Today's Deaths in Music
- 1686 Johann Quirsfeld, composer, dies at 43
- 1726 Michel-Richard Delalande, French baroque composer, dies at 68
- 1799 Johann Andre, German composer, dies at 58
- 1821 Charles Hague, English composer, dies at 52
- 1850 Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99
- 1859 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, Swiss composer, dies at 65
- 1876 August Rockel, composer, dies at 61
- 1909 Learmont Drysdale, Scottish composer, dies at 42
- 1911 Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76
- 1934 Francisco Lacerda, composer, dies at 65
- 1935 August Reusner, German composer, dies at 64
- 1939 Frans "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), dies at 73
- 1942 Arthur Pryor, American band composer and trombone player, dies at 71
- 1952 Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone, dies at 63
- 1955 Walter Rein, German composer, dies at 61
- 1955 Willy Burkhard, composer, dies at 55
- 1962 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
- 1964 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer, dies at 58
- 1965 George Melachrino, English composer, dies at 56
- 1973 Fritz Mahler, Austrian composer, dies at 71
- 2007 Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (b. 1951)
- 2011 Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist (b. 1942)
- 2014 Johnny Mann, American music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer), dies at 85
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