Carlos Gardel
1935 Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer and the most prominent figure in the history of tango, dies in a plane crash at 44
- 1936 Nandor Zsolt, Hungarian composer, conductor and violinist dies at 49
- 1944 Rio Gebhardt, German composer, dies at 36
- 1952 Lodewijk Mortelmans, Belgian composer, dies at 84
- 1987 (John Herbert) "Jackie" Gleason, American comedian, (The Jackie Gleason Show; The Honeymooners), actor (Requiem For A Heavyweight; The Hustler; Gigot), composer, and conductor (Music for Lovers Only),, dies of colon cancer at 71
- 1988 Hibari Misora [Kazue Katō], Japanese pop singer ("Kawa no nagare no yō ni" - Like the Flow of the River), dies of heart failure at 52
- 1992 Tony LeMans [MansFortier], American singer-songwriter(("Cookie Crumbles"), dies in a motorcycle crash at 29
- 2004 Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek lyricist, journalist, and children's book author, dies of an allergic reaction at 39 or 40 [birth year uncertain]
- 2004 Jimmy Rowser, American jazz double-bassist (Dinah Washington; Ray Bryant; Les McCann), and teacher, dies at 78
- 2007 Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist, dies at 32
- 2010 Deborah Jo Billingsley, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and songwriter, dies of cancer at 58
- 2013 Alan Myers, American rock drummer (Devo), dies of cancer at 58
- 2016 Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), dies at 72
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