Portal:Música/2021/morts
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El 16 de gener faltà a València la compositora bonaerenca Claudia Montero; el 17, el guitarriste barceloní Joan-Eloi Vila; el 18, el compositor manresà Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny; el 21, el multiinstrumentiste sallentí Jordi Fàbregas i Canadell, fundador del Tradicionàrius i El Pont d'Arcalís; el 24, la ballarina barcelonina Carme Mechó i Cunillera; el 29, la cantautora en judeocastellà Flory Jagoda; el 31, l'artista barcelonina Alicia Tomás Jiménez.
El 2 de febrer morí la soprano txeca Libuše Domanínská; el 20, el divulgador valentí Octavio Hernández Bolín; el 27, el compositor pobler Antoni Caimari i Alomar.
El 2 de març morí la violoncel·lista anglesa Anna Shuttleworth; el 6, la soprano perpinyanenca Renée Doria; el 17, el compositor cinematogràfic Antón García Abril.
El 24 d'abril traspassà el compositor Shunsuke Kikuchi, autor dels opening de diversos anime; el 28, l'organiste neerlandés Liuwe Tamminga; el 29, el director polonés Kazimierz Kord.
el 14 de maig, la compositora estoniana Ester Mägi; el 15, la soprano estatunidenca Mildred Allen; el 19, el director austríac Martin Turnovský; el 26, la coreògrafa genovesa Luciana Novaro; el 27, la ballarina Violetta Elvin.
El 5 de juny, el sardaniste mataroní Joaquim Tristany i Gual i la també ballarina Lucette Aldous; el 20, la violinista i directora novaiorquesa Jeanne Lamon; el 25, el compositor barceloní Lluís Albert i Rivas. El 13 de juliol, el musicòleg mallorquí Joan Parets Serra; el el 27, el cantautor rus Borís Mikhàilovitx Iemeliànov.
El primer de setembre, el pianiste havaner Adalberto Álvarez; el 8, el compositor londinenc Robert Prizeman, fundador de Libera; el 29, el compositor lituà Bronius Kutavičius. El primer d'octubre, el violiniste novaiorqués Raymond Gniewek; el 19, el lletriste londinenc Leslie Bricusse.
El primer de novembre, el pianiste brasiler Nelson Freire; el 5, la cantant d'òpera Joan Carlyle; el 7, el clarinetiste hongarés Bélà Kovacs; el 14, el sardaniste terrassenc Heribert Segalà i Ridameya; el 16, l'organiste occità Jean-Claude Raynaud.
El 7 de desembre morí Steve Bronski, fundador de Bronski Beat; el 9, el cantautor Ramon Muntaner i Torruella; el 18, la seiyū japonesa Sayaka Kanda; el 22, el guitarriste londinenc Robin Le Mesurier; el 29, el compositor sud-africà Peter Klatzow.
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- Zoran Džorlev, 53, Macedonian classical violinist
- Misty Morgan, 75, American country music singer (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan)
- Liam Reilly, 65, Irish folk rock singer and keyboardist (Bagatelle)
- Jan Vering, 65, German gospel singer
- 3
- Gerry Marsden, 78, English rock musician (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
- Warren McLean, Australian rock drummer (Machinations, I'm Talking, Divinyls)
- 5 – John Georgiadis, 81, British classical violinist and conductor
- 6 – Paul de Leon, 52, American metal drummer (Las Cruces)
- 7
- Deezer D, 55, American rapper and actor
- Genival Lacerda, 89, Brazilian forro singer
- Jamie O'Hara, 70, American country music singer-songwriter (The O'Kanes)
- 8
- Ed Bruce, 81, American country music singer-songwriter
- Michael Fonfara, 74, Canadian blues and rock keyboardist (The Electric Flag, Rhinoceros, Downchild Blues Band)
- Elijah Moshinsky, 75, Australian opera director
- 10 – Thorleif Torstensson, 71, Swedish dansband singer, guitarist and saxophonist (Thorleifs)
- 11
- Howard Johnson, 79, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
- Mark Keds, 50, British pop punk singer (Senseless Things)
- Don Miller, 80, American pop singer (The Vogues)
- 13
- Tim Bogert, 76, American psychedelic rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice)
- Duke Bootee, 69, American rapper, producer and songwriter
- Sylvain Sylvain, 69, American glam rock guitarist (New York Dolls)
- 14
- Duranice Pace, 62, American gospel singer (The Anointed Pace Sisters)
- Larry Willoughby, 73, American country music singer-songwriter
- 16
- Jason Cope, 43, American country guitarist (The Steel Woods)
- Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish rock keyboardist (Hurriganes, Dingo)
- 17
- Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer
- Junior Mance, 92, American jazz pianist
- Sammy Nestico, 96, American jazz composer and arranger
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- Maria Koterbska, 96, Polish swing and jazz singer
- Perry Botkin Jr., 87, American composer and arranger
- 20 – Joe Jordan (cantant), 79, American pop singer and musician (The Jordan Brothers)
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- Randy Parton, 67, American country music singer-songwriter
- Marc Phillips, 66, American rock singer (Hotel) and record producer* 22
- Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian religious singer
- Guem, 73, Algerian jazz singer
- James Purify, 76, American R&B singer (James & Bobby Purify)
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- Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist (The Jazz Epistles)
- Gabriel Ruiz Díaz, 45, Argentine alternative rock bassist (Catupecu Machu)
- 24 – Tom Stevens, 64, American alternative country bassist (The Long Ryders)
- 25 – Iron, 29, South Korean rapper
- 26 – Cara O'Sullivan, 59, Irish opera singer
- 27 – Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer
- 28
- César Isella, 82, Argentine folk singer and guitarist (Los Fronterizos)
- Sibongile Khumalo, 63, South African jazz and classical singer
- Singing Sandra, 63, Trinidadian calypso singer
- Rick Shaw, 79, American folk singer and string guitarist (The Hillside Singers)
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- Ahmed Achour, 75, Tunisian classical composer and conductor
- Grady Gaines, 86, American blues saxophonist
- Jeremy Lubbock, 89, English arranger and composer
- 30
- Double K, 43, American rapper (People Under the Stairs)
- Sophie, 34, Scottish electronic singer-songwriter and producer
- Alla Yoshpe, 83, Russian pop singer
- 31 – Wambali Mkandawire, Malawian jazz singer
February
[modifica]- 1 – Temur Tsiklauri, 75, Georgian pop singer (VIA Iveria)
- 2 – Aaron Wegelin, American indie rock drummer (Elf Power)
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- Kris De Bruyne, 70, Belgian folk singer
- Anne Feeney, 69, American folk singer-songwriter
- Jim Weatherly, 77, American pop and country music singer-songwriter
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- Stefan Cush, 60, British folk-punk singer and guitarist (The Men They Couldn't Hang)
- Matt Harris, American power pop bassist (The Posies)
- Nolan Porter, 71, American R&B singer-songwriter
- 8 – Mary Wilson, 76, American R&B singer (The Supremes)
- 9 – Cedrick Cotton, 46, American R&B singer (Ideal)
- Gil Saunders, American soul singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
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- Abdoul Jabbar, 40, Guinean dance singer
- Douglas Miller, 71, American gospel singer
- Örs Siklósi, 29, Hungarian metalcore singer (AWS)
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- Elliot Mazer, 79, American record producer and audio engineer
- Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, 71, Italian opera director (Opéra Royal de Wallonie)
- Ricardo Silva Elizondo, 67, Mexican pop singer
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- Roza Akkuchukova, 70, Russian pop singer
- Servando Cano Rodríguez, 78, Mexican Tejano singer-songwriter
- Mary Wilson, 76, American R&B singer (The Supremes)
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- Cedrick Cotton, 46, American R&B singer (Ideal)
- Ghédalia Tazartès, 73, French musique concrète multi-instrumentalist
- 10 – Lee Sexton, 92, American bluegrass banjoist
- 11 – Joel Pina, 100, Portuguese fado guitarist (Amália Rodrigues)
- 12 – Milford Graves, 79, American jazz drummer (New York Art Quartet)
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- Louis Clark, 73, British symphonic rock conductor and keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra, ELO Part II, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
- Sydney Devine, 81, British country and skiffle singer
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- Erriquez, 60, Italian folk rock singer and guitarist (Bandabardò)
- Ari Gold, 47, American R&B singer
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- Steuart Bedford, 81, British classical conductor and pianist
- Lucien Gourong, 77, French cabaret singer
- Andréa Guiot, 93, French opera singer
- Raymond Lévesque, 92, French chanson singer
- Johnny Pacheco, 85, Dominican salsa multi-instrumentalist (Fania All-Stars) and record producer
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- Carman, 65, American contemporary Christian singer
- Tonton David, 53, French reggae singer
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- Françoise Cactus, 57, German indie rock singer and drummer (Stereo Total)
- Ali Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi classical composer
- U-Roy, 78, Jamaican reggae singer
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- Prince Markie Dee, 52, American rapper (The Fat Boys)
- Miles Seaton, 41, American indie rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Akron / Family)
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- Đorđe Balašević, 67, Serbian rock singer (Rani Mraz)
- James Burke, 70, American soul singer (Five Stairsteps)
- Jerold Ottley, 86, American choral conductor (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
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- Joe Burke, 81, Irish folk accordionist
- Richard Shephard, 71, British classical conductor
- Gene Taylor, 68, American rock keyboardist (The Blasters, Canned Heat, The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
- 21 – Hélène Martin, 92, French chanson singer
- 22 – Yalchin Rzazadeh, 74, Azerbaijani pop singer
- 23 – Sean Kennedy, 35, Australian metalcore bassist (I Killed The Prom Queen, Deez Nuts)
- 24 – Sardool Sikander, 60, Indian folk singer
- 26 – Bob James, 68, American hard rock singer (Montrose)
- 27 – Danilo Rustici, 72, Italian progressive rock guitarist (Osanna)
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- Anna Kast, 39, Russian EDM singer (Little Big)
- Ian North, 68, American power pop singer and guitarist (Milk 'N' Cookies, Neo)
- Jorge Oñate, 71, Colombian vallenato singer
March
[modifica]- 1 – Ralph Peterson Jr., 58, American jazz drummer (Out of the Blue, The Jazz Messengers)
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- Chris Barber, 90, English jazz bandleader and trombonist
- Mark Goffeney, 51, American rock bassist
- Radim Pařízek, 67, Czech heavy metal drummer (Citron)
- Bunny Wailer, 73, Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
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- Medea Abrahamyan, 88, Armenian classical cellist
- Duffy Jackson, 67, American jazz drummer
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- Barbara Ess, 72, American post-punk multi-instrumentalist (Y Pants, Disband)
- Helmut Winschermann, 100, German classical oboist, and conductor (Deutsche Bachsolisten)
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- Sanja Ilić, 69, Serbian folk rock keyboardist (San, Balkanika)
- Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese rumba singer (TPOK Jazz)
- Lars-Göran Petrov, 49, Swedish heavy metal singer and drummer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Morbid)
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- Adrian Bărar, 61, Romanian heavy metal guitarist and composer (Cargo)
- James Mac Gaw, French progressive rock guitarist (Magma)
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- Ray Campi, 86, American rockabilly musician
- Jewlia Eisenberg, 50, American avant-rock singer (Charming Hostess)
- Florentín Giménez, 95, Paraguayan classical and folk pianist
- 12 – Maximiliano Djerfy, 46, Argentine alternative rock guitarist (Callejeros)
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- Eulalio Cervantes, 52, Mexican rock saxophonist (Maldita Vecindad)
- Reggie Warren, 52, American R&B singer (Troop)
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- Dragoljub Đuričić, 58, Serbian rock and jazz drummer (YU Grupa, Kerber, Leb i sol)
- Doug Parkinson, 74, Australian pop and jazz singer (Fanny Adams, The Life Organisation)
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- Matt Miller, 34, American indie rock keyboardist (Titus Andronicus)
- Corey Steger, 42, American metalcore guitarist (Underoath)
- 18 – Paul Jackson, 73, American jazz fusion bassist (The Headhunters, Azteca)
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- Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter
- Gary Leib, 65, American new wave keyboardist (Rubber Rodeo)
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- Constance Demby, 81, American new age keyboardist and dulcimer player
- Yevgeny Nesterenko, 83, Russian opera singer
- Dan Sartain, 39, American garage rock and rockabilly singer-songwriter
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- Don Heffington, 70, American roots rock drummer (Lone Justice, Watkins Family Hour)
- Peter Viskinde, 67, Danish rock guitarist (Malurt, Big Fat Snake)
- 25 – Tavish Maloney, 24, American emo guitarist (Oso Oso)
- 26 – Brett Bradshaw, 50, American glam metal drummer (Faster Pussycat)
- 28 – Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and synthesizer player (Tonto's Expanding Head Band, Blues Incorporated, The Jazz Couriers)
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- Jerry Burgan, 76, American folk rock guitarist (We Five)
– Hans Kinds, 74, Dutch blues rock guitarist (Cuby + Blizzards)
- 30 – Willie Schofield, 81, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Falcons)
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- Anzor Erkomaishvili, 80, Georgian folk singer
- Jadwiga Wysoczanská, 93, Czech opera singer
April
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- Oscar Kraal, 50, Dutch jazz drummer
- Tony Pola, Australian blues-rock drummer (Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
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- Shaukat Ali, 76, Pakistani folk singer
- Morris "B.B." Dickerson, 71, American funk bassist and singer (War)
- Gabi Luncă, 82, Romanian lăutărească singer
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- Earl Bulinski, 72, American rock musician (The Electras)
- Jill Corey, 85, American pop singer
- 4 – Paul Humphrey, 60, Canadian new wave singer (Blue Peter)
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- Haja El Hamdaouia, 91, Moroccan aita and chaabi singer
- Krzysztof Krawczyk, 74, Polish pop singer and composer
- 6 – Predrag Živković Tozovac, 85, Serbian folk singer
- 9 – DMX, 50, American rapper
- 10
- Shay Healy, 78, Irish pop songwriter
- Bob Petric, American indie rock guitarist (Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments)
- Bosse Skoglund, 85, Swedish blues drummer
- 11
- Mita Haque, 58, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sagreet singer
- 13
- Farid Ahmed, 66, Bangladeshi film composer
- Leonid Bortkevich, 71, Belarusian folk rock singer (Pesniary)
- Rocco Filippini, 77, Swiss classical cellist
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- Michel Louvain, 83, Canadian pop singer
- Tati Penna, 61, Chilean pop singer
- Rusty Young, 75, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco)
- 15 – Barby Kelly, 45, Spanish-born German folk singer (The Kelly Family)
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- Barry Mason, 85, British pop songwriter
- Mike Mitchell, 77, American rock guitarist (The Kingsmen)
- 17 – Black Rob, 51, American rapper
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- Lew Lewis, British pub rock harmonica player (Eddie and the Hot Rods)
- Paul Oscher, 71, American blues singer
- Lars Ranzenberger, 53, German-born Spanish power metal bassist (Metalium)
- 20 – Les McKeown, 65, Scottish pop rock singer (Bay City Rollers)
- 21
- Lea Dali Lion, 47, Estonian pop singer
- Joe Long, 88, American pop rock bassist (The Four Seasons)
- 22 – Shock G, 57, American rapper (Digital Underground)
- 23 – Fredi, 78, Finnish novelty pop singer
- 25
- Denny Freeman, 76, American blues guitarist
- Rajan Mishra, 70, Indian khyal sarangi player (Rajan and Sajan Mishra)
- 27 – Paul Couter, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (TC Matic)
- 28
- Toni Dalli, 87, Italian pop singer
- Anita Lane, 61, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
- Liuwe Tamminga, 67, Dutch classical harpsichordist and organist
- 29
- Johnny Crawford, 75, American pop singer
- John Hinch, 73, British heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, Bakerloo)
- Tony Markellis, 68, American jam band bassist (Trey Anastasio Band)
- Will Mecum, 48, American stoner rock guitarist (Karma to Burn, Year Long Disaster)
- 30
- John Dee Holeman, 92, American blues guitarist
- Anthony Payne, 84, British classical composer
- Ray Reyes, 51, Puerto Rican pop singer (Menudo, El Reencuentro)
May
[modifica]- 1
- Debu Chaudhuri, 85, Indian classical sitarist
- Wondress Hutchinson, 56, American dance singer (Mantronix)
- 2 – Tommy West, 78, American music producer and pop singer-songwriter
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- Phil Naro, 63, American hard rock singer (Talas)
- Lloyd Price, 88, American R&B singer-songwriter
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- Rodolfo García, 75, Argentine psychedelic rock drummer (Almendra, Aquelarre)
- Nick Kamen, 59, English pop singer-songwriter
- Genji Kuniyoshi, 90, Japanese folk singer
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- Comagan, 48, Indian playback singer
- Vanya Kostova, 64, Bulgarian pop singer (Tonika)
- Prem Dhoj Pradhan, 82, Nepali pop singer and guitarist
- Pervis Staples, 85, American gospel singer (The Staple Singers)
- 7
- G. Anand, 67, Indian playback singer
- Vanraj Bhatia, 93, Indian film composer
- Cassiano, 77, Brazilian funk and soul singer-songwriter
- 8 – Curtis Fuller, 86, American jazz trombonist (The Jazz Messengers)
- 10
- Svante Thuresson, 68, Swedish jazz and schlager singer (Gals and Pals)
- Pauline Tinsley, 93, British opera singer
- 12 – Maran, 48, Indian gaana singer
- 13
- Norman Simmons, 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
- Jack Terricloth, 50, American dark cabaret singer (The World/Inferno Friendship Society)
- Bill Tsamis, 60, American metal guitarist (Warlord)
- 15
- Đorđe Marjanović, 89, Serbian schlager and pop singer
- Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist
- Jacky van Dam, 83, Dutch pop singer
- 16
- Patsy Bruce, 81, American country songwriter
- MC Kevin, 23, Brazilian funk carioca singer
- 17
- Nicolas Ker, 50, French electronic singer (Poni Hoax)
- Neal Ford, 78, American psychedelic rock singer (Neal Ford and the Fanatics)
- Amarendra Mohanty, 63, Indian film composer and singer
- 19
- Johnny Ashcroft, 94, Australian country and folk singer-songwriter
- Alix Dobkin, 80, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 20 – Roger Hawkins, 75, American rock and soul drummer (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
- 22 – Glenn Douglas Tubb, 85, American country singer-songwriter
- 23
- Dewayne Blackwell, 84, American country songwriter
- Lorrae Desmond, 93, Australian cabaret singer and actress
- 24
- John Davis, 66, American dance pop singer (Milli Vanilli)
- Samuel E. Wright, 74, American pop singer and actor
- 25 – Søren Holm, 25, Danish indie pop singer (Liss)
- 26 – Patrick Sky, 80, American folk singer-songwriter
- 27
- Tiit Haagma, 67, Estonian progressive rock bassist (Ruja)
- Shantiraj Khosla, 54, Indian film composer and singer
- Nelson Sargento, 96, Brazilian samba singer
- 28
- Zohra Abdullayeva, 68, Azerbaijani mugham singer
- Jimi Bellmartin, 71, Indonesian-born Dutch funk singer
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- B. J. Thomas, 78, American pop singer
- Johnny Trudell, 82, American jazz trumpeter
- 30 – Luisa Molina, 65, Bolivian folk singer
- 31 - Lil Loaded, 20, American rapper
June
[modifica]- 3 – Karla Burns, 66, American opera singer
- 6 – Michele Merlo, 28, Italian pop singer-songwriter
- 7 – David C. Lewis, American soft rock and new age keyboardist (Ambrosia, Shadowfax)
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- Farhad Humayun, 42, Pakistani psychedelic rock drummer and singer (Overload)
- Dean Parrish, 79, American soul singer
- 9 – Juan Nelson, 62, American blues rock bassist (Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals)
- 11
- Heribert Beissel, 88, German classical composer
- Jon Lukas, 72, Maltese pop singer
- 14 – Selçuk Tekay, 68, Turkish classical composer and violinist
- 16 – Novica Zdravković, 73, Serbian folk singer
- 17 – Fane Flaws, 70, New Zealand rock guitarist (The Crocodiles, The Spats, Blerta)
- 18
- Gift of Gab, 50, American rapper (Blackalicious)
- Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese surf rock guitarist
- 20
- Lionel Leroy, 65, French pop singer
- Gianna Rolandi, 68, American opera singer
- 21
- Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese jazz saxophonist
- Mamady Keïta, 70, Guinean djembe player
- 22 – Parassala B. Ponnammal, 96, Indian Carnatic singer
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- David Edwards, 56, Welsh post-punk singer (Datblygu)
- Ellen McIlwaine, 75, American-Canadian psychedelic rock and blues singer and slide guitarist (Fear Itself)
- Peter Zinovieff, 88, British electronic composer and founder of Electronic Music Studios
- 24 – Pat Lupo, 66, American rock bassist (John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band)
- 25
- Rinaldo Rafanelli, 71, Argentine psychedelic rock singer (Color Humano, Sui Generis)
- Wes, 57, Cameroonian world music singer
- 26
- Jon Hassell, 84, American jazz trumpeter
- Frederic Rzewski, 83, American classical pianist and composer
- Johnny Solinger, 55, American hard rock singer (Skid Row)
- 27
- Willy Crook, 55, Argentine new wave saxophonist (Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota)
- Peps Persson, 74, Swedish blues and reggae singer
- 28
- Burton Greene, 84, American free jazz pianist
- Paul Koulak, 78, French television composer
- 29 – John Lawton, 74, British rock singer (Uriah Heep, Lucifer's Friend, Les Humphries Singers)
- Bryan St. Pere, 53, American alternative rock drummer (Hum)
July
[modifica]- 1
- Steve Kekana, 62, South African soul and Mbaqanga singer
- Steve Kekana, 62, South African soul and Mbaqanga singer
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- Sanford Clark, 85, American rockabilly singer
- Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz fusion bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Brian Auger and the Trinity)
- 9 – Andy Williams, 49, American Christian rock drummer (Casting Crowns)
- 10
- Byron Berline, 77, American bluegrass fiddler
- Chris Hutka, American post-hardcore singer (The Bunny the Bear)
- 11
- Juini Booth, 73, American jazz bassist (The Sun Ra Arkestra)
- Sound Sultan, 44, Nigerian rapper
- 13 – Brother Resistance, 67, Trinidadian rhythm poet
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- Gary Corbett, American blues rock keyboardist (Cinderella)
- Jeff LaBar, 58, American glam metal and blues rock guitarist (Cinderella)
- 15
- Joe Cassidy, Irish indie pop singer-songwriter (Butterfly Child)
- Boris Goryachev, 49, Russian a capella singer (Turetsky Choir Art Group)
- Pyotr Mamonov, 70, Russian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Zvuki Mu)
- Tsepo Tshola, 67, Mosotho afro-jazz singer (Sankomota)
- 16 – Biz Markie, 57, American rapper
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- Dolores Claman, 94, Canadian television composer and pianist
- Robby Steinhardt, 71, American progressive rock singer and violinist (Kansas)
- Graham Vick, 67, English opera director
- 19
- Tolis Voskopoulos, 80, Greek laïko singer
- Chuck E. Weiss, 76, American blues rock singer-songwriter
- 20 – Jerry Granelli, 80, American-born Canadian jazz drummer
- 21
- Tõnu Aare, 67, Estonian rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Apelsin)
- Clarence McDonald, 76, American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer
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- Pavel Pelc, 71, Czech art rock bassist and singer (Progres 2)
- Peter Rehberg, 53, Austrian-British electronic musician (KTL) and founder of Mego
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- Fakir Alamgir, 71, Bangladeshi folk singer
- Wally Gonzales, 71, Filipino blues rock guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band)
- 25 – Count M'Butu, 75-76, American blues-rock percussionist (The Derek Trucks Band) (death announced on this date)
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- Mike Howe, 55, American heavy metal singer (Metal Church, Heretic)
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- Willie Winfield, 91, American doo-wop singer (The Harptones)
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- Giuseppe Giacomini, 80, Italian opera singer
- Shahram Kashani, 47, Iranian pop singer
- Johnny Ventura, 81, Dominican salsa and merengue singer
- 29 – Gonzoe, 45, American rapper (Kausion)
- 30 – Jacob Desvarieux, 65, Guadeloupean-French zouk singer
- 31 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz saxophonist
August
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- Paul Cotton, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco, Illinois Speed Press)
- Kazimierz Kowalski, 70, Polish opera singer
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- Kelli Hand, 56, American techno DJ
- Allan Stephenson, 71, British classical cellist and composer
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- Razzy Bailey, 82, American country singer
- Jean "Binta" Breeze, 65, Jamaican dub poet
- Paul Johnson, 50, American house DJ
- Anders Pettersson, 69, Swedish dansband keyboardist (Lasse Stefanz)
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- Les Vandyke, 90, British pop songwriter
- Wang Wenjuan, 94, Chinese yue opera singer
- 7 – Dennis Thomas, 70, American funk saxophonist (Kool & The Gang)
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- Killer Kau, 23, South African rapper
- Chucky Thompson, 53, American record producer
- 11
- Mike Finnigan, 76, American rock and jazz keyboardist
- Roy Gaines, 83, American electric blues guitarist
- Caroline Peyton, 69, American folk singer-songwriter
- 12 – Ronnell Bright, 91, American jazz pianist
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- Baba Zumbi, 49, American rapper (Zion I)
- Pil Trafa, 62, Argentine punk rock singer (Los Violadores)
- 14 – R. Murray Schafer, 88, Canadian avant-garde classical composer
- 15 – Jagjit Kaur, 91, Indian playback singer
- 16 – Hormoz Farhat, 93, Iranian-American classical composer
- 17 – Squeak, 26, American hip hop producer (Pivot Gang)
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- Tom T. Hall, 85, American country singer-songwriter
- Larry Harlow, 82, American salsa keyboardist (Fania All-Stars)
- Peter Ind, 93, British jazz bassist
- Michael Morgan, 64, American classical conductor
- 21
- Bill Emerson, 83, American bluegrass banjoist
- Don Everly, 84, American country-rock and roll singer and songwriter
- 22
- Charles Burles, 85, French opera singer
- Bob Fish, 72, British doo-wop singer (Darts)
- Brian Travers, 62, British pop and reggae saxophonist and songwriter (UB40)
- Eric Wagner, 62, American doom metal singer (Trouble, The Skull)
- 23 – Olli Wisdom, 63, British goth rock singer (Specimen) and Goa trance producer
- 24
- Pierre Dutot, 75, French classical trumpeter
- Fritz McIntyre, 62, British pop keyboardist (Simply Red) (death announced on this date)
- 25 – Dave Harper, British indie rock drummer (Frankie & The Heartstrings)
- 26 – Kenny Malone, 83, American country drummer
- 29
- Ron Bushy, 79, American psychedelic rock drummer (Iron Butterfly)
- John Drake, 74, American rock singer (The Amboy Dukes)
- 30 – Lee Williams, 75, American gospel singer (Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's)
- 31 – Nobesuthu Mbadu, 76, South African mbaqanga singer (Mahotella Queens)
September
[modifica]- 1
- Carol Fran, 87, American soul blues singer and pianist
- Aleksandr Khrabunov, 61, Russian rock guitarist (Zoopark)
- 2
- Alemayehu Eshete, 80, Ethiopian jazz singer