Famous Dead Musicians: Recent Musician Deaths and Obituaries
Over 10,000 obituaries of famous dead musicians. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Erik van der Wurff
Dutch pianist and composerDied on Monday September 22nd 2014
Peter Erős
81. Hungarian-American conductorDied on Friday September 12th 2014
Habib Wali Mohammad
Pakistani ghazal singerDied on Thursday September 4th 2014
Alfred Prinz
Austrian composer and clarinetistDied on Saturday September 20th 2014
Salah El Mahdi
Tunisian musicologist and composerDied on Friday September 12th 2014
Mizchif
Zimbabwean rapperDied on Thursday September 4th 2014
Odette Gartenlaub
French pianist and composerDied on Saturday September 20th 2014
Antoine Duhamel
French composer and conductorDied on Thursday September 11th 2014
Hopeton Lewis
Jamaican singerDied on Thursday September 4th 2014
Polly Bergen
American singer and actress (Cape FearDied on Saturday September 20th 2014
Bob Crewe
American songwriter ("Big Girls Don't Cry"Died on Thursday September 11th 2014
Włodzimierz Kotoński
Polish composerDied on Thursday September 4th 2014
Francisco Feliciano
Filipino composer and conductorDied on Friday September 19th 2014
Oldřich František Korte
Czech composer and pianistDied on Wednesday September 10th 2014
Gustavo Cerati
Argentine singer and musician (Soda Stereo)Died on Thursday September 4th 2014
Sheila Tracy
British broadcaster and musician (Big Band Special)Died on Tuesday September 30th 2014
Milton Cardona
Puerto Rican jazz musicianDied on Friday September 19th 2014
Robert Young
Scottish guitarist (Primal Scream)Died on Tuesday September 9th 2014
Jadir Ambrósio
Brazilian musician and composerDied on Tuesday September 30th 2014
Margie Day
American R&B singerDied on Thursday September 18th 2014
Antonín Tučapský
Czech-born British composerDied on Tuesday September 9th 2014
Cayo Sila Godoy
Paraguayan classical guitaristDied on Tuesday September 2nd 2014
John Ritchie
New Zealand composerDied on Monday September 29th 2014
George Hamilton IV
American country music singer (Abilene)Died on Wednesday September 17th 2014
Firoza Begum
Bangladeshi singerDied on Tuesday September 9th 2014
Jimi Jamison
American musician (Survivor)Died on Monday September 1st 2014
Jakob Stämpfli
Swiss bass concert singerDied on Sunday September 28th 2014
Marianne Clausen
Danish musicologist and choir conductorDied on Wednesday September 17th 2014
Gerald Wilson
American jazz musicianDied on Monday September 8th 2014
David Anderle
American record producer (The Doors)Died on Monday September 1st 2014
Petr Skoumal
Czech musician and composerDied on Sunday September 28th 2014
Mary Speer
American southern gospel singer (Speer Family)Died on Tuesday September 16th 2014
Magda Olivero
Italian operatic sopranoDied on Monday September 8th 2014
Lubomír Havlák
Czech opera singerDied on Sunday September 28th 2014
Marjorie Thompson
American biologist and musicianDied on Monday September 15th 2014
Erhard Egidi
German cantor and organistDied on Monday September 8th 2014
Gil Aldema
Israeli composer and conductorDied on Saturday September 27th 2014
Jackie Cain
American jazz vocalist (Jackie and Roy)Died on Monday September 15th 2014
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Chinese-born Japanese actress (Eternity) and singerDied on Sunday September 7th 2014
Octavio Brunetti
Argentine tango pianistDied on Friday August 29th 2014
John Blake, Jr.
American jazz violinistDied on Friday August 15th 2014
Olga Voronets
Russian mezzo-soprano folk singerDied on Saturday August 2nd 2014
Glenn Cornick
British bassist (Jethro Tull)Died on Thursday August 28th 2014
Licia Albanese
Italian-born American operatic sopranoDied on Friday August 15th 2014
Rosetta Hightower
American R&B singer (The Orlons)Died on Saturday August 2nd 2014
Pierre Brabant
Canadian composer and pianistDied on Thursday August 28th 2014
Rick Parashar
American record producer (Pearl JamDied on Thursday August 14th 2014
Michael Johns
Australian singer-songwriter (American Idol)Died on Friday August 1st 2014
Joe Bethancourt
American folk musicianDied on Thursday August 28th 2014
Buddy Jones
American bluegrass musicianDied on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Rod de’Ath
Welsh drummer (Rory Gallagher)Died on Friday August 1st 2014
Sandy Wilson
English composer and lyricist (The Boy Friend)Died on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Frans Brüggen
Dutch musicianDied on Wednesday August 13th 2014
Velva Darnell
American country singerDied on Tuesday August 12th 2014
Peter Sculthorpe
Australian composer (Kakadu)Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Gábor Gabos
Hungarian pianistDied on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Yehezkel Braun
Israeli composerDied on Wednesday August 27th 2014
Henry Stone
American record company executive and record producer (TK Records)Died on Thursday August 7th 2014
Cristina Deutekom
Dutch coloratura soprano opera singerDied on Thursday August 7th 2014
Aldo Donati
Italian singerDied on Sunday August 24th 2014
Frank Shipway
British conductorDied on Wednesday August 6th 2014
Inga Juuso
Norwegian singer and actressDied on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Rafael Santa Cruz
Peruvian cajon musician and actorDied on Monday August 4th 2014
Jean Redpath
Scottish folk singer-songwriterDied on Thursday August 21st 2014
Jake Hooker
Israeli-born American pop musician (Arrows)Died on Monday August 4th 2014
Josef Hrnčíř
Czech conductorDied on Sunday August 31st 2014
Kåre Kolberg
Norwegian composerDied on Tuesday August 19th 2014
Bobbie Clarke
British drummerDied on Sunday August 31st 2014
Kenny Drew, Jr.
American jazz pianist and composerDied on Sunday August 3rd 2014
Victoria Mallory
American singer and actressDied on Saturday August 30th 2014
Daladier Arismendi
Colombian singerDied on Sunday August 3rd 2014
Verda Erman
Turkish pianistDied on Monday July 21st 2014
James Govan
American singerDied on Friday July 18th 2014
Myer Fredman
British-Australian conductorDied on Friday July 4th 2014
Ernie Lancaster
American blues musicianDied on Thursday July 17th 2014
Peter Dawkins
New Zealand-born Australian record producer (DragonDied on Thursday July 3rd 2014
Johnny Winter
American Hall of Fame blues guitaristDied on Wednesday July 16th 2014
Oscar Yatco
Filipino conductor and violinistDied on Tuesday July 1st 2014
Dick Wagner
American rock guitarist (The FrostDied on Wednesday July 30th 2014
Vange Leonel
Brazilian singerDied on Monday July 14th 2014
Betty Cody
Canadian-born American country music singerDied on Tuesday July 1st 2014
Idris Muhammad
American jazz drummerDied on Tuesday July 29th 2014
Lorin Maazel
American conductorDied on Sunday July 13th 2014
Tommy Ramone
Hungarian-born American Hall of Fame record producer and drummer (The Ramones)Died on Friday July 11th 2014
Johnny Rebb
Australian rock and roll singerDied on Monday July 28th 2014
Eilene Hannan
Australian opera singerDied on Friday July 11th 2014
Carlo Bergonzi
Italian operatic tenorDied on Friday July 25th 2014
Charlie Haden
American jazz bassist and bandleaderDied on Friday July 11th 2014