer
Died on Wednesday May 4th 2016
Jadranka Stojaković
Bosnian singer-songwriter
Died on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
Olle Ljungström
Swedish musician
Died on Wednesday May 4th 2016
Aaron Aites
American musician
Died on Sunday May 1st 2016
Alan Loveday
New Zealand-born British violinist
Died on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Doug Raney
American jazz guitarist
Died on Monday May 2nd 2016
Harrison Calloway
American musician and bandleader
Died on Saturday April 30th 2016
Remo Belli
American drummer
Died on Monday April 25th 2016
Stephen Page
Australian musician
Died on Friday April 29th 2016
David Page
Australian musician
Died on Friday April 29th 2016
Dmytro Hnatyuk
Ukrainian baritone opera singer
Died on Friday April 29th 2016
Gabriele Sima
Austrian opera singer
Died on Wednesday April 27th 2016
Jan Henrik Kayser
Norwegian pianist
Died on Sunday April 24th 2016
Wolfgang Rohde
German musician
Died on Monday April 25th 2016
Vjatšeslav Kobrin
Russian guitarist and songwriter
Died on Monday April 11th 2016
Kong Bunchhoeun
Cambodian author and songwriter
Died on Monday April 18th 2016
Billy Paul
American soul singer Me & Mrs. Jones.
Died on Sunday April 24th 2016
Papa Wemba
Congolese singer
Died on Sunday April 24th 2016
Lord Tanamo
Jamaican ska and mento musician
Died on Tuesday April 19th 2016
Ojārs Grīnbergs
Latvian singer
Died on Friday April 22nd 2016
Bill Sevesi
Tongan-born New Zealand musician
Died on Saturday April 23rd 2016
Lonnie Mack
American singer-guitarist
Died on Thursday April 21st 2016
Richard Lyons
American musician (Negativland
Died on Tuesday April 19th 2016
Nguyen Anh 9
Vietnamese songwriter and pianist
Died on Thursday April 14th 2016
Emile Ford
Saint Lucian singer ("What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?") and sound engineer
Died on Monday April 11th 2016
Gib Guilbeau
American musician (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
Died on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Attila Özdemiroğlu
Turkish composer
Died on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Atilla Özdemiroğlu
Turkish composer
Died on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Guy Woolfenden
English composer and conductor
Died on Friday April 15th 2016
Brian Asawa
American opera singer
Died on Monday April 18th 2016
Ismael Quintana
Puerto Rican singer and composer.
Died on Saturday April 16th 2016
Peter Rock
Chilean rock musician
Died on Saturday April 16th 2016
Robbie Brennan
Irish musician (Skid Row
Died on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Mariano Mores
Argentine tango composer and pianist
Died on Wednesday April 13th 2016
Royston Nash
English conductor
Died 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 musician
Died on Saturday April 9th 2016
Jade Lemons
American rock musician (Injected)
Died on Thursday April 7th 2016
Jimmie Van Zant
American rock musician
Died on Thursday April 7th 2016
Giorgio Calabrese
Italian songwriter
Died on Thursday March 31st 2016
Terry Plumeri
American musician
Died on Friday April 1st 2016
Irma Bule
Indonesian pop singer
Died on Monday April 4th 2016
Dorothy Schwartz
American singer (The Chordettes)
Died on Monday April 4th 2016
IIrma Bule
Indonesian pop singer
Died on Monday April 4th 2016
Bill Henderson
American jazz vocalist and actor
Died on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Leon Haywood
American funk and soul singer
Died on Wednesday April 6th 2016
David Zychek
American rock guitarist
Died 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 vocalist
Died on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Frankie Michaels
American actor and singer
Died on Wednesday March 30th 2016
Manolo Tena
Spanish singer
Died on Monday April 4th 2016
Lola Novaković
Serbian singer
Died on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Joey Martin Feek
American country singer (Joey + Rory)
Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Howard Cable
Canadian conductor
Died on Wednesday March 30th 2016
Bram Beekman
Dutch pianist
Died 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
Gianmaria Testa dead at age 57
Gianmaria Testa, the Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist,
died on March 30, 2016, aged 57. Born in Cavallermaggiore, he began performing in 1990 and won two consecutive top prizes at the…
Shannon Bolin
American actress and singer
Died on Friday March 25th 2016
Joe Skyward
American musician (The Posies
Died on Monday March 28th 2016
Roger Cicero
German jazz and pop musician
Died on Thursday March 24th 2016
Ross Shapiro
American musician (The Glands)
Died on Saturday March 26th 2016
Josef Anton Riedl
German composer
Died on Friday March 25th 2016
David Baker
American jazz musician
Died 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 composer
Died on Thursday March 17th 2016
Jimmy Riley
Jamaican reggae musician
Died on Wednesday March 23rd 2016
Gegham Grigoryan
Armenian opera singer
Died 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 singer
Died on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Lyubka Rondova
Bulgarian folk singer
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016
Shawn Elliott
American actor and singer
Died on Friday March 11th 2016
David Egan
American musician
Died 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 singer
Died on Thursday March 17th 2016
Adnan Abu Hassan
Malaysian composer
Died on Friday March 18th 2016
Grace Chinga
Malawian gosepel singer
Died 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 singer
Died on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Thanh Tùng
Vietnamese songwriter
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016
Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan
Indian shehnai musician
Died on Wednesday March 16th 2016
Daryl Coley
American gospel singer.
Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016
François-Eudes Chanfrault
French composer
Died on Friday March 11th 2016
Conor Walsh
Irish indie rock pianist and composer
Died on Saturday March 12th 2016
Ras Munya
Zimbabwean reggae bassist
Died on Friday March 11th 2016
Tommy Brown
American R&B singer
Died on Saturday March 12th 2016
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
English composer and conductor
Died on Monday March 14th 2016
Joe Ascione
American jazz drummer
Died on Friday March 11th 2016
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz vocalist
Died on Thursday March 10th 2016
Keith Emerson
English keyboardist (Emerson
Died on Friday March 11th 2016