Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
John Ayldon
British opera singerDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Rudolf Dašek
Czech guitaristDied on Friday February 1st 2013
Stewart “Dirk” Fischer
American jazz musician and composerDied on Monday February 25th 2013
Virgil Johnson
American doo-wop singer (The Velvets)Died on Sunday February 24th 2013
Shadow Morton
American songwriter ("Leader of the Pack") and record producer (The Shangri-LasDied on Thursday February 14th 2013
Behsat Üvez
Turkish singer and composerDied on Friday February 22nd 2013
Goldie Harvey
Nigerian R&B and pop singer and television personalityDied on Thursday February 14th 2013
Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianistDied on Friday February 22nd 2013
Kurt Redel
German musician and conductorDied on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Claude Monteux
American flautist and conductorDied on Friday February 22nd 2013
Richard Orton
British composer and academicDied on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Kevin Peek
Australian musician (Sky)Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Cleotha Staples
American gospel singer (The Staple Singers)Died on Thursday February 21st 2013
Rick Huxley
English musician (The Dave Clark Five)Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Magic Slim
American blues singer and guitaristDied on Thursday February 21st 2013
James DePreist
American conductorDied on Friday February 8th 2013
Damon Harris
American soul and R&B singer (The Temptations)Died on Monday February 18th 2013
Armando Trovajoli
Italian film composer and pianistDied on Thursday February 28th 2013
Kevin Ayers
English psychedelic rock songwriter and musician (Soft MachineDied on Monday February 18th 2013
Egil Hovland
Norwegian composerDied on Tuesday February 5th 2013
Daniel Darc
French singer (Taxi Girl)Died on Thursday February 28th 2013
Mike Westhues
American singer-songwriter and guitaristDied on Sunday February 17th 2013
Reg Presley
British singer (The Troggs) and songwriter ("Love Is All Around")Died on Monday February 4th 2013
DJ Ajax
Australian DJDied on Thursday February 28th 2013
Mindy McCready
American country music singer (Ten Thousand Angels)Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Achilla Orru
Ugandan musicianDied on Monday February 4th 2013
Richard Street
American singer (The MonitorsDied on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Shmulik Kraus
Israeli actor and pop rock singerDied on Sunday February 17th 2013
Oscar Feltsman
Russian composerDied on Sunday February 3rd 2013
Van Cliburn
American pianistDied on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Tony Sheridan
English rock and roll singerDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Cecil Womack
American musician and singerDied on Friday February 1st 2013
Mehnaz Begum
Pakistani singerDied on Saturday January 19th 2013
Tandyn Almer
American musicianDied on Tuesday January 8th 2013
Bobby Bennett
American musicianDied on Friday January 18th 2013
Bart Van den Bossche
Belgian singer and television presenterDied on Sunday January 6th 2013
Ann Rabson
American blues singer and musician (Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women)Died on Wednesday January 30th 2013
Lizbeth Webb
English soprano and stage actressDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski
German composerDied on Saturday January 5th 2013
Patty Andrews
American singerDied on Wednesday January 30th 2013
Homayoun Khorram
Iranian violinistDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Şenay Yüzbaşıoğlu
Turkish singerDied on Friday January 4th 2013
Brian Brown
Australian jazz musicianDied on Monday January 28th 2013
Claude Black
American jazz pianistDied on Thursday January 17th 2013
Sammy Johns
American singer-songwriter ("Chevy Van"Died on Friday January 4th 2013
Phạm Duy
Vietnamese songwriterDied on Sunday January 27th 2013
Nic Potter
British bassist (Van der Graaf Generator)Died on Wednesday January 16th 2013
M. S. Gopalakrishnan
Indian violinistDied on Thursday January 3rd 2013
Gour Khyapa
Indian Baul singerDied on Saturday January 26th 2013
Yuli Turovsky
Russian-born Canadian conductor and cellist (I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra)Died on Tuesday January 15th 2013
Patti Page
American singer ("Tennessee Waltz"Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Leroy Bonner
American funk singer and guitarist (Ohio Players)Died on Saturday January 26th 2013
Aase Nordmo Løvberg
Norwegian opera singerDied on Friday January 25th 2013
Precious Bryant
American blues and country musicianDied on Saturday January 12th 2013
Normand Corbeil
Canadian composer (Double JeopardyDied on Friday January 25th 2013
Khushi Murali
Indian pop singerDied on Friday January 11th 2013
Gregory Carroll
American R&B singer (The Four BuddiesDied on Friday January 25th 2013
Mike Rashkow
American songwriter and advertising executiveDied on Wednesday January 23rd 2013
Franz Lehrndorfer
German organistDied on Thursday January 10th 2013
A. Rafiq
Indonesian singer and actorDied on Saturday January 19th 2013
George Gruntz
Swiss jazz musicianDied on Thursday January 10th 2013
Frank Pooler
American choirmaster and composerDied on Saturday January 19th 2013
Willis Page
American symphony orchestra conductorDied on Wednesday January 9th 2013
Steve Knight
American musician (Mountain) and councilmanDied on Saturday January 19th 2013
Hoàng Hiệp
Vietnamese songwriterDied on Wednesday January 9th 2013
John Braheny
American songwriterDied on Saturday January 19th 2013
Trevor Gordon
British–born Australian singer (The Marbles)Died on Wednesday January 9th 2013
Jerzy Semkow
Polish-born French conductorDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2014
Janis Martin
American opera singerDied on Saturday December 13th 2014
Aleksey Nasedkin
Russian pianist and composerDied on Thursday December 4th 2014
Jo Jo Benson
American singerDied on Tuesday December 23rd 2014
Mary Jeanne van Appledorn
American composerDied on Friday December 12th 2014
Bob Montgomery
American songwriter ("Heartbeat"Died on Thursday December 4th 2014
Joe Cocker
British singer ("With a Little Help from My Friends"Died on Monday December 22nd 2014
John Persen
Norwegian composerDied on Friday December 12th 2014
James Stewart
Canadian mathematician and violinistDied on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Udo Jürgens
Austrian composer and singer ("Reach for the Stars")Died on Sunday December 21st 2014
Hans Wallat
German conductor and music directorDied on Thursday December 11th 2014
Ian McLagan
English keyboardist (Small Faces)Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2014
Walter De Buck
Belgian singer and sculptorDied on Sunday December 21st 2014
Laszlo Varga
Hungarian-born American cellistDied on Thursday December 11th 2014
Carlos Mamery
Puerto Rican music producer and television personality (Idol Puerto Rico)Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Ronnie Bedford
American jazz drummerDied on Saturday December 20th 2014
Dawn Sears
American country musician (Nothin' but Good)Died on Thursday December 11th 2014
Mario Abramovich
Argentine violinist and composerDied on Monday December 1st 2014
Barbara Jones
Jamaican reggae/gospel singerDied on Friday December 19th 2014
Slađa Guduraš
Bosnian singer and actressDied on Wednesday December 10th 2014
Patrick Gowers
English composerDied on Tuesday December 30th 2014
Larry Smith
American record producer (Run–D.M.C.)Died on Thursday December 18th 2014
Sheila Stewart
Scottish singerDied on Tuesday December 9th 2014
Merrill Womach
American gospel singerDied on Sunday December 28th 2014
Larry Henley
American singer (The Newbeats) and songwriter ("Wind Beneath My Wings")Died on Thursday December 18th 2014
Lydia Mordkovitch
Russian-born British violinistDied on Tuesday December 9th 2014