Deaths in Music on January 15

  • 1744 Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer, dies at 72
  • 1755 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83
  • 1765 Carlmann Kolb, German composer and priest, dies at 61
  • 1775 Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies
  • 1788 Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77
  • 1812 Johannes Herbst, German composer, dies at 76
  • 1816 Henry Harington, composer, dies at 88
  • 1844 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78
  • 1864 Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)
  • 1904 Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73
  • 1909 Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85
  • 1911 Wilhelm Berger, German composer, pianist and conductor, dies at 49
  • 1915 Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63
  • 1924 Geza Zichy, Hungarian composer and one-armed pianist, dies at 74
  • 1926 Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 42
  • 1953 Patrick Vretblad, Swedish composer, dies at 76

  • 1961 Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer, dies at 49
  • 1964 Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58
  • 1967 Albert Szirmai, composer, dies at 86
  • 1973 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68
  • 1974 Karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76
  • 1987 Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58
  • 1987 Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (The Wizard of Oz), dies at 83
  • 1992 Dee Murray [David M Oates], British bassist (Elton John's Band), dies of skin cancer at 45
  • 1993 Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
  • 1994 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72
  • 1994 Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter and rock vocalist (Everybody's Talkin', Midnight Cowboy), dies of a heart attack at 52
  • 1994 Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85
  • 1995 Sollie McElroy, R&B singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops), dies at 61
  • 1996 Les Baxter, American exotica musician, orchestra leader and composer (Ritual Of The Savage, Born Again), dies at 73
  • 1998 Junior Wells, American blues musician, dies at 63
  • 2003 Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter, dies at 87
  • 2005 Victoria de los Angeles, Catalan soprano (b. 1923)
  • 2005 Ruth Warrick, American actress and singer (Citizen Kane, All My Children), dies of complications from pneumonia at 88
  • 2013 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice), dies at 90
  • 2015 Kim Fowley, US record producer (the Runaways), dies at 75
  • 2018 Dolores O’Riordan, Irish musician and singer-songwriter (The Cranberries, Zombie, Linger), drowns in the bath at 46
  • 2018 Edwin Hawkins, American gospel musician, choir master and composer (Oh Happy Day), dies of pancreatic cancer at 74
  • 2019 Carol Channing, American actress, singer and comedian (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly), dies at 97

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