Events in Music
Video Music Awards
Aug 28 20th MTV Video Music Awards: Missy Elliott, Beyoncé and Justin Timberlake win
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 17 The Kid Laroi [Charlton Howard], Australian singer-songwriter (Without You), born in Waterloo, Australia
Weddings in Music
- Aug 9 Former "New Kids on the Block" singer Joey McIntyre (30) weds real estate agent Barrett Williams (25) in New York City's Plaza Hotel
Deaths in Music
- Aug 2 Don Estelle [Ronald Edwards], British actor and singer ("It Ain't Half Hot Mum"), dies at 70
- Aug 3 Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)
- Aug 8 Maki Ishii, Japanese composer, dies at 66
- Aug 9 Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (White Nights; Taps), dies of liver cancer at 57
- Aug 9 Chester Ludgin, American operatic baritone (San Francisco Opera, 1962-85), dies of cancer at 78
- Aug 10 Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer (Tierra Rica"; "La Vida En Rosa"), dies of cancer at 64
- Aug 13 Ed Townsend, American doo-wop singer, and songwriter ("For Your Love"; Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On"), producer, dies at 73
- Aug 15 Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (Leevi and the Leavings), dies of a heart attack at 43
- Aug 16 Andrew Pryce Jackman, British progressive rock keyboardist, arranger and composer, dies of a heart attack at 67
- Aug 18 Tony Jackson, British bass player (The Searchers, 1962-64 - "Sugar And Spice"), dies from a combination of diabetes, heart disease, and cirrhosis of the liver at 65
- Aug 21 Wesley Willis, American underground singer-songwriter, and visual artist, dies of leukemia at 40
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