Events in Music
Music History
Dec 21 Flavor Flav's Chicken & Ribs opens in Sterling Heights, Michigan
Weddings in Music
- Dec 21 British "McFly" drummer Harry Judd (27) weds British "Escala" violinist Izzy Johnston (29) at St Nicholas Church in Harpenden, Herts, England
- Dec 21 Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood (65) weds theater producer Sally Humphreys (34) at Dorchester Hotel in London, England
- Dec 25 Marie Osmond's daughter Rachael Osmond (23) weds Gabriel Krueger (22) in Park City, Utah
Deaths in Music
- Dec 1 Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer (Britten's "War Requiem"), dies at 85
- Dec 4 Jonathan Harvey, British composer (Bhakti; Wheel of Emptiness),educator, and musicologist (Music of Stockhausen), dies at 73
- Dec 5 Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist ("Take Five") and composer (Gates of Justice), dies from heart failure at 91
- Dec 7 Russ "Rusty" Thacker, American stage actor and singer, dies of cancer at 66
- Dec 9 Charles Rosen, American pianist and musicologist (Sonata Forms), dies at 85
Jenni Rivera (1969-2012)
Dec 9 Mexican-American singer-songwriter (Jenni, 2008), dies in a plane crash at 43
Ravi Shankar (1920-2012)
Dec 11 Bengali Brahmin sitar master and Indian classical music composer (West Meets East; Concert for Bangladesh), dies at 92
- Dec 13 Otto Ketting, Dutch trumpeter and composer (Passacaglia), dies at 77
- Dec 20 Jimmy McCracklin, American pianist, dies from diabetes and hypertension at 91
- Dec 21 Lee Dorman, American rock bassist (Iron Butterfly; Captain Beyond), dies at 70
- Dec 24 Hugh Atkin, American composer, dies at 88
- Dec 24 Ray Collins, American rock vocalist (Mothers of Invention), dies at 76
- Dec 24 Richard Rodney Bennett, English pianist, classical and film score composer (Four Weddings And A Funeral), dies at 76
- Dec 26 Fontella Bass, American R&B and soul singer and songwriter (Rescue Me), dies from a heart attack at 72
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