Stephen Foster
1864 Stephen Foster, American composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in New York
Stephen Foster
- 1892 Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62
- 1901 Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, dies at 66
- 1914 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer, dies 76
- 1954 Roland Diggle, English-born American composer and organist, dies at 69
- 1971 Robert Still, English composer, dies at 60
- 1974 Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
- 1979 Donny Hathaway, American rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
- 1979 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
- 1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (Lincoln Portrarit), dies of pneumonia at 78
- 1993 Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer, dies at 85
- 1994 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
- 1995 Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44
- 2001 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
- 2005 Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
- 2007 Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (Brecker Brothers), dies at 57
- 2008 Sergei Larin, Lithuanian tenor (b. 1956)
- 2009 Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and lyricist (b. 1925)
- 2010 Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)
- 2010 Jay Reatard, American garage punk musician (b. 1980)
- 2015 Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies 'Dozy', English musician (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), dies at 70