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Since 2016, I have been curating Spotify playlists consisting of songs by artists who have passed away this year. It makes for a very interesting and eclectic playlist, because it will contain oldies rock and country from musicians who’ve naturally passed away from old age; young hip-hop and metal musicians cut down in their prime by overdose, accident, or murder; and every particular genre and decade.
Some notable losses in 2023 include The Yardbirds’ / Jeff Beck Group / Beck, Bogert & Appice guitar icon / double Hall-of-Famer Jeff Beck, Elvis Presley’s only daughter Lisa Marie Presley, Bachman-Turner Overdrive‘s founding drummer Robbie Bachman and his brother, guitarist Tim Bachman, double Hall-of-Famer with The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young David Crosby, Motown Records’ first hit (“Money [That’s What I Want]”) singer Barrett Strong, Songwriting Hall-of-Famer Burt Bacharach, De La Soul songwriter/rapper Trugoy the Dove, Fifties R&B crooner Chuck Jackson, pioneering Jazz Messengers / Miles Davis Quintet / Weather Report saxophonist Wayne Shorter, last surviving founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington, one of the first novelty hitmakers, Napoleon XIV (“They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”), “What You Won’t Do For Love” singer/songwriter Bobby Caldwell, Hall of Fame singer for Parliament-Funkadelic Fuzzy Haskins, Saliva guitarist Wayne Swinny, Mudcrutch bassist Tom Leadon, PBS regular, political satirist/musician Mark Russell, influential jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, Australian comedian Barry Humphries a.k.a. Dame Edna Everage, civil rights activist / actor / Calypso singer Harry Belafonte, inventor of trashy American daytime talk shows Jerry Springer, Canadian Hall-of-Fame singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, the Queen of Rock’n’Roll, Two-Time Hall of Famer Tina Turner, Hall of Fame Songwriter Cynthia Weil, “The Girl from Ipanema” singer Astrud Gilberto, Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin, 20-time Grammy winner Tony Bennett, Irish pop superstar Sinéad O’Connor, Eagles / Poco bassist/singer/songwriter Randy Meisner, creator of Pee-wee’s Playhouse actor Paul Reubens, Hall of Fame musician/songwriter of The Band Robbie Robertson, beloved animal activist and The Price is Right host Bob Barker, the world’s most laid-back oligarch singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, electronic music pioneer Gary Wright, Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell, English crooner Roger Whittaker, Paulie from the “Rocky” franchise, actor Burt Young, founding member of The Isley Brothers Rudolph Isley, “Three’s Company” actress Suzanne Somers, “Shaft” actor Richard Roundtree, “Friends” actor Matthew Perry, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, H.R. Pufnstuf puppeteer Marty Kroft, unrepentant unpunished war criminal Henry Kissinger, The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, April Wine frontman Myles Goodwyn, Hall of Fame TV producer Norman Lear, co-founder of The Moody Blues and Wings Denny Laine, and The Smothers Brothers Tom Smothers.
The musicians are listed in descending order (most recent to pass) here and in ascending order on the Spotify playlist (to listen to the year’s musicians in order).
Click the cover art to listen to that week’s episode of Rest in Playlist as heard every Friday Night at 10pm Pacific on KSHD-FM in Shady Cove, Oregon.
[31 Dec 2023] Jay Clayton, 82, American jazz vocalist.
[31 Dec 2023] O. S. Thyagarajan, 76, Indian Carnatic musician.
[30 Dec 2023] Klee Benally, 48, American musician (Blackfire) and activist.
[30 Dec 2023] Bhavani Shankar, 66–67, Indian pakhawaj drum player.
[30 Dec 2023] Aki Yashiro, 73, Japanese singer, interstitial pneumonia.
[29 Dec 2023] Maurice Hines, 80, American dancer, singer and actor (The Cotton Club).
[29 Dec 2023] Les McCann, 88, American jazz pianist, pneumonia.
[28 Dec 2023] Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, 54, Peruvian singer-songwriter (Arena Hash), heart attack.
[28 Dec 2023] Tommy Talton, 74, American guitarist (We the People, Cowboy).
[27 Dec 2023] Michael Gibbons Jr., American guitarist (Leeway).
[26 Dec 2023] Tony Oxley, 85, English free improvising drummer, co-founder of Incus Records.
[26 Dec 2023] Tom Smothers, 86, American comedian, musician (Smothers Brothers) and actor (Get to Know Your Rabbit, Serial), lung cancer.
[25 Dec 2023] Thanh Điền, 56, Vietnamese guitarist.
[24 Dec 2023] Vasilis Karras, 70, Greek laïko singer, complications from cancer and COVID-19.
[24 Dec 2023] Willie Ruff, 92, American jazz musician and educator.
[23 Dec 2023] Lisandro Meza, 86, Colombian singer and accordionist, complications from a stroke.
[22 Dec 2023] Sajid Khan, 71, Indian actor and singer.
[22 Dec 2023] Laura Lynch, 65, American musician (Dixie Chicks), traffic collision.
[19 Dec 2023] Russell Hunter, 76, British drummer (Pink Fairies, The Deviants).
[19 Dec 2023] Gunther Emmerlich, 79, German operatic bass and show presenter.
[18 Dec 2023] Pilarín Bueno, 79, Spanish Aragonese jota singer.
[18 Dec 2023] Ronnie Caryl, 70, English guitarist (Flaming Youth, Phil Collins).
[18 Dec 2023] M. Daud Kilau, 85, Malaysian singer.
[18 Dec 2023] Susanna Parigi, 62, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist.
[18 Dec 2023] Lewis Pragasam, 66, Malaysian jazz fusion drummer, heart attack.
[17 Dec 2023] Amp Fiddler, 65, American musician (Enchantment, Parliament, Funkadelic), composer, and record producer.
[17 Dec 2023] Mike Maxfield, 79, English songwriter and guitarist (The Dakotas).
[16 Dec 2023] Óscar Agudelo, 91, Colombian musician, complications from Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
[16 Dec 2023] Colin Burgess, 77, Australian rock drummer (The Masters Apprentices, AC/DC).
[16 Dec 2023] Pete Lucas, 73, British singer and guitarist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, The Troggs).
[16 Dec 2023] Carlos Lyra, 90, Brazilian singer and composer (“Maria Ninguém“).
[16 Dec 2023] Manny Martínez, 69, American drummer (The Misfits).
[16 Dec 2023] Tim Norell, 68, Swedish musician and songwriter (Norell Oson Bard), cancer.
[15 Dec 2023] Anup Ghoshal, 78, Indian playback singer and film composer (Sagina Mahato).
[15 Dec 2023] Bob Johnson, 79, British guitarist, singer and songwriter (Steeleye Span).
[14 Dec 2023] Pedro Henrique, 30, Brazilian gospel singer, heart attack.
[13 Dec 2023] Travis Dopp, American guitarist (Small Brown Bike), cancer.
[12 Dec 2023] Ole Paus, 76, Norwegian singer and songwriter.
[11 Dec 2023] Jeffrey Foskett, 67, American singer, songwriter, and producer (The Beach Boys), thyroid cancer.
[11 Dec 2023] Richard Kerr, 78, English singer, songwriter (“Mandy“, “I’ll Never Love This Way Again“, “Looks Like We Made It“) and composer.
[11 Dec 2023] Essra Mohawk, 75, American singer-songwriter (“Primordial Lovers“, “Change of Heart“).
[11 Dec 2023] Zahara, 36, South African singer (“Phendula“, “Loliwe“), liver disease.
[10 Dec 2023] Cayle Sain, 31, American drummer (Twitching Tongues).
[08 Dec 2023] Florin Apostol, 58, Romanian singer.
[08 Dec 2023] Nidra Beard, 71, American singer (Dynasty), cancer.
[07 Dec 2023] Ramón Ayala, 96, Argentine poet, singer and writer, pneumonia.
[07 Dec 2023] Terry Baucom, 71, American bluegrass singer and banjo player (Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out), Lewy body dementia.
[07 Dec 2023] Teresa Silva Carvalho, 88, Portuguese singer.
[07 Dec 2023] Lola Dee, 95, American singer.
[06 Dec 2023] Pedro Hietanen, 74, Finnish musician and conductor.
[06 Dec 2023] Michel Sardaby, 88, French jazz pianist.
[06 Dec 2023] Jimmy Villotti, 79, Italian musician.
[05 Dec 2023] Denny Laine, 79, English Hall of Fame musician (Wings, The Moody Blues) and songwriter (“Mull of Kintyre“), interstitial lung disease.
[05 Dec 2023] Norman Lear, 101, American Hall of Fame television writer and producer (All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons).
[04 Dec 2023] John Hyatt, 62–63, British singer (The Three Johns), cancer.
[04 Dec 2023] Vlado Pravdić, 73, Bosnian keyboardist (Bijelo Dugme).
[03 Dec 2023] Myles Goodwyn, 75, Canadian musician (April Wine) and songwriter (“Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love“, “Just Between You and Me“).
[01 Dec 2023] Badar uz Zaman, 83, Pakistani classical singer.
[30 Nov 2023] Shane MacGowan, 65, Irish singer (The Pogues, Shane MacGowan and the Popes) and songwriter (“Fairytale of New York“).
[29 Nov 2023] Scott Kempner, 69, American guitarist (The Dictators, The Del-Lords, The Brandos), complications from dementia.
[29 Nov 2023] Henry Kissinger, 100, German-born American diplomat and politician, national security advisor (1969–1975) and secretary of state (1973–1977), Nobel Prize laureate (1973).
[29 Nove 2023] Mildred Miller, 98, American mezzo-soprano.
[28 Nov 2023] Queenzy Cheng, 37, Malaysian actress and singer.
[28 Nov 2023] John Colianni, 61, American jazz pianist.
[28 Nov 2023] Dedema, 76, Chinese singer.
[28 Nov 2023] Lanny Gordin, 72, Brazilian instrumentalist and composer.
[28 Nov 2023] Mohamed Bousmaha, 34–35, Algerian singer, traffic collision.
[28 Nov 2023] Amine La Colombe, Algerian musician, traffic collision.
[26 Nov 2023] Brian Godding, 78, Welsh jazz rock guitarist (Blossom Toes, Centipede).
[26 Nov 2023] Geordie Walker, 64, English guitarist (Killing Joke) and songwriter (“Love Like Blood“, “Eighties“), complications from a stroke.
[25 Nov 2023] Julio Anderson, 74, Chilean bass guitarist (Los Jaivas).
[25 Nov 2023] Marty Krofft, 86, Canadian puppeteer (H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters), kidney failure.
[25 Nov 2023] Les Maguire, 81, English musician (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
[25 Nov 2023] Yngvar Numme, 79, Norwegian singer (Dizzie Tunes) and actor.
[25 Nov 2023] B. Sasikumar, 74, Indian violinist.
[24 Nov 2023] Douglas Ahlstedt, 78, American operatic tenor (Metropolitan Opera).
[24 Nov 2023] Jukka Haavisto, 93, Finnish musician.
[22 Nov 2023] Jean Knight, 80, American singer (“Mr. Big Stuff“).
[22 Nov 2023] Jim Salestrom, 67, American singer-songwriter.
[21 Nov 2023] Horacio Malvicino, 94, Argentine jazz and tango guitarist and composer.
[20 Nov 2023] Ann Rachlin, 90, British musician and author.
[20 Nov 2023] Mars Williams, 68, American saxophonist (The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs, Liquid Soul), ampullary cancer.
[19 Nov 2023] Rosalynn Carter, 96, American mental health activist, first lady of the United States (1977–1981), and of Georgia (1971–1975), complications from dementia.
[19 Nov 2023] Ninie Doniah, 56, Malagasy singer and composer.
[19 Nov 2023] Catherine Christer Hennix, 75, Swedish musician, poet and philosopher.
[19 Nov 2023] Colette Maze, 109, French classical pianist.
[19 Nov 2023] Carlton Pearson, 70, American minister and gospel singer, subject of Come Sunday, prostate cancer.
[19 Nov 2023] Sara Tavares, 45, Portuguese singer, brain tumour.
[18 Nov 2023] David Del Tredici, 86, American composer.
[17 Nov 2023] Charlie Dominici, 72, American singer (Dream Theater, Dominici).
[16 Nov 2023] George “Funky” Brown, 74, American Hall of Fame drummer (Kool & the Gang) and songwriter (“Ladies’ Night“, “Celebration“), lung cancer.
[16 Nov 2023] Peter Solley, 75, English musician (Fox, Procol Harum) and record producer (“What I Like About You“).
[16 Nov 2023] Thành Được, 89, Vietnamese actor and singer.
[15 Nov 2023] Sandy Farina, 68, American singer-songwriter and actress (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band).
[15 Nov 2023] Oladips, 28, Nigerian rapper.
[15 Nov 2023] Karl Tremblay, 47, Canadian folk singer (Les Cowboys Fringants), prostate cancer.
[14 Nov 2023] Buzy, 66, French singer.
[14 Nov 2023] Chabelita Fuentes, 92, Chilean singer and folklorist.
[13 Nov 2023] Ivo Kuusk, 86, Estonian opera singer.
[12 Nov 2023] Mohammed al Amin, 80, Sudanese musician.
[11 Nov 2023] Luis Carlos Gil, 72, Spanish singer (Trigo Limpio).
[11 Nov 2023] Conny Van Dyke, 78, American singer and actress (Hell’s Angels ’69, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Framed), complications from vascular dementia.
[11 Nov 2023] Heinz Zickler, 103, German trumpeter, organist and composer.
[10 Nov 2023] Johnny Ruffo, 35, Australian singer (“On Top“) and actor (Home and Away), brain cancer.
[09 Nov 2023] R.L. Boyce, 68, American blues musician.
[09 Nov 2023] Junko Ohashi, 73, Japanese singer, esophageal cancer.
[08 Nov 2023] Hannelore Auer, 81, Austrian singer and film actress (I’m Marrying the Director, The Merry Wives of Tyrol, …denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol).
[07 Nov 2023] Haris Xanthoudakis, 73, Greek composer.
[07 Nov 2023] C-Knight, 52, American rapper (The Dove Shack), complications from a stroke.
[07 Nov 2023] Heath, 55, Japanese bassist (X Japan), cancer.
[06 Nov 2023] Iván Cruz, 77, Peruvian bolero singer and composer.
[06 Nov 2023] Sean Martin, 26, English musician (The Night Café).
[06 Nov 2023] Yoshiko Miura, 74, Japanese lyricist (“Mayonaka no Door (Stay with Me)“), pneumonia.
[06 Nov 2023] Dino Piana, 93, Italian jazz musician.
[05 Nov 2023] Ryland Davies, 80, Welsh operatic tenor and voice teacher (Royal College of Music), mesothelioma.
[05 Nov 2023] Anne Hart, 90, British actress and singer.
[05 Nov 2023] Lolita Rodrigues, 94, Brazilian singer and actress (Rainha da Sucata, Despedida de Solteiro, Kubanacan), pneumonia.
[04 Nov 2023] Akbar Golpayegani, 89, Iranian singer.
[03 Nov 2023] Pete Garner, 61, British bassist (The Stone Roses), cancer.
[02 Nov 2023] Michel Pilz, 78, German jazz clarinetist.
[01 Nov 2023] Leela Omchery, 94, Indian classical singer and musicologist.
[01 Nov 2023] Vic Vergeat, 72, Italian guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer.
[30 Oct 2023] Aaron Spears, 47, American drummer (Lil Wayne, Carrie Underwood, Chaka Khan).
[29 Oct 2023] Pelle Hökengren, 61, Swedish musician (Trance Dance) and videographer.
[29 Oct 2023] Tigran Alikhanov [ru], 80, Russian pianist.
[28 Oct 2023] Matthew Perry, 54, American-Canadian actor (Friends, The Whole Nine Yards, Fools Rush In).
[28 Oct 2023] Bill Rice, 84, American country music singer and songwriter.
[28 Oct 2023] Doron Sheffer [he], 48, Israeli singer and composer.
[27 Oct 2023] Axali Doëseb, 69, Namibian composer (“Namibia, Land of the Brave“), complications from diabetes.
[27 Oct 2023] Swarup Nayak, 76, Indian music director, composer, and actor.
[26 Oct 2023] Goa Gil, 72, American musician, DJ, and remixer.
[26 Oct 2023] Rigo Star, 68, Congolese soukous guitarist and composer.
[24 Oct 2023] Steve Riley, 67, American drummer (Keel, W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns), pneumonia.
[24 Oct 2023] Richard Roundtree, 81, American actor (Shaft, Se7en, Speed Racer), pancreatic cancer.
[24 Oct 2023] Lily Afshar, 63, Iranian classical guitarist.
[23 Oct 2023] István Láng, 90, Hungarian composer, academic teacher (Franz Liszt Academy of Music) and cultural manager (International Society for Contemporary Music).
[23 Oct 2023] Chronis Aidonidis, 95, Greek folk singer.
[23 Oct 2023] Angelo Bruschini, 62, English guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack), lung cancer.
[23 Oct 2023] Mervin Shiner, 102, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist.
[22 Oct 2023] Gregg Sutton, 74, American musician (Lone Justice) and songwriter (“Stop!“, “Breathe“).
[20 Oct 2023] Cherif Hamani, 67, Algerian Kabyle singer.
[19 Oct 2023] Atsushi Sakurai, 57, Japanese musician (Buck-Tick) and singer-songwriter, brain haemorrhage.
[19 Oct 2023] Lasse Berghagen, 78, Swedish singer (“Teddybjörnen Fredriksson“), musician (Eurovision Song Contest 1975) and television presenter (Allsång på Skansen), complications from heart surgery.
[18 Oct 2023] Dwight Twilley, 72, American singer-songwriter (“I’m on Fire“).
[17 Oct 2023] Roza Agisheva, 59, Russian singer (Big Children’s Choir) and actress (Crank from 5th B).
[17 Oct 2023] Carla Bley, 87, American jazz composer (Escalator over the Hill) and musician (Jazz Composer’s Orchestra), brain cancer.
[15 Oct 2023] Suzanne Somers, 76, American actress (Three’s Company, Step by Step, She’s the Sheriff), breast cancer.
[14 Oct 2023] Gary Nuñez, 71, Puerto Rican musician (Plena Libre), pancreatic cancer.
[13 Oct 2023] Astrid Achi, 62, Ecuadorian soprano singer, complications from surgery.
[13 Oct 2023] Garry Mapanzure, 25, Zimbabwean singer, traffic collision.
[12 Oct 2023] Michael Cooper, 71, Jamaican musician (Inner Circle, Third World), cancer.
[12 Oct 2023] Remei Margarit [es], 87, Spanish Catalan singer-songwriter and writer, co-founder of Els Setze Jutges.
[12 Oct 2023] Aérea Negrot, 43, Venezuelan performer, singer and electronic musician.
[10 Oct 2023] Rudolph Isley, 84, American Hall of Fame singer (The Isley Brothers) and songwriter (“It’s Your Thing“, “That Lady“), heart attack.
[09 Oct 2023] Steven Lutvak, 64, American musician and composer (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder).
[09 Oct 2023] Kevin Parrott, British singer (Brian and Michael), stroke.
[09 Oct 2023] Buck Trent, 85, American country musician and television personality (Hee Haw).
[08 Oct 2023] Nina Matviienko, 75, Ukrainian singer.
[08 Oct 2023] Ritchie Routledge, 73, British singer and guitarist (The Cryin’ Shames).
[08 Oct 2023] Shinji Tanimura, 74, Japanese singer-songwriter.
[08 Oct 2023] Burt Young, 83, American actor (Rocky, Chinatown, The Pope of Greenwich Village).
[07 Oct 2023] Reiner Goldberg, 83, German operatic heldentenor (Berlin State Opera).
[06 Oct 2023] Maurice Bourgue, 83, French oboist, composer, and conductor.
[05 Oct 2023] Bruno Filippini, 78, Italian singer.
[04 Oct 2023] Dominique Perrier, 72–73, French electronic musician and composer (Space Art, Stone Age).
[03 Oct 2023] Jacqueline Dark, 55, Australian opera singer, cancer.
[01 Oct 2023] Julian Bahula, 85, South African drummer, composer and bandleader (Jabula).
[01 Oct 2023] Ron Haffkine, 84, American record producer and music manager (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show), leukemia and kidney failure.
[01 Oct 2023] Patricia Janečková, 25, Slovak soprano, breast cancer.
[01 Oct 2023] Ricky Wolff, 78, South African musician (White Plains).
[30 Sep 2023] Russell Batiste Jr., 57, American drummer (The Meters, Vida Blue, Papa Grows Funk), heart attack.
[30 Sep 2023] Carol Buschmann, 96, American singer (The Chordettes).
[30 Sep 2023] Russell Sherman, 93, American classical pianist.
[29 Sep 2023] Ron Howden, 78, English drummer (Nektar).
[28 Sep 2023] Stephen Ackles, 57, Norwegian musician.
[28 Sep 2023] Najah Salam [ar], 92, Lebanese singer and actress.
[27 Sep 2023] Dom Famularo, 70, American drummer.
[27 Sep 2023] Ramla Beegum, 77, Indian Mappilapattu singer and Kadhaprasangam artist.
[25 Sep 2023] Anneke Uittenbosch, 93, Dutch harpsichordist.
[23 Sep 2023] Terry Kirkman, 83, American musician (The Association) and songwriter (“Cherish“, “Everything That Touches You“), heart failure.
[22 Sep 2023] Olga Chorens, 99, Cuban singer and actress.
[22 Sep 2023] Mike Henderson, 70, American singer-songwriter (“Broken Halos“, “Starting Over“) and musician (The SteelDrivers).
[22 Sep 2023] Peter Horton, 82, Austrian guitarist, composer and singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1967).
[22 Sep 2023] Alejandro Meerapfel, 54, Argentine operatic baritone, heart attack.
[21 Sep 2023] Robert W. Smith, 64, American trumpeter and composer, complications from heart surgery.
[20 Sep 2023] Katherine Anderson, 79, American singer (The Marvelettes).
[20 Sep 2023] Kent Stax, 61, American drummer (Scream), cancer.
[19 Sep 2023] Lou Deprijck, 77, Belgian singer-songwriter (“Ça plane pour moi“), musician (Two Man Sound) and record producer.
[17 Sep 2023] Aníbal de Peña, 90, Dominican singer, pianist and composer.
[17 Sep 2023] Lies Adji Rachman, 78, Indonesian musician (Dara Puspita), complications from diabetes.
[16 Sep 2023] Irish Grinstead, 43, American R&B singer (702).
[16 Sep 2023] Milo Hrnić, 73, Croatian pop singer, infection.
[16 Sep 2023] John Marshall, 82, English drummer (Nucleus, Soft Machine, Centipede).
[15 Sep 2023] Prudence McIntyre, 78, American singer (Patience and Prudence).
[15 Sep 2023] Paul Woseen, 56, Australian musician (The Screaming Jets) and songwriter (“Helping Hand“).
[14 Sep 2023] Robert Tree Cody, 72, American musician.
[14 Sep 2023] Fred Lewis, 72, American percussionist (Lakeside).
[13 Sep 2023] Roger Whittaker, 87, British singer-songwriter (“Durham Town (The Leavin’)“, “I Don’t Believe in If Anymore“, “The Last Farewell“).
[12 Sep 2023] Beytocan, 67, Turkish-born Swedish Kurdish singer and musician, cancer.
[12 Sep 2023] MohBad, 27, Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter.
[11 Sep 2023] Benito Castro, 77, Mexican musician, comedian (Los Hermanos Castro) and actor (Como dice el dicho), fall.
[11 Sep 2023] Dedi Graucher, 62, Israeli singer, cancer.
[11 Sep 2023] Yvonne Přenosilová [cs], 76, Czech singer.
[10 Sep 2023] Charlie Robison, 59, American singer-songwriter, cardiac arrest.
[10 Sep 2023] Brendan Croker, 70, English musician (The Notting Hillbillies), leukaemia.
[10 Sep 2023] Matthew Stewart, 41, American trumpeter (Streetlight Manifesto).
[08 Sep 2023] Mylon LeFevre, 78, American Christian rock singer, cancer.
[07 Sep 2023] Margherita Rinaldi, 88, Italian lyric soprano.
[07 Sep 2023] Charles Gayle, 84, American jazz saxophonist and pianist.
[07 Sep 2023] María Jiménez, 73, Spanish singer.
[06 Sep 2024] Larry Chance, 82, American doo-wop singer (The Earls).
[06 Sep 2023] Richard Davis, 93, American jazz bassist.
[06 Sep 2024] Malini Rajurkar, 82, Indian classical singer.
[05 Sep 2023] Joe Fagin, 83, British singer (“Breakin’ Away / That’s Livin’ Alright“).
[05 Sep 2023] Bruce Guthro, 62, Canadian singer-songwriter (“Walk This Road“, “Falling“) and musician (Runrig).
[05 Sep 2023] Richard Laviolette, 41, Canadian singer-songwriter, assisted suicide.
[04 Sep 2023] Teté Caturla, 85, Cuban singer (Cuarteto d’Aida).
[04 Sep 2023] Steve Harwell, 56, American singer (Smash Mouth), liver failure.
[04 Sep 2023] Tail Dragger Jones, 82, American Chicago blues singer.
[04 Sep 2023] Gary Wright, 80, American singer-songwriter (“Dream Weaver“, “Love Is Alive“) and musician (Spooky Tooth), Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
[03 Sep 2023] José Sébéloué, 74, French singer and musician (La Compagnie Créole).
[02 Sep 2023] Lefty SM, 31, Mexican rapper, shot.
[01 Sep 2023] Robert Becerra, 64, American guitarist (Stains).
[01 Sep 2023] Jimmy Buffett, 76, American singer-songwriter (“Margaritaville“, “Cheeseburger in Paradise“), founder of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, Merkel-cell carcinoma.
[30 Aug 2023] Jack Sonni, 68, American musician (Dire Straits), marketing executive and writer.
[29 Aug 2023] Peter King, 84, Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader.
[28 Aug 2023] August 08, 31, American singer-songwriter (“I’m the One“).
[28 Aug 2023] James Casey, 40, American saxophonist (Trey Anastasio Band), colon cancer.
[28 Aug 2023] Len Chandler, 88, American folk musician.
[27 Aug 2023] Brian McBride, 53, American musician (Stars of the Lid, Bell Gardens).
[27 Aug 2023] Denyse Plummer, 69, Trinidadian singer, cancer.
[27 Aug 2023] Eddie Skoller [da], 79, American-born Danish singer and actor.
[26 Aug 2023] Bob Barker, 99, American game show host (The Price Is Right, Truth or Consequences) and animal welfare activist, 18-time Emmy winner.
[26 Aug 2023] Bosse Broberg, 85, Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer.
[26 Aug 2023] John Kezdy, 64, American punk singer (The Effigies) and attorney, traffic collision.
[26 Aug 2023] MC Marcinho, 45, Brazilian funk melody singer, multiple organ failure.
[25 Aug 2023] Carlos Gonzaga, 99, Brazilian singer.
[24 Aug 2023] Bernie Marsden, 72, English rock guitarist (Whitesnake) and songwriter (“Fool for Your Loving“, “Here I Go Again“).
[22 Aug 2023] Toto Cutugno, 80, Italian singer-songwriter (“L’Italiano“, “Insieme: 1992“, “Solo noi“) and musician, prostate cancer.
[21 Aug 2023] Denis LePage, 74, Canadian musician (Lime) and songwriter (“Your Love“), cancer.
[20 Aug 2023] Luc Smets [nl], 76, Belgian singer, composer and keyboardist (The Pebbles).
[19 Aug 2023] Václav Patejdl, 68, Slovak musician and composer (Elán).
[18 Aug 2023] Ray Hildebrand, 82, American singer (Paul & Paula) and songwriter (“Hey Paula“, “Young Lovers“).
[18 Aug 2023] Chico Novarro [es], 88, Argentine singer-songwriter.
[17 Aug 2023] Walter “Bruddah Waltah” Aipolani, 68, American singer.
[17 Aug 2023] Bobby Eli, 77, American guitarist (MFSB), songwriter (“Love Won’t Let Me Wait“), and record producer.
[17 Aug 2023] Gary Young, 70, American drummer (Pavement).
[16 Aug 2023] Renata Scotto, 89, Italian operatic soprano.
[13 Aug 2023] Patricia Bredin, 88, English actress (Left Right and Centre, The Treasure of Monte Cristo) and singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1957).
[13 Aug 2023] Mohammad Esmaili, 88, Iranian musician.
[13 Aug 2023] Magoo, 50, American rapper (Timbaland & Magoo) and songwriter (“Up Jumps da Boogie“).
[12 Aug 2023] Vilayil Faseela, 63, Indian singer.0124
.[12 Aug 2023] Berit Lindholm, 88, Swedish soprano.
[11 Aug 2023] Carlos Camacho, 73, Puerto Rican singer (Los Hispanos) and pastor
[11 Aug 2023] Florence Malgoire, 63, French classical violinist, pedagogue and conductor.
[11 Aug 2023] Lizeta Nikolaou [el], 71, Greek singer, fall.
[11 Aug 2023] Ron Peno, 68, Australian singer-songwriter (Died Pretty), cancer.
[11 Aug 2023] Shoji Tabuchi, 79, Japanese-American fiddler, cancer.
[09 Aug 2023] Peppino Gagliardi, 83, Italian singer.
[09 Aug 2023] Robbie Robertson, 80, Canadian Hall of Fame musician (The Band), songwriter (“The Weight“) and film composer (The Color of Money), prostate cancer.
[08 Aug 2023] Sixto Rodriguez, 81, American singer-songwriter (“Sugar Man“), subject of Searching for Sugar Man.
[07 Aug 2023] DJ Casper, 58, American DJ and songwriter (“Cha Cha Slide“), kidney and liver cancer.
[07 Aug 2023] Erkin Koray, 82, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist.
[07 Aug 2023] David LaFlamme, 82, American singer and violinist (It’s a Beautiful Day).
[07 Aug 2023] Toussaint McCall, 89, American R&B singer.
[06 Aug 2023] Louis Tillett, 64, Australian singer and musician.
[05 Aug 2023] Tristan Honsinger, 73, American cellist.
[04 Aug 2023] Tom Pintens [nl], 48, Belgian singer, guitarist and pianist (Roosbeef, Zita Swoon).
[04 Aug 2023] John Gosling, 75, English keyboardist (The Kinks).
[03 Aug 2023] Carl Davis, 86, American-British composer (The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Pride and Prejudice, Liverpool Oratorio) and conductor, brain hemorrhage.
[03 Aug 2023] Wendell B, 65, American soul singer, cancer.
[01 Aug 2023] Theo van Tol, 66, Dutch accordionist (Amsterdam Klezmer Band).
[01 Aug 2023] Dom Minasi, 80, American jazz guitarist, composer and music producer.
[01 Aug 2023] Mariana Sîrbu, Romanian violinist.
[30 Jul 2023] Paul Reubens, 70, American actor (Pee-wee’s Playhouse, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Blow), cancer.
[29 Jul 2023] Manolo Miralles [ca], 71, Spanish musician and singer (Al Tall).
[29 Jul 2023] Edgar Pozzer [pt], 84, Brazilian singer.
[29 Jul 2023] Nancy Van de Vate, 92, American composer.
[28 Jul 2023] Tommi Stumpff, 65, German EBM musician.
[27 Jul 2023] Bea Van der Maat, 62, Belgian singer, television presenter and actress (Koko Flanel), assisted suicide.
[26 Jul 2023] James Harvey, 35, American bassist (Goatwhore).
[26 Jul 2023] Roseline Damian, 39, Kenyan gospel singer, cancer.
[26 Jul 2023] Randy Meisner, 77, American Hall of Fame musician (Eagles, Poco) and songwriter (“Take It to the Limit”), Grammy winner (1976, 1978), COPD.
[26 Jul 2023] Sinéad O’Connor, 56, Irish singer (“Nothing Compares 2 U“) and songwriter (“Mandinka“, “The Emperor’s New Clothes“), Grammy winner (1991).
[26 Jul 2023] Surinder Shinda, 70, Indian Punjabi singer.
[25 Jul 2023] Andreas Tsoukalas, 60, Greek singer.
[24 Jul 2023] Leny Andrade, 80, Brazilian singer and musician.
[24 Jul 2023] Denis Badault [fr], 65, French pianist, conductor and composer (Orchestre National de Jazz).
[24 Jul 2023] Brad Houser, 62, American musician (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Critters Buggin), stroke.
[24 Jul 2023] Dóris Monteiro, 88, Brazilian singer and actress.
[23 Jul 2023] Raymond Froggatt, 81, English songwriter (“Callow-la-vita“, “Big Ship“, “Rachel“) and singer.
[23 Jul 2023] Otello Profazio, 88, Italian cantastorie, folk singer-songwriter, and author.
[22 Jul 2023] Peter Austin, 78, Jamaican singer (The Clarendonians).
[22 Jul 2023] Vince Hill, 89, English singer (“Edelweiss“, “Take Me to Your Heart Again“).
[22 Jul 2023] Knut Riisnæs, 77, Norwegian jazz musician.
[22 Jul 2023] Arthur Rubin, 97, American singer and actor (The Patty Duke Show, The Producers).
[21 Jul 2023] Hafiz Abdelrahman, Sudanese flautist.
[21 Jul 2023] Tony Bennett, 96, American singer (“I Left My Heart in San Francisco“, “Rags to Riches“, “Because of You“), 20-time Grammy winner.
[17 Jul 2023] DJ Deeon, 56, American dance music DJ and producer.
[17 Jul 2023] João Donato, 88, Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist.
[17 Jul 2023] Valentin Gheorghiu, 95, Romanian pianist and composer.
[17 Jul 2023] Marc Herrand [fr], 98, French singer (Les Compagnons de la chanson).
[16 Jul 2023] Jane Birkin, 76, English-French singer (“Je t’aime… moi non plus“) and actress (La Piscine, Evil Under the Sun).
[12 Jul 2023] André Watts, 77, American pianist and academic, Grammy winner (1964), Avery Fisher Prize recipient (1988), cancer.
[11 Jul 2023] Toni Carbone, 62, Italian bass guitarist (Denovo), complications from a heart attack.
[10 Jul 2023] Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, 89, German jazz musician.
[08 Jul 2023] Özkan Uğur, 69, Turkish musician (MFÖ) and actor (A.R.O.G, Arif V 216), lymphoma.
[07 Jul 2023] Oscar Brashear, 78, American jazz trumpeter.
[06 Jul 2023] Peter Nero, 89, American pianist and conductor (Philly Pops), Grammy winner (1962, 1963).
[06 Jul 2023] Victor Pikayzen, 90, Russian violinist and teacher.
[05 Jul 2023] Marcello Colasurdo [it], 68, Italian singer-songwriter and actor.
[05 Jul 2023] Coco Lee, 48, Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter (Singer), suicide.
[05 Jul 2023] George Tickner, 76, American rock guitarist (Journey, Frumious Bandersnatch).
[04 Jul 2023] Jenő Jandó, 71, Hungarian pianist.
[04 Jul 2023] Canelita Medina, 84, Venezuelan salsa singer.
[04 Jul 2023] Robin Tamang, 60, Nepalese singer and actor (The Last Hour).
[03 Jul 2023] Vicki Anderson, 83, American soul singer.
[03 Jul 2023] Mo Foster, 78, English multi-instrumentalist (Affinity, Fancy, RMS) and record producer, cancer.
[03 Jul 2023] Lincoln Mayorga, 86, American pianist and arranger.
[03 Jul 2023] Sudakshina Sarma, 88, Indian singer and musician.
[02 Jul 2023] Margaret Nisbett, 94, Australian soprano.
[30 Jun 2023] Mats Olin [sv], 76, Swedish singer and actor.
[30 Jun 2023] Lord Creator, 87, Trinidadian-born Jamaican singer-songwriter (“Kingston Town“).
[30 Jun 2023] Rick Froberg, 55, American musician (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Obits).
[29 Jun 2023] Angela Zilia [el], 88, Greek singer and actress (Dead Man’s Treasure).
[29 Jun 2023] Alan Arkin, 89, American actor (Little Miss Sunshine, Argo, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter), Oscar winner (2006), heart failure.
[27 Jun 2023] Bobby Osborne, 91, American bluegrass musician (Osborne Brothers).
[25 Jun 2023] Tapas Das, 68, Indian singer-songwriter (Moheener Ghoraguli), lung cancer.
[24 Jun 2023] Claude Barzotti, 69, Belgian singer.
[24 Jun 2023] Rachel Yakar, 87, French soprano.
[23 Jun 2023] Jesse McReynolds, 93, American bluegrass musician (Jim & Jesse).
[22 Jun 2023] Robert Black, 67, American bassist (Bang on a Can All Stars), colon cancer.
[22 Jun 2023] Peter Brötzmann, 82, German jazz saxophonist.
[20 Jun 2023] Choi Sung-bong, 33, South Korean singer, suicide.
[20 Jun 2023] Rohana Jalil [ms], 68, Malaysian singer.
[20 Jun 2023] John Waddington, 63, English guitarist (The Pop Group, Maximum Joy, Perfume).
[20 Jun 2023] Paolo Zavallone, 90, Italian singer and composer.
[19 Jun 2023] Max Morath, 96, American ragtime pianist, television presenter and author.
[19 Jun 2023] Gabriele Schnaut, 72, German opera singer (Bayreuth Festival, Hamburg State Opera, Bavarian State Opera).
[19 Jun 2023] Ryan Siew, 26, Australian guitarist (Polaris).
[18 Jun 2023] Big Pokey, 48, American rapper (Screwed Up Click, “Sittin’ Sidewayz“).
[18 Jun 2023] Krzysztof Olesiński [pl], 70, Polish bassist (Maanam).
[18 Jun 2023] Teresa Taylor, 60, American drummer (Butthole Surfers) and actress (Slacker), lung disease.
[18 Jun 2023] Wan Sha Lang [zh], 74, Taiwanese singer.
[17 Jun 2023] Dave Maclean, 78, Brazilian singer-songwriter.
[16 Jun 2023] Peter Dickinson, 88, English composer and musicologist.
[15 Jun 2023] Sergey Kolchin, 45, Russian guitarist (Zemlyane).
[15 Jun 2023] Dan Lardner, American singer and guitarist (QTY).
[15 Jun 2023] Luiz Schiavon [pt], 64, Brazilian keyboardist (RPM).
[13 Jun 2023] Christy Dignam, 63, Irish singer (Aslan), cancer.
[13 Jun 2023] Blackie Onassis, 57, American rock drummer (Urge Overkill).
[10 Jun 2023] Yannis Markopoulos, 84, Greek composer (Young Aphrodites, Sin, Who Pays the Ferryman?), cancer.
[09 Jun 2023] Otis Grand, 73, Lebanese-born American blues musician.
[09 Jun 2023] Niel Immelman, 78, South African pianist.
[08 Jun 2023] Peter Belli, 79, Danish singer and actor (The Double Man, Truly Human, Koko-di Koko-da).
[07 Jun 2023] Banani Ghosh, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer.
[07 Jun 2023] Stefan Ljungqvist [sv], 74, Swedish opera singer and actor (Polisen i Strömstad, Monopol).
[06 Jun 2023] Tony McPhee, 79, English guitarist (The Groundhogs), complications from a fall.
[05 Jun 2023] Nurhan Damcıoğlu [tr], 82, Turkish Kanto artist, singer and actress, heart failure.
[05 Jun 2023] Astrud Gilberto, 83, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer (“The Girl from Ipanema“), Grammy winner (1965).
[05 Jun 2023] Werner Herbers [nl], 82, Dutch oboist and conductor, cancer.
[04 Jun 2023] Dora María, 89, Mexican folk singer, respiratory arrest.
[04 Jun 2023] George Winston, 74, American pianist (December, Summer, Forest), Grammy winner (1996), cancer.
[01 Jun 2023] Pacho El Antifeka, 42, Puerto Rican rapper, shot.
[01 Jun 2023] Roy Taylor, Irish singer and bass player (Jump the Gun).
[01 Jun 2023] Cynthia Weil, 82, American Hall of Fame songwriter (“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’“, “Here You Come Again“, “Somewhere Out There“), Grammy winner (1988).
[31 May 2023] Dickie Harrell, 82, American Hall of Fame drummer (Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps).
[28 May 2023] Karim Tizouiar [fr], 60, Algerian Kabyle singer.
[27 May 2023] Mordechai Rechtman, 97, German-born Israeli bassoonist, conductor and arranger.
[26 May 2023] Mohamed Jamal [ar], 89, Lebanese singer.
[25 May 2023] Joy McKean, 93, Australian country singer and songwriter (“Lights on the Hill“, “The Biggest Disappointment“), cancer.
[25 May 2023] Jean-Louis Murat, 71, French singer-songwriter.
[24 May 2023] İlham Gencer [tr], 97, Turkish pianist.
[24 May 2023] Jack Martin Händler, 75, Slovak conductor and violinist.
[24 May 2023] Javier Álvarez, 67, Mexican composer.
[24 May 2023] Bill Lee, 94, American jazz musician and film composer (She’s Gotta Have It, School Daze, Do the Right Thing).
[24 May 2023] Tina Turner, 83, American-born Swiss Hall of Fame singer (“River Deep – Mountain High“, “What’s Love Got to Do with It“) and actress (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome), eight-time Grammy winner.
[23 May 2023] Redd Holt, 91, American jazz drummer (Ramsey Lewis Trio, Young-Holt Unlimited).
[23 May 2023] Mark Adams, 64, American metal bassist (Saint Vitus), complications from Parkinson’s disease.
[23 May 2023] Floyd Newman, 91, American saxophonist (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns).
[23 May 2023] Sheldon Reynolds, 63, American guitarist (Sun, Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire).
[22 May 2023] Kirk Arrington, 61, American drummer (Metal Church).
[22 May 2023] Chas Newby, 81, British bassist (The Beatles)
[22 May 2023] Ferus Mustafov, 72, Macedonian saxophonist.
[21 May 2023] Ed Ames, 95, American singer (“My Cup Runneth Over“, “Time, Time“) and actor (Daniel Boone).
[20 May 2023] Paul Desenne, 63, Venezuelan cellist and composer, heart attack.
[20 May 2023] Györgyi Lang, 66, Hungarian actress and singer.
[20 May 2023] Sven Nyhus, 90, Norwegian folk musician.
[19 May 2023] Pete Brown, 82, English poet, lyricist (“I Feel Free“, “Sunshine of Your Love“, “White Room“) and singer.
[19 May 2023] Andy Rourke, 59, English bassist (The Smiths), pancreatic cancer.
[17 May 2023] Algy Ward, 63, English heavy metal bassist (Tank, The Damned, The Saints).
[16 May 2023] Akwaboah Snr., Ghanaian singer-songwriter.
[16 May 2023] Lester Sterling, 87, Jamaican saxophonist (The Skatalites, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires).
[14 May 2023] John Giblin, 71, Scottish bass player.
[14 May 2023] Ingrid Haebler, 93, Austrian pianist.
[14 May 2023] Bernt Rosengren, 85, Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist.
[12 May 2023] Abdul Karim Abdul Qader [ar], 82, Kuwaiti singer.
[12 May 2023] Dum-Dum, 54, Brazilian rapper (Facção Central), complications from a stroke.
[11 May 2023] Francis Monkman, 73, English musician (Curved Air, Sky, Matching Mole), songwriter and composer, cancer.
[10 May 2023] Stu James, 77, British singer (The Mojos) and music executive.
[09 May 2023] Jon Povey, 80, British musician (Pretty Things, Bern Elliott and the Fenmen).
[09 May 2023] Joaquin Romaguera, 90, American tenor (The Most Important Man) and actor.
[09 May 2023] Günter Wewel, 88, German operatic bass (Dortmund Opera) and television presenter.
[08 May 2023] Rita Lee, 75, Brazilian singer (Os Mutantes), lung cancer.
[07 May 2023] Grace Bumbry, 86, American operatic mezzo-soprano (Bayreuth Festival), complications from a stroke.
[07 May 2023] Soňa Červená, 97, Czech operatic mezzo-soprano (Oper Frankfurt, San Francisco Opera).
[07 May 2023] Seán Keane, 76, Irish fiddler (The Chieftains).
[06 May 2023] Menahem Pressler, 99, German-born Israeli-American pianist (Beaux Arts Trio).
[05 May 2023] Jack Wilkins, 78, American jazz guitarist.
[04 May 2023] Rob Laakso, 44, American musician (Kurt Vile and the Violators, Swirlies), cancer.
[04 May 2023] Jasmin Stavros, 68, Croatian pop musician.
[03 May 2023] John Albert, 58, American musician (Christian Death, Bad Religion) and music journalist (LA Weekly).
[03 May 2023] Moulay Tahar Al Asbahani [ar], 75, Moroccan singer (Jil Jilala) and actor.
[03 May 2023] Linda Lewis, 72, English singer-songwriter (“Rock-a-Doodle-Doo“).
[03 May 2023] Velho Milongueiro [pt], 83, Brazilian singer and composer.
[02 May 2023] Souli Sabah [el], 91, Greek singer and actress.
[01 May 2023] Gordon Lightfoot, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame singer-songwriter (“Sundown“, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald“, “If You Could Read My Mind“).
[01 May 2023] Pugh Rogefeldt, 76, Swedish musician, complications from corticobasal degeneration.
[30 Apr 2023] Broderick Smith, 75, English-born Australian musician (Carson, The Dingoes) and actor.
[29 Apr 2023] Don Sebesky, 85, American composer, arranger, and conductor (Giant Box, The Rape of El Morro).
[28 Apr 2023] Claude Gray, 91, American country music singer-songwriter (“Family Bible“).
[28 Apr 2023] Tim Bachman, 71, Canadian guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt).
[28 Apr 2023] Helge Engelke, 61, German guitarist (Fair Warning), colon cancer.
[28 Apr 2023] Johnny Fean, 71, Irish guitarist (Horslips, Zen Alligators).
[27 Apr 2023] Wee Willie Harris, 90, English rock and roll singer.
[27 Apr 2023] Jerry Springer, 79, British-born American television host (The Jerry Springer Show, America’s Got Talent) and politician, mayor of Cincinnati (1977–1978), pancreatic cancer.
[26 Apr 2023] Billy “The Kid” Emerson, 97, American singer-songwriter (“Red Hot“, “When It Rains, It Really Pours“).
[25 Apr 2023] Ralph Humphrey, 79, American rock drummer (The Mothers of Invention).
[25 Apr 2023] Harry Belafonte, 96, American Hall of Fame musician (“The Banana Boat Song“, “Jump in the Line“), actor (Odds Against Tomorrow), and civil rights activist, heart failure.
[25 Apr 2023] MoneySign Suede, 22, American rapper, stabbed.
[24 Apr 2023] Lilian Day Jackson, 63, American singer (Spargo).
[23 Apr 2023] Keith Gattis, 52, American country music singer, songwriter (“El Cerrito Place“, “When I See This Bar“), and producer.
[23 Apr 2023] Isaac Wiley Jr., 69, American drummer (Dazz Band).
[22 Apr 2023] Ron Cahute, 68, Canadian singer-songwriter and accordionist.
[22 Apr 2023] Barry Humphries, 89, Australian comedian (Dame Edna Everage) and actor (Bedazzled, Finding Nemo), complications from hip surgery.
[21 Apr 2023] Mark Stewart, 62, English musician (The Pop Group) and songwriter (“She Is Beyond Good and Evil“, “This Is Stranger Than Love“).
[20 Apr 2021] Pamela Chopra, 75, Indian playback singer (Kabhi Kabhie, Kaala Patthar, Chandni), pneumonia.
[19 Apr 2023] Moonbin, 25, South Korean singer (Astro), actor (Boys Over Flowers, At Eighteen) and dancer.
[19 Apr 2023] Otis Redding III, 59, American singer and guitarist (The Reddings), cancer.
[19 Apr 2023] Carlo Saba [id], 54, Indonesian singer (Kahitna), heart disease.
[19 Apr 2023] Federico Salvatore, 63, Italian singer-songwriter and comedian, complications from a cerebal haemorrhage.
[17 Apr 2023] Ivan Conti [pt], 76, Brazilian drummer (Azymuth).
[17 Apr 2023] Morena Marjanović, 36, Croatian pop singer and reality television contestant, leukemia.
[17 Apr 2023] April Stevens, 93, American singer (“Deep Purple“, “Whispering“), Grammy winner (1964).
[16 Apr 2021] Ahmad Jamal, 92, American jazz pianist, prostate cancer.
[15 Apr 2023] Peter Badie, 97, American jazz bass player.
[14 Apr 2023] Cliff Fish, 73, British bassist (Paper Lace), cancer.
[14 Apr 2023] Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish guitarist (The Script) and songwriter (“Breakeven“, “Hall of Fame“).
[12 Apr 2023] Jah Shaka, Jamaican dub and reggae sound system operator.
[11 Apr 2023] Cynara [pt], 78, Brazilian singer (Quarteto em Cy).
[09 Apr 2023] Karl Berger, 88, German-American jazz pianist, composer, and educator (Creative Music Studio).
[09 Apr 2023] Valter Dešpalj, 75, Croatian cellist.
[09 Apr 2023] Chuck Morris, 46, American percussionist (Lotus).
[08 Apr 2023] Bob Heatlie, 76, Scottish songwriter (“Japanese Boy“, “Cry Just a Little Bit“, “Merry Christmas Everyone“) and record producer.
[07 Apr 2023] Guy Bailey, British guitarist and songwriter (The Quireboys).
[07 Apr 2023] Lasse Wellander, 70, Swedish guitarist (ABBA).
[07 Apr 2023] Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish musician (The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot, Kate Bush).
[07 Apr 2023] Kidd Jordan, 87, American jazz saxophonist.
[07 Apr 2023] John Regan, 71, American bass guitarist (Frehley’s Comet, Billy Idol, David Bowie, Peter Frampton).
[06 Apr 2023] Harrison Bankhead, 68, American jazz double bassist.
[06 Apr 2023] Paul Cattermole, 46, English singer (S Club 7).
[05 Apr 2023] Booker Newberry III, 67, American singer (“Love Town“) and keyboardist.
[05 Apr 2023] Duško Gojković, 91, Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger.
[04 Apr 2023] Vivian Trimble, 59, American musician (Luscious Jackson, Dusty Trails, Kostars), cancer.
[04 Apr 2023] Rockstar Ramani Ammal, 69, Indian playback singer (Kathavarayan, Haridas, Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja).
[03 Apr 2023] Rena Koumioti, 74, Greek singer.
[03 Apr 2023] Andrew Laing, British drummer (Cockney Rejects).
[03 Apr 2023] Jack Vreeswijk, 59, Swedish singer and composer (Cornelis), colon cancer.
[02 Apr 2023] Pedro Lavirgen, 92, Spanish tenor.
[01 Apr 2023] Dario Campeotto, 84, Danish singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1961), actor (Peters baby, Han, hun, Dirch og Dario), and entertainer, cancer.
[30 Mar 2023] Ray Shulman, 73, English musician (Gentle Giant) and record producer (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, Life’s Too Good).
[30 Mar 2023] Alfio Cantarella [it], 81, Italian drummer (Equipe 84).
[30 Mar 2023] Mark Russell, 90, American political satirist and comedian, prostate cancer.
[29 Mar 2023] Tiberiu Ceia [ro], 82, Romanian singer.
[29 Mar 2023] Brian Gillis, 47, American singer (LFO).
[29 Mar 2023] Sweet Charles Sherrell, 80, American bassist (James Brown).
[28 Mar 2023] Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra), composer (The Last Emperor), and actor (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence), Oscar winner (1988), rectal cancer.
[28 Mar 2023] Blas Durán, 73, Dominican bachata singer.
[28 Mar 2023] Ladislav Jásek [cs], 93, Czech violinist.
[28 Mar 2023] Sanath Nandasiri, 81, Sri Lankan singer, musician and composer.
[27 Mar 2023] Wim de Bie, 83, Dutch comedian (Van Kooten en De Bie), writer, and singer.
[27 Mar 2023] James Bowman, 81, English countertenor.
[27 Mar 2023] Jocelyn Morlock, 53, Canadian composer.
[27 Mar 2023] Howie Kane, 81, American pop singer (Jay and the Americans).
[27 Mar 2023] Peggy Scott-Adams, 74, American blues and R&B singer.
[26 Mar 2023] Care Failure, 36, Canadian singer (Die Mannequin).
[26 Mar 2023] Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, 99, Ethiopian nun, pianist and composer.
[26 Mar 2023] Ray Pillow, 85, American country singer (“I’ll Take the Dog“).
[25 Mar 2023] Juca Chaves, 84, Brazilian singer and comedian, respiratory failure.
[25 Mar 2023] Daniel Chorzempa, 78, American organist and composer.
[25 Mar 2023] Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English composer (Love, Lies and Records, Fat Friends The Musical, The Last Bus) and record producer, gastric cancer.
[24 Mar 2023] Christopher Gunning, 78, English composer (La Vie en rose, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Middlemarch).
[23 Mar 2023] Keith Reid, 76, English lyricist (Procol Harum) and songwriter (“A Whiter Shade of Pale“, “You’re the Voice“), colon cancer.
[23 Mar 2023] Darcelle XV, 92, American drag queen.
[23 Mar 2023] Luca Bergia, 54, Italian drummer (Marlene Kuntz).
[22 Mar 2023] Tom Leadon, 70, American musician (Mudcrutch).
[22 Mar 2023] Wayne Swinny, 59, American guitarist (Saliva), brain hemorrhage.
[20 Mar 2023] Virginia Zeani, 97, Romanian operatic soprano.
[20 Mar 2023] Anita Thallaug, 85, Norwegian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963) and actress (Blonde in Bondage, I moralens navn).
[20 Mar 2023] Dmitry Nova, 34, Russian musician (Cream Soda), drowned.
[17 Mar 2023] Mick Slattery, 77, British guitarist (Hawkwind).
[17 Mar 2023] Fuzzy Haskins, 81, American Hall of Fame singer (Parliament-Funkadelic).
[17 Mar 2023] Fito Olivares, 75, Mexican cumbia musician.
[16 Mar 2023] Tony Coe, 88, English jazz musician.
[15 Mar 2023] Théo de Barros, 80, Brazilian composer and musician (Quarteto Novo).
[15 Mar 2023] Daniel Bourgue [fr], 86, French French horn player.
[14 Mar 2023] Bobby Caldwell, 71, American singer (“What You Won’t Do for Love“) and songwriter (“The Next Time I Fall“).
[13 Mar 2023] Simon Emmerson, 67, English record producer, musician (Afro Celt Sound System) and DJ.
[13 Mar 2023] Jim Gordon, 77, American musician (Derek and the Dominos), songwriter (“Layla“) and convicted murderer.
[13 Mar 2023] Canisso [pt], 57, Brazilian bassist (Raimundos).
[12 Mar 2023] Dix Denney, 65, American guitarist (The Weirdos, Thelonious Monster).
[12 Mar 2023] Marek Kopelent, 90, Czech composer and composition professor (Academy of Fine Arts in Prague), chairman of the Czech section of the International Society for Contemporary Music.
[11 Mar 2023] Costa Titch, 27, South African rapper.
[10 Mar 2023] Junior English, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer.
[10 Mar 2023] Napoleon XIV, 84, American singer (“They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!“).
[10 Mar 2023] Tongo, 65, Peruvian singer and comedian, kidney failure.
[09 Mar 2023] Robin Lumley, 74, British jazz keyboardist (Brand X), heart failure.
[08 Mar 2023] Marcel Amont, 93, French singer.
[08 Mar 2023] Jim Durkin, 58, American thrash metal guitarist (Dark Angel).
[08 Mar 2023] Josua Madsen, 45, Danish drummer (Artillery), traffic collision.
[06 Mar 2023] Eric Alan Livingston, 38, American musician (Mamaleek).
[05 Mar 2023] Arif Cooper, Jamaican musician, record producer and DJ.
[05 Mar 2023] Sharifa Fadel, 84, Egyptian singer and actress.
[05 Mar 2023] Gary Rossington, 71, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band).
[04 Mar 2023] Robert Haimer, 69, American musician (Barnes & Barnes) and songwriter (“Fish Heads“).
[04 Mar 2023] Michael Rhodes, 69, American bassist (The Notorious Cherry Bombs).
[04 Mar 2023] Sueli Costa [pt],79, Brazilian composer and singer.
[03 Mar 2023] Carlos Garnett, 84, Panamanian-American jazz saxophonist.
[03 Mar 2023] Calvin Newton, 93, American gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys, Sons of Song).
[03 Mar 2023] David Lindley, 78, American musician (Kaleidoscope) and singer (“Mercury Blues“).
[02 Mar 2023] Steve Mackey, 56, English bassist (Pulp) and record producer.
[02 Mar 2023] Wayne Shorter, 89, American jazz saxophonist (The Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report), 12-time Grammy winner.
[02 Mar 2023] Gothart Stier, 84, German singer.
[01 Mar 2023] Wally Fawkes, 98, Canadian-British jazz clarinettist and satirical cartoonist.
[01 Mar 2023] Neela Ramgopal, 87, Indian Carnatic vocalist.
[27 Feb 2023] Hans-Joachim Behrendt, 68, German drummer (Ideal).
[27 Feb 2023] Ismaïla Touré, 73, Senegalese musician (Touré Kunda).
[25 Feb 2023] Sir David Lumsden, 94, British musician and choirmaster.
[25 Feb 2023] Carl Saunders, 80, American jazz trumpeter, composer and educator.
[23 Feb 2023] Junnosuke Kuroda, 34, Japanese rock musician (Sumika).
[22 Feb 2023] Germano Mathias, 88, Brazilian samba singer.
[21 Feb 2023] Ron Altbach, 76, American keyboardist (King Harvest, Celebration) and songwriter (“Alone on Christmas Day“).
[21 Feb 2023] Jesse Gress, 67, American rock guitarist.
[20 Feb 2023] Bruce Barthol, 75, American bassist (Country Joe and the Fish).
[20 Feb 2023] Victor Brox, 81, English blues musician.
[19 Feb 2023] Davis Causey, 74, American guitarist (Sea Level).
[17 Feb 2023] Otis Barthoulameu, 71, American musician (Fluf, Olivelawn) and record producer (Cheshire Cat).
[17 Feb 2023] Jerry Dodgion, 90, American jazz saxophonist and flautist, complications from an infection.
[17 Feb 2023] Kyle Jacobs, 49, American songwriter (“More Than a Memory“), suicide by gunshot.
[17 Feb 2023] Pansequito [es], 78, Spanish flamenco singer, brain cancer.
[18 Feb 2023] Hans Poulsen, 77, Australian singer and songwriter.
[17 Feb 2023] Tom Whitlock, 68, American songwriter (“Danger Zone“, “Take My Breath Away“, “Winner Takes It All“), Oscar winner (1987), complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
[16 Feb 2023] Chuck Jackson, 85, American R&B singer (“Any Day Now“, “I Keep Forgettin’“, “Tell Him I’m Not Home“).
[16 Feb 2023] Michael Kupper, 65, German heavy metal musician (Running Wild).
[16 Feb 2023] Maon Kurosaki, 35, Japanese pop singer.
[16 Feb 2023] Alberto Radius, 80, Italian guitarist and singer-songwriter (Formula 3).
[14 Feb 2023] Tohru Okada [ja], 73, Japanese musician and music producer, creator of the PlayStation startup theme, heart failure.
[14 Feb 2023] Peter Renkens, 55, Belgian singer (Confetti’s).
[13 Feb 2023] Guido Basso, 85, Canadian jazz trumpeter.
[13 Feb 2023] Alain Goraguer, 91, French jazz pianist, arranger and film composer (Fantastic Planet, Saint Laurent).
[13 Feb 2023] Huey “Piano” Smith, 89, American R&B pianist and songwriter (“Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu“).
[13 Feb 2023] Spencer Wiggins, 81, American soul singer.
[12 Feb 2023] Miloš Janoušek, 70, Slovak folk musician, stroke.
[12 Feb 2023] David Jude Jolicoeur (“Trugoy the Dove”), 54, American rapper (De La Soul) and songwriter (“Me Myself and I“, “Feel Good Inc.“), Grammy winner (2006).
[11 Feb 2023] Tito Fernández, 80, Chilean singer-songwriter.
[10 Feb 2023] AKA, 35, South African rapper, shot.
[09 Feb 2023] Piero Montanari [it], 76, Italian composer and bassist.
[08 Feb 2023] Burt Bacharach, 94, American Hall of Fame composer (“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head“, “Walk On By“, “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)“), six-time Grammy winner.
[07 Feb 2023] Mendelson Joe, 78, Canadian singer-songwriter, assisted suicide.
[06 Feb 2023] Phil Spalding, 65, English bassist (GTR, Original Mirrors, Toyah).
[04 Feb 2023] Vani Jairam, 77, Indian playback singer (Sankarabharanam, Guddi, Sollathaan Ninaikkiren), fall.
[03 Feb 2023] Naďa Urbánková, 83, Czech singer and actress (Closely Watched Trains, Larks on a String, Seclusion Near a Forest), complications from cancer and COVID-19.
[02 Feb 2023] Butch Miles, 78, American jazz drummer.
[01 Feb 2023] George Zukerman, 95, Canadian bassoonist.
[31 Jan 2023] Charlie Thomas, 85, American Hall of Fame singer (The Drifters), liver cancer.
[31 Jan 2023] C. Lalitha, 84, Indian Carnatic singer (Bombay Sisters), heart attack.
[30 Jan 2023] Pat Bunch, 83, American country music songwriter (“I’ll Still Be Loving You“, “Wild One“, “Living in a Moment“).
[28 Jan 2023] Barrett Strong, 81, American singer (“Money (That’s What I Want)“) and songwriter (“I Heard It Through the Grapevine“, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone“).
[28 Jan 2023] Tom Verlaine, 73, American musician (Television), songwriter (“Marquee Moon“) and producer (Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk).
[27 Jan 2023] Floyd Sneed, 80, Canadian drummer (Three Dog Night).
[26 Jan 2023] Dean Daughtry, 76, American keyboard player (Classics IV, Atlanta Rhythm Section)
[24 Jan 2023] Jackson Rohm, 51, American singer-songwriter.
[23 Jan 2023] Carol Sloane, 85, American jazz singer.
[23 Jan 2023] Top Topham, 75, English guitarist (The Yardbirds).
[22 Jan 2023] Easley Blackwood Jr., 89, American composer (Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media), pianist, and professor.
[21 Jan 2023] B.G., the Prince of Rap, 57, American rapper and Eurodance artist (“The Colour of My Dreams“, “Can We Get Enough?“).
[20 Jan 2023] Stella Chiweshe, 76, Zimbabwean mbira player.
[19 Jan 2023] Rudy Englebert [nl], 72, Dutch bassist (Herman Brood & His Wild Romance).
[18 Jan 2023] David Crosby, 81, American Hall of Fame singer (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) and songwriter (“Guinnevere“).
[18 Jan 2023] Marcel Zanini, 99, Turkish-born French jazz musician.
[17 Jan 2023] Van Conner, 55, American bass guitarist (Screaming Trees), pneumonia.
[17 Jan 2023] T.J. deBlois, 38, American drummer (A Life Once Lost).
[17 Jan 2023] Renée Geyer, 69, Australian singer (“Say I Love You“, “Heading in the Right Direction“, “Stares and Whispers“), complications from hip surgery.
[17 Jan 2023] Larry Morris, 75, New Zealand Hall of Fame singer (Larry’s Rebels).
[17 Jan 2023] Richard Oesterreicher, 90, Austrian guitarist and conductor.
[16 Jan 2023] Johnny Powers, 84, American rockabilly singer and guitarist.
[15 Jan 2023] Doris, 75, Swedish pop singer.
[15 Jan 2023] C. J. Harris, 31, American singer (American Idol), heart attack
[15 Jan 2023] Vakhtang Kikabidze, 84, Georgian singer, actor (Mimino, Don’t Grieve) and politician, MP (since 2020), brain cancer.
[14 Jan 2023] Keith Beaton, 72, American singer (Blue Magic).
[14 Jan 2023] Matthias Carras, 58, German pop singer, cancer.
[12 Jan 2023] Robbie Bachman, 69, Canadian drummer (Bachman–Turner Overdrive).
[12 Jan 2023] Lisa Marie Presley, 54, American singer-songwriter (“Lights Out”, “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet”), cardiac arrest.
[11 Jan 2023] Haakon Pedersen [no], 64, Norwegian singer.
[10 Jan 2023] Jeff Beck, 78, British Hall of Fame guitarist (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice), six-time Grammy winner, bacterial meningitis.
[09 Jan 2023] Séamus Begley, 73, Irish musician.
[07 Jan 2023] Tony Pantano, 74, Italian-born Australian singer and entertainer, cancer.
[06 Jan 2023] Jeff Blackburn, 77, American songwriter (“My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)“) and guitarist (Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape).
[06 Jan 2023] Danny Kaleikini, 85, American Hawaiian entertainer and singer.
[06 Jan 2023] Kevin Lemons, 44, American gospel singer.
[05 Jan 2023] Gordy Harmon, 79, American soul singer (The Whispers).
[04 Jan 2023] Zoran Kalezić, 72, Serbian-Montenegrin singer, lung cancer.
[03 Jan 2023] Alan Rankine, 64, Scottish musician (The Associates).
[02 Jan 2023] Kingsize Taylor, 83, British singer and guitarist (Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes).
[01 Jan 2023] Gangsta Boo, 43, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia).
[01 Jan 2023] Sebastian Marino, 57, American guitarist (Overkill, Anvil).
[01 Jan 2023] Lázaro Valdés [de], 83, Cuban son and jazz musician.
[01 Jan 2023] Fred White, 67, American Hall of Fame drummer (Earth, Wind & Fire).[;Nov