September 2021

[13 Sep 2021] George Wein, 95, American festival promoter and jazz pianist, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

[12 Sep 2021] Don Maddox, 98, American country singer (Maddox Brothers and Rose).

[11 Sep 2021] María Mendiola, 69, Spanish pop singer (Baccara).

[10 Sep 2021] Michael Chapman, 80, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (True North).

[10 Sep 2021] Roger Newell, 73, English bassist (Rainbow Ffolly, Rick Wakeman, Marty Wilde), aortic aneurysm.

[07 Sep 2021] Carl Bean, 77, American Protestant church leader, singer (“I Was Born This Way“) and LGBT rights activist.

[07 Sep 2021] Koes Hendratmo [id], 79, Indonesian singer.

[07 Sep 2021] Warren Storm, 84, American swamp pop singer and drummer.

[06 Sep 2021] Bennie Pete, 45, American sousaphonist (Hot 8 Brass Band), complications from sarcoidosis and COVID-19.

[05 Sep 2021] Susan Anway, 70, American singer (The Magnetic Fields).

[05 Sep 2021] Sarah Harding, 39, English singer (Girls Aloud) and actress (Run for Your Wife, St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold), breast cancer.

[05 Sep 2021] Rickie Lee Reynolds, 72, American rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas), complications from COVID-19.

[04 Sep 2021] Billy Cafaro, 84, Argentine singer.

[04 Sep 2021] Gerhard Erber, 86, German classical pianist.

[02 Sep 2021] Alemayehu Eshete, 80, Ethiopian singer.

[02 Sep 2021] MadClip, 34, Greek rapper, traffic collision.

[01 Sep 2021] Adalberto Álvarez, 72, Cuban pianist (Son 14, Adalberto Álvarez y su Son), COVID-19.

[01 Sep 2021] Carol Fran, 87, American soul blues singer, pianist, and songwriter.

[01 Sep 2021] Aleksandr Khrabunov [ru], 61, Russian guitarist (Zoopark).

August 2021

[30 Aug 2021] Lee Williams, 75, American gospel singer.

[30 Aug 2021] Maggie Mae, 61, German singer, COVID-19.

[29 Aug 2021] Ron Bushy, 79, American drummer (Iron Butterfly).

[29 Aug 2021] Ed Asner, 91, American actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Elf, Up), president of the Screen Actors Guild (1981–1985), seven-time Emmy winner.

[29 Aug 2021] Lee “Scratch” Perry, 85, Jamaican reggae musician (The Upsetters), songwriter (“Run for Cover“, “Police and Thieves“) and record producer.

[28 Aug 2021] Francesc Burrull, 86, Spanish jazz musician and composer.

[28 Aug 2021] Sir Victor Uwaifo, 80, Nigerian musician.

[27 Aug 2021] Sam Salter, 46, American R&B singer.

[26 Aug 2021] Kenny Malone, 83, American session drummer (Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away, many others), COVID-19.

[25 Aug 2021] Dave Harper, English drummer (Frankie & The Heartstrings).

[24 Aug 2021] Charlie Watts, 80, English Hall of Fame drummer (The Rolling Stones, Blues Incorporated).

[24 Aug 2021] Fritz McIntyre, 62, British keyboardist (Simply Red).

[23 Aug 2021] Olli Wisdom, 63, British musician (Specimen).

[22 Aug 2021] Brian Travers, 62, British saxophonist and songwriter (UB40), brain cancer.

[22 Aug 2021] Eric Wagner, 62, American heavy metal singer (Trouble), COVID-19.

[21 Aug 2021] Bill Emerson, 83, American five-string banjo player.

[21 Aug 2021] Don Everly, 84, American Hall of Fame singer (The Everly Brothers) and songwriter (“Cathy’s Clown“, “So Sad (to Watch Good Love Go Bad)“).

[21 Aug 2021] “Sweet Sweet” Connie Hamzy, 66, American groupie (mentioned in Grand Funk’s “We’re an American Band.”

[20 Aug 2021] Tom T. Hall, 85, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter (“Harper Valley PTA“, “I Love“, “The Year That Clayton Delaney Died“).

[20 Aug 2021] Larry Harlow, 82, American salsa musician and composer, kidney disease.

[13 Aug 2021] Baba Zumbi, 49, American rapper (Zion I), COVID-19.

[13 Aug 2021] Nanci Griffith, 68, American singer-songwriter (“Love at the Five and Dime“, “Outbound Plane“, “From a Distance“), Grammy winner (1994).

[11 Aug 2021] Mike Finnigan, 76, American keyboardist and vocalist, kidney cancer.

[09 Aug 2021] Killer Kau, 22–23, South African rapper, dancer and record producer, traffic collision.

[07 Aug 2021] Dennis Thomas, 70, American saxophonist (Kool & the Gang).

[04 Aug 2021] Razzy Bailey, 82, American country musician (“Midnight Hauler“, “She Left Love All Over Me“, “I Keep Coming Back“).

[04 Aug 2021] Paul Johnson, 50, American DJ (“Get Get Down“) and record producer, COVID-19.

[04 Aug 2021] Anders Pettersson, 69, Swedish musician (Lasse Stefanz).

[03 Aug 2021] Jo Jo Bennett, 81, Canadian reggae musician (Sattalites).

[01 Aug 2021] Paul Cotton, 78, American musician (Poco, Illinois Speed Press) and songwriter (“Heart of the Night“).

July 2021

[31 Jul 2021] Charles Connor, 86, American drummer (Little Richard).

[29 Jul 2021] Gonzoe, 45, American rapper (Kausion), shot.

[27 Jul 2021] Willie Winfield, 91, American singer (The Harptones), heart attack.

[26 Jul 2021] Joey Jordison, 46, American musician (Slipknot, Murderdolls, Sinsaenum).

[26 Jul 2021] Mike Howe, 55, American heavy metal singer (Metal Church, Heretic).

[25 Jul 2021] John Hutchinson, British guitarist (David Bowie).

[25 Jul 2021] Count M’Butu, American percussionist (The Derek Trucks Band).

[24 Jul 2021] Jackie Mason, 93, American comedian and actor (The Simpsons, The Jerk, Caddyshack II), Emmy winner (1988, 1992).

[23 Jul 2021] Wally Gonzales, 71, Filipino blues guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band).

[22 Jul 2021] Palo Pandolfo, 56, Argentine singer-songwriter and musician (Don Cornelio y la Zona).

[21 Jul 2021] Lieb Bester, 72, South African musician and actor (The Making of the Mahatma, Stander, Winnie Mandela), COVID-19.

[21 Jul 2021] Rita Brantalou, 73, French actor and musician (Au Bonheur des Dames);

[20 Jul 2021] Jerry Granelli, 80, American-born Canadian jazz drummer (A Charlie Brown Christmas).

[19 Jul 2021] Chuck E. Weiss, 76, American songwriter and vocalist, inspiration for “Chuck E.’s in Love“, cancer.

[17 Jul 2021] Robby Steinhardt, 71, American singer and violinist (Kansas).

[16 Jul 2021] Biz Markie, 57, American rapper (“Just a Friend“) and actor (Men in Black II, Yo Gabba Gabba!), complications from diabetes.

[14 Jul 2021] Gary Corbett, American rock keyboardist (Cinderella, Kiss) and songwriter (“She Bop“), lung cancer.

[14 Jul 2021] Jeff LaBar, 58, American rock guitarist (Cinderella, Naked Beggars).

[13 Jul 2021] Brother Resistance, 66–67, Trinidadian rhythm poet and musician.

[11 Jul 2021] Juini Booth, 73, American jazz double-bassist.

[11 Jul 2021] Sound Sultan, 44, Nigerian rapper, AITL.

[10 Jul 2021] Byron Berline, 77, American fiddler.

[10 Jul 2021] Chris Hutka, American punk rock vocalist (The Bunny the Bear).

[08 Jul 2021] Sam Reed, 85, American jazz saxophonist.

[07 Jul 2021] Angélique Ionatos, 67, Greek singer and composer.

[06 Jul 2021] Djivan Gasparyan, 92, Armenian musician and composer.

[05 Jul 2021] Leo van de Ketterij, 70, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue).

[04 Jul 2021] Sanford Clark, 85, American rockabilly singer (“The Fool“, “Houston“), COVID-19.

[04 Jul 2021] Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz fusion bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Brian Auger and the Trinity), lung cancer.

[04 Jul 2021] José Manuel Zamacona, 69, Mexican singer (Los Yonic’s), COVID-19.

[02 Jul 2021] Elliot Lawrence, 96, American jazz pianist, nine-time Emmy award winner.

[01 Jul 2021] Bryan St. Pere, 52, American drummer (Hum).

June 2021

[30 Jun 2021] Vic Briggs, 76, English blues and rock guitarist (Steampacket, Eric Burdon and the Animals), cancer.

[29 Jun 2021] John Lawton, 74, English hard rock singer (Uriah Heep, Lucifer’s Friend).

[28 Jun 2021] Burton Greene, 84, American jazz pianist.

[26 Jun 2021] Hidefumi Toki [ja], 71, Japanese jazz saxophonist, cancer.

[26 Jun 2021] Johnny Solinger, 55, American singer-songwriter (Skid Row), liver failure.

[26 Jun 2021] Frederic Rzewski, 83, American composer (The People United Will Never Be Defeated!) and pianist, heart attack.

[26 Jun 2021] Jon Hassell, 84, American trumpeter and composer.

[25 Jun 2021] Wes, 57, Cameroonian singer (“Alane“), complications from surgery.

[23 Jun 2021] Ellen McIlwaine, 75, American-born Canadian guitarist and blues singer, cancer.

[23 Jun 2021] Wojciech Karolak, 82, Polish musician.

[21 Jun 2021] Mamady Keïta, 70, Guinean drummer.

[21 Jun 2021] Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.

[18 Jun 2021] Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese rock guitarist and actor (Ereki no Wakadaishō), pneumonia.

[18 Jun 2021] Gift of Gab, 50, American rapper (Blackalicious, Quannum Projects).

[17 Jun 2021] Fane Flaws, 70, New Zealand musician, songwriter, and artist (Blerta, The Crocodiles, The Spats).

[13 Jun 2021] Ned Beatty, 83, American actor (Network, All the President’s Men, Superman), gospel singer.

[09 Jun 2021] Juan Nelson, 62, American bassist (Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals).

[08 Jun 2021] Dean Parrish, 79, American soul singer.

[07 Jun 2021] David C. Lewis, American keyboardist (Ambrosia), brain cancer.

[05 Jun 2021] Grace Griffith, 64, American folk and Celtic singer, complications from Parkinson’s disease.

[03 Jun 2021] Karla Burns, 66, American operatic mezzo-soprano.

May 2021

[31 May 2021] Lil Loaded, 20, American rapper and internet personality.

[29 May 2021] B. J. Thomas, 78, American singer (“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head“, “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song“, “Hooked on a Feeling“), five-time Grammy winner, lung cancer.

[27 May 2021] Patrick Sky, 80, American singer-songwriter.

[26 May 2021] Kevin Clark, 32, American actor (School of Rock), traffic collision.

[25 May 2021] Rusty Warren, 91, American comedian and singer (Knockers Up!).

[24 May 2021] John Davis, 66, American singer (Milli Vanilli), COVID-19.

[24 May 2021] Samuel E. Wright, 74, American actor (The Little Mermaid, Dinosaur) and singer (“Under the Sea“), prostate cancer.

[23 May 2021] Lorrae Desmond, 91, Australian singer, television presenter (The Lorrae Desmond Show) and actress (A Country Practice, Arcade).

[20 May 2021] Roger Hawkins, 75, American drummer (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section) and recording studio owner (Muscle Shoals Sound Studio).

[19 May 2021] Johnny Ashcroft, 94, Australian country singer.

[19 May 2021] Paul Mooney, 79, American actor (The Buddy Holly Story, Bamboozled), comedian (Chappelle’s Show) and writer, heart attack.

[16 May 2021] Patsy Bruce, 81, American country songwriter (“Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys“, “Texas (When I Die”).

[15 May 2021] Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist.

[13 May 2021] Norman Simmons, 91, American pianist, arranger (“Wade in the Water“), and composer.

[13 May 2021] Jack Terricloth, 50, American musician (The World/Inferno Friendship Society).

[11 May 2021] Bernard Lachance, 46, Canadian singer-songwriter and conspiracy theorist, complications from AIDS.

[10 May 2021] Abdo Dagher, 85, Egyptian musician.

[08 May 2021] Curtis Fuller, 88, American jazz trombonist.

[07 May 2021] Tawny Kitaen, 59, American actress (The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak, Bachelor Party, Witchboard) and THE MTV video girl for Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again.”

[06 May 2021] Lloyd Price, 88, American Hall of Fame R&B singer (“Personality“, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy“, “Stagger Lee“).

[04 May 2021] Nick Kamen, 59, English model, singer (“Each Time You Break My Heart“) and songwriter (“I Promised Myself“).

[03 May 2021] Phil Naro, 63, American rock vocalist and theme song writer (6teen), tongue cancer.

[01 May 2021] Wondress Hutchinson, 56, American singer (“Got to Have Your Love“).

April 2021

[29 Apr 2021] Ray Reyes, 51, Puerto Rican singer (Menudo, El Reencuentro), heart attack.

[29 Apr 2021] Will Mecum, 48, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Karma to Burn, Year Long Disaster), fall.

[29 Apr 2021] Tony Markellis, 68, American bassist (Trey Anastasio Band).

[29 Apr 2021] John Hinch, 73, British drummer (Judas Priest, Bakerloo).

[25 Apr 2021] Denny Freeman, 76, American blues guitarist and keyboardist.

[21 Apr 2021] Joe Long, 88, American bassist (The Four Seasons), COVID-19.

[20 Apr 2021] Les McKeown, 65, Scottish singer (Bay City Rollers)

[19 Apr 2021] Jim Steinman, 73, American musician and hit songwriter for Bonnie Tyler (“Total Eclipse of the Heart,” “Holding out for a Hero”), Meatloaf (Bat Out of Hell, albums I & II), Celine Dion (“It’s All Coming Back to Me Now“), and Air Supply (“Making Love Out of Nothing at All“).

[18 Apr 2021] Paul Oscher, 71, American blues singer.

[17 Apr 2021] Black Rob, 51, American rapper (“Whoa!“, “Bad Boy for Life“), kidney failure.

[14 Apr 2021] Rusty Young, 75, American musician (Poco) and songwriter (“Crazy Love“, “Shoot for the Moon“), heart attack.

[09 Apr 2021] DMX, 50, American rapper (“Party Up (Up in Here)“, “X Gon’ Give It to Ya“, “Where the Hood At?“) and actor (Cradle 2 the Grave), heart attack following drug overdose.

[04 Apr 2021] Ralph Schuckett, 73, American rock keyboardist (Utopia, Todd Rundgren) and composer (Pokémon: The First Movie)

[02 Apr 2021] Quindon Tarver, 38, American R&B singer, traffic collision.

March 2021

[28 Mar 2021] Malcolm Cecil, 84, British musician (Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, Blues Incorporated) and record producer (Talking Book).

[26 Mar 2021] Brett Bradshaw, American drummer (Faster Pussycat)

[24 Mar 2021] Jessica Walter, 80, American actress (Arrested Development, Archer, Play Misty for Me), Emmy winner (1975)

[23 Mar 2021] Don Heffington, 70, American drummer (Lone Justice, Watkins Family Hour), leukemia.

[20 Mar 2021] Dan Sartain, 39, American rock and roll musician.

[18 Mar 2021] Paul Jackson, 73, American jazz bassist (The Headhunters, Azteca, Santana).

[17 Mar 2021] Matt Miller (American keyboardist for Titus Andronicus), 34

[17 Mar 2021] Corey Steger (American guitarist for Underoath), 42, traffic collision

[15 Mar 2021] Doug Parkinson, 74, Australian pop and rock singer (“Dear Prudence“, Fanny Adams, The Life Organisation).

[14 Mar 2021] Reggie Warren, 52, American R&B singer (Troop).

[11 Mar 2021] Ray Campi, 86, American rock double bassist.

[08 Mar 2021] James MacGaw (French guitarist for Magma), brain cancer

[07 Mar 2021] Lars Göran Petrov (Swedish singer for Entombed), 49, bile duct cancer

[05 Mar 2021] Michael Stanley, 72, American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, lung cancer.

[04 Mar 2021] Alan Cartwright, 75, English rock bassist (Procol Harum), stomach cancer.

[02 Mar 2021] Mark Goffeney, 51, American guitarist.

[02 Mar 2021] Bunny Wailer, 73, Jamaican reggae singer (Bob Marley and the Wailers) and songwriter (“Electric Boogie“), Grammy winner (1991, 1995, 1997), complications from a stroke.

[01 Mar 2021] Ralph Peterson Jr., 58, American jazz drummer (The Jazz Messengers, Out of the Blue), cancer.

February 2021

[28 Feb 2021] Ian North, 68, American punk and new wave musician (Milk ‘N’ Cookies), heart attack.

[26 Feb 2021] Bob James, 68, American rock singer-songwriter (Montrose), stomach ulcer complications.

[23 Feb 2021] Sean Kennedy (Australian bassist with Deez Nuts, I Killed the Prom Queen), 35, suicide.

[20 Feb 2021] Gene Taylor, 68, American pianist (Canned Heat, The Blasters, The Fabulous Thunderbirds).

[19 Feb 2021] James Burke (American singer with The Five Stairsteps), 70, pneumonia

[05 Feb 2021] Christopher Plummer, 91, Canadian actor (The Sound of Music, Beginners, All the Money in the World), Oscar winner (2012), complications from a fall.

[04 Feb 2021] Matt Harris (American bassist for The Posies)

[04 Feb 2021] Gil Saunders, 68, American soul singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes), lung cancer and multiple sclerosis.

[03 Feb 2021] Jim Weatherly, 77, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter (“Midnight Train to Georgia“, “Neither One of Us“, “You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me“).

[02 Feb 2021] Aaron Wegelin (American drummer for Elf Power)

[01 Feb 2021] Dustin Diamond, 44, American actor (Saved by the Bell, Purple People Eater) and comedian, small-cell carcinoma.

January 2021

[30 Jan 2021] Double K, 43, American rapper (People Under the Stairs).

[30 Jan 2021] Sophie, 34, Scottish singer-songwriter (“Bipp“, “Lemonade“) and record producer, accidental fall.

[23 Jan 2021] Jonas Gangwa (American trombonist), 83

[21 Jan 2021] Randy Parton, 67, American country singer-songwriter, cancer.

[18 Jan 2021] Jimmie Rodgers, 87, American pop singer (“Honeycomb“, “Kisses Sweeter than Wine“, “Secretly“).

[13 Jan 2021] Sylvain Sylvain, 69, Egyptian-born American guitarist (New York Dolls), cancer.

[13 Jan 2021] Tim Bogert, 76, American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Cactus), cancer.

[11 Jan 2021] Mark Keds, 50, English punk singer (Senseless Things).

[08 Jan 2021] Ed Bruce, 81, American singer-songwriter (“Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys“, “You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had“) and actor (Bret Maverick).

[08 Jan 2021] Michael Fonfara, 74, Canadian keyboardist (The Electric Flag, Downchild Blues Band, Rhinoceros), cancer.

[07 Jan 2021] Jamie O’Hara, 70, American country musician and songwriter (“Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days)“, “Older Women“), Grammy winner (1987), cancer.

[04 Jan 2021] Alexi Laiho (Finnish guitarist with Children of Bodom), 41

[03 Jan 2021] Gerry Marsden, 78, English musician (Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Crowd), heart infection.