Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Hardrock Gunter
American musicianDied on Friday March 15th 2013
Melvin Rhyne
American jazz organistDied on Tuesday March 5th 2013
Hugh McCracken
American rock and roll session musicianDied on Thursday March 28th 2013
Jack Greene
American country music singer ("Statue of a Fool"Died on Thursday March 14th 2013
Fran Warren
American singer ("Sunday Kind of Love") and actress (Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd)Died on Monday March 4th 2013
Roosevelt Jamison
American songwriter ("That's How Strong My Love Is")Died on Wednesday March 27th 2013
Edward Bland
American filmmaker and composer (Cry of Jazz)Died on Thursday March 14th 2013
Bobby Rogers
American soul singer and songwriter (The Miracles)Died on Sunday March 3rd 2013
Danilo Orozco
Cuban musicologistDied on Tuesday March 26th 2013
Paul Nassau
American composer and lyricistDied on Wednesday March 13th 2013
Margie Alexander
American R&B and soul singerDied on Tuesday March 26th 2013
Clive Burr
British drummer (Iron Maiden)Died on Tuesday March 12th 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
Marie-Claire Alain
French organistDied on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Eric Ericson
Swedish choral conductor and teacherDied on Saturday February 16th 2013
Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe
Norwegian musicologist and composerDied on Friday February 1st 2013
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
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
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
Leopoldo Federico
Argentine tango musicianDied on Sunday December 28th 2014
Wendy Rene
American soul singerDied on Tuesday December 16th 2014
Knut Nystedt
Norwegian orchestral and choral composerDied on Monday December 8th 2014
Claude Frank
German-born American pianistDied on Saturday December 27th 2014
Ray Steadman-Allen
British composer and Salvation Army officerDied on Monday December 15th 2014
Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
Indian carnatic vocalistDied on Monday December 8th 2014