January •
2 –
Chris Karrer, 76, German progressive rock guitarist (
Amon Düül II) •
3 –
Tawl Ross, 75, American funk guitarist (
Funkadelic) •
4 •
Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan folk singer-songwriter and anthem composer • Marie Nilsson Lind, 62, Swedish folk pop singer (
Ainbusk) •
David Soul, 80, American-British pop singer •
Glynis Johns, 100, British musical theatre actress and singer •
5 •
Larry Collins, 79, American rockabilly guitarist and songwriter (
The Collins Kids) •
Del Palmer, 71, English art rock singer-songwriter, bassist and sound engineer •
6 •
Iasos, 76, Greek-born American new age keyboardist •
Amparo Rubín, 68, Mexican folk singer-songwriter •
7 •
Germana Caroli, 92, Italian pop singer •
Tony Clarkin, 77, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (
Magnum) •
8 •
Guy Bonnet, 78, French pop singer-songwriter •
Serge Laprade, French-Canadian pop singer •
Phill Niblock, 90, American avant garde composer •
Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, Italian film composer (death announced on this date) •
9 •
Diego Gallardo, 31, Ecuadorian folk singer-songwriter •
Karel Janovický, 93, Czech-born British classical composer and pianist •
Rashid Khan, 55, Indian
Hindustani classical singer •
James Kottak, 61, American hard rock drummer (
Scorpions,
Kingdom Come,
Kottak) •
10 •
Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist •
Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian opera singer •
11 •
Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio disk jockey •
Sigi Schwab, 83, German jazz guitarist •
12 •
Bill Hayes, 98, American folk singer •
David Lumsdaine, 92, Australian classical composer •
13 •
Prabha Atre, 91, Indian classical singer •
Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American country singer-songwriter and accordionist •
Romuald Twardowski, 93, Polish classical composer •
15 –
K. J. Joy, 77, Indian film and classical composer •
16 •
Peter Schickele, 88, American classical composer and musical satirist (
P. D. Q. Bach) •
Laurie Johnson, 96, English classical composer and swing bandleader •
17 •
Serge Laprade, 83, Canadian pop singer •
Gerd Uecker, 77, German opera director and music teacher •
18 •
Katelele Ching'oma, 32, Malawian pop singer •
Ivan Moody, 59, British classical composer and musicologist •
Silent Servant, 46, Guatemalan-born American techno DJ •
The Soft Moon, 44, American darkwave singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist •
19 •
Georgi Kostov, 82, Bulgarian classical composer •
Ewa Podleś, 71, Polish opera singer •
Marlena Shaw, 81, American jazz and soul singer •
Pluto Shervington, 73, Jamaican reggae singer •
Mary Weiss, 75, American pop singer (
The Shangri-Las) •
20 •
Zoran Erić, 73, Serbian classical composer •
Charis Kostopoulos, 59, Greek laiko singer-songwriter. •
22 •
Neil Kulkarni, 51, British music journalist •
Margo Smith, 84, American singer-songwriter • Sergei Yefremenko, 51, Russian ska singer and guitarist (
Markscheider Kunst) •
23 •
Melanie, 76, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist •
Frank Farian, 82, German pop singer-songwriter and record producer (
Boney M.,
Milli Vanilli,
La Bouche,
No Mercy) • Anders Sandberg, 55, Swedish Eurodance singer (
Rednex). •
24 – Anders Lampe, 59, Danish pop rock guitarist (
Bamses Venner) •
25 •
Bruno Amstad, 59–60, Swiss jazz singer •
Bhavatharini, 47, Indian playback singer and film music director •
26 •
Dean Brown, 68, American jazz guitarist •
Michel Hausser, 96, French jazz vibraphonist •
Michael Watford, 80, American dance and house singer •
27 –
Lillebjørn Nilsen, 73, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter •
28 –
Albert Mayr, 80, Italian classical and experimental composer •
29 •
Tony Cedras, 71, South African jazz multi-instrumentalist • Yuri Ilchenko, 72, Russian rock singer and guitarist (
Mify,
Zemlyane) •
30 –
Chita Rivera, 91, American musical theater singer and actress
February •
2 •
Steve Brown, 66, British classical composer •
Wilhelmenia Fernandez, 75, American opera singer •
Wayne Kramer, 75, American rock guitarist and songwriter (
MC5) •
3 –
Aston "Family Man" Barrett, 77, Jamaican reggae bassist (
Bob Marley and the Wailers,
The Upsetters) •
5 –
Toby Keith, 62, American country singer-songwriter •
6 •
Donald Kinsey, 70, American blues and reggae guitarist and singer (
The Kinsey Report,
The Wailers Band) •
Seiji Ozawa, 88, Japanese classical conductor •
7 •
Vaja Azarashvili, 87, Georgian classical composer •
Henry Fambrough, 85, American R&B singer (
The Spinners) •
Mojo Nixon, 66, American psychobilly singer-songwriter •
8 – Yuri Borzov, 70, Russian blues rock drummer (
Mashina Vremeni) •
9 •
Nikša Gligo, 77, Croatian musicologist •
Damo Suzuki, 74, Japanese Krautrock singer (
Can) •
Jimmy Van Eaton, 86, American rock and roll drummer •
11 •
Ladislav Burlas, 96, Slovak classical composer and musicologist •
Randy Sparks, 90, American folk singer-songwriter (
The New Christy Minstrels,
The Back Porch Majority) •
Mihai Amihalachioaie, 62, Moldovan accordionist and conductor •
12 •
Tamás Deák, 95, Hungarian classical composer and conductor •
Rudolf Jansen, 84, Dutch classical pianist • Juris Kulakovs, 65, Latvian rock keyboardist (
Pērkons) •
Steve Wright, 69, English radio disk jockey •
13 •
Eddie Cheeba, 67, American hip hop DJ •
Jussi Raittinen, 80, Finnish
Rautalanka singer and guitarist •
15 – Ian Amey, 79, English rock singer and guitarist (
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich) •
16 •
Etterlene DeBarge, 88, American gospel singer • Fritz Hinz, 68, Canadian hard rock drummer (
Helix) •
Reuben Jackson, 67, American jazz historian •
Ben Lanzarone, 85, American television composer •
Dexter Romweber, 57, American rockabilly guitarist (
Flat Duo Jets) •
Cynthia Strother, 88, American pop singer (
The Bell Sisters) •
18 •
Davlatmand Kholov, 73, Tajik
Shashmaqam multi-instrumentalist •
Hasina Mumtaz, 78, Bangladeshi pop singer •
19 •
Stewart Robertson, 75, Scottish classical conductor (death announced on this date) •
Bobby Tench, 79, British blues rock singer and guitarist (
Humble Pie,
The Jeff Beck Group,
Hummingbird,
Streetwalkers,
The Gass). (death announced on this date) •
20 •
David Libert, 81, American sunshine pop singer and keyboardist (
The Happenings) •
Geoffrey Michaels, 79, Australian classical violinist and violist (death announced on this date) •
21 – Vitalij Kuprij, 49, Ukrainian-American symphonic metal keyboardist (
Trans-Siberian Orchestra,
Ring of Fire) •
22 •
John Lowe, 81, English skiffle pianist (
The Quarrymen) •
Roni Stoneman, 85, American bluegrass banjoist •
23 •
Tina Rainford, 77, German pop singer •
Shinsadong Tiger, 40, South Korean record producer •
24 –
Juana Bacallao, 98, Cuban
guaracha singer •
25 •
Bigidagoe, 26, Dutch rapper •
Peter "Peetah" Morgan, 46, Jamaican reggae singer (
Morgan Heritage) •
26 •
Bhakta Raj Acharya, 81, Nepali
Bhajan singer and composer •
Pankaj Udhas, 72, Indian
ghazal singer •
28 •
Cat Janice, 31, American electropop singer-songwriter •
Eugen Indjic, 76, Yugoslav born French-American classical pianist •
29 –
Eugen Šváb, 87, Slovak swing singer and percussionist
March •
1 • Ernest Berger, 73, Czech-born British funk and disco drummer (
Heatwave) •
Don Wise, 81, American R&B saxophonist •
2 •
Jim Beard, 63, American jazz rock keyboardist (
Steely Dan) •
Blues Boy Willie, 77, American blues singer and guitarist •
W. C. Clark, 84, American blues singer and guitarist •
3 •
Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer •
Emmanuëlle, 81, Canadian pop singer •
Oscar Ghiglia, 85, Italian classical guitarist •
Günther Leib, 96, German opera singer •
Amjad Parvez, 78, Pakistani
semi-classical singer •
Presto, 31, German rapper •
Bill Ramsay, 95, American jazz saxophonist •
Félix Sabal Lecco, 64–65, Cameroonian makossa and rock drummer •
Makoto Shinohara, 92, Japanese classical composer • Brit Turner, 57, American country rock drummer (
Blackberry Smoke) •
4 •
B. B. Seaton, 79, Jamaican ska and rocksteady singer (
The Gaylads) •
Amnon Weinstein, 84, Israeli violin luthier •
5 •
Linda Balgord, 64, American musical theater actress and singer •
Debra Byrd, 72, American soul singer and vocal coach • Brahim Fribgane, Moroccan jazz oud player and percussionist (
La Mar Enfortuna) (death announced on this date) •
6 –
Dimos Moutsis, 85, Greek
Éntekhno singer-songwriter and composer •
7 •
Pedro Altamiranda, 88, Panamanian salsa singer •
Joe Cutajar, 83, Maltese pop singer (
Helen and Joseph). (death announced on this date) •
Françoise Garner, 90, French opera singer •
Steve Lawrence, 88, American pop singer •
8 •
Abdou Cherif, 52, Moroccan pop singer •
Ernie Fields Jr., 89, American jazz saxophonist •
George Newson, 91, English electronic and avant-garde composer and pianist •
Ľubomír Stankovský, 72, Slovak pop rock singer and drummer (
Modus) •
9 •
Malcolm Holcombe, 68, American alternative country singer-songwriter •
Vince Power, 76, Irish music festival promoter •
Guy Touvron, 74, French classical trumpeter •
10 • Blake Harrison, 48, American grindcore sampler (
Pig Destroyer,
Hatebeak) •
Paul Nelson, American blues guitarist •
T. M. Stevens, 72, American rock bassist (
The Pretenders,
Vai) •
Marc Tobaly, 74, Moroccan-born French rock guitarist (
Les Variations) •
Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh alternative rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (
The Waterboys,
World Party) •
11 •
Boss, 54, American rapper •
Eric Carmen, 74, American power pop singer-songwriter (
Raspberries) (death announced on this date) •
Pete Rodriguez, 91, American Latin boogaloo pianist and bandleader •
12 •
Michael Knott, American Christian rock singer-songwriter (
Lifesavers Underground) •
James Whitbourn, 60, British classical composer and conductor •
Russ Wilson, 62, Canadian alternative rock bassist (
Junkhouse) •
13 • Dick Allix, 78, British pop rock drummer (
Vanity Fare) • John Blunt, British rock drummer (
The Searchers) (death announced on this date) •
Sylvain Luc, 58, French jazz guitarist •
Sadi Mohammad, 70, Bangladeshi
Rabindra Sangeet singer and composer •
Aribert Reimann, 88, German classical composer and pianist •
14 •
Lamara Chkonia, 93, Georgian opera singer • Frank Darcel, 65, French post-punk guitarist (
Marquis de Sade) •
Byron Janis, 95, American classical pianist •
Jean-Pierre Marty, 91, French classical pianist and conductor •
Angela McCluskey, 64, Scottish alternative rock singer-songwriter (
Wild Colonials) •
15 –
Hans Blum, 95, German schlager singer-songwriter •
17 •
Cola Boyy, 34, American disco multi-instrumentalist •
Sandra Crouch, 81, American gospel singer •
Steve Harley, 73, British glam rock singer-songwriter (
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel) •
18 •
Jimmy Hastings, 85, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (
Caravan,
Soft Machine,
Hatfield and the North) •
Khalid, 60, Bangladeshi pop singer •
Kevin Toney, 70, American jazz fusion pianist and composer (
The Blackbyrds) •
19 – Greg Lee, 53, American ska and reggae singer (
Hepcat) •
20 •
Faramarz Aslani, 79, Iranian folk singer and guitarist •
George Darko, 73, Ghanaian
burger-highlife singer-songwriter and guitarist • Gene Elders, 80, American country fiddler (
Ace in the Hole Band) •
Cocky Mazzetti, 87, Italian pop singer •
21 –
Laurens van Rooyen, 88, Dutch classical pianist and composer •
23 •
Igor Ozim, 92, Slovenian classical violinist •
Maurizio Pollini, 82, Italian classical pianist •
24 • Vincent Bonham, 67, American funk singer (
Raydio) (death announced on this date) •
Def Rhymz, 53, Surinamese-Dutch rapper •
Péter Eötvös, 80, Hungarian opera composer •
25 •
Humphrey Campbell, 66, Surinamese-Dutch pop singer •
Chris Cross, 71, English new wave bassist and keyboardist (
Ultravox,
Tiger Lily) •
Maurice El Médiouni, 95, Algerian jazz pianist •
26 • Clare Elliott, New Zealand punk singer (
Suburban Reptiles) •
Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi, 76, Sri Lankan playback singer •
Slađana Milošević, 68, Serbian new wave singer-songwriter •
George Nicolescu, 74, Romanian pop singer •
27 –
La Castou, 75, Swiss pop singer •
28 –
Marian Zazeela, 83, American experimental music singer and tanpura player •
29 –
Gerry Conway, 76, English folk rock drummer and percussionist (
Jethro Tull,
Fairport Convention,
Cat Stevens,
Pentangle). •
30 •
Mark Spiro, 66–67, American songwriter and record producer (death announced on this date) •
Vanhlupuii, 77, Indian
Mizo multi-genre singer •
31 –
Casey Benjamin, 45, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (
Robert Glasper Experiment)
April •
1 •
Phil Delire, 67–68, Belgian music producer. •
Michael Ward, 57, American alternative rock guitarist (
The Wallflowers,
School of Fish) •
2 –
Jerry Abbott, 81, American country music songwriter and record producer •
3 •
Joe Aitken, 79, Scottish
bothy ballad singer •
Albert Heath, 88, American jazz drummer (
Heath Brothers) •
Kalevi Kiviniemi, 65, Finnish classical organist •
Muñequita Milly, 23, Peruvian huayno singer •
Notker Wolf, 83, German Benedictine priest-monk and rock guitarist •
4 •
Keith LeBlanc, 69, American multi-genre drummer (
Little Axe,
Tackhead) • Graeme Naysmith, 57, English shoegaze guitarist (
Pale Saints) •
5 •
Phil Nimmons, 100, Canadian jazz clarinetist. • Rocket Norton, 73, Canadian hard rock drummer (
Prism) •
C. J. Snare, 64, American glam metal singer-songwriter (
FireHouse) •
6 –
Dutty Dior, Norwegian rapper •
7 •
Michael Boder, 65, German classical conductor •
Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 87, American R&B singer and pianist •
Antonette Mendes, 79, Indian tiatr singer •
Joe Viera, 91, German jazz saxophonist •
8 –
Jon Card, 63, German-born Canadian punk drummer (
SNFU,
D.O.A.,
Subhumans) •
9 •
Bob Lanese, 82, American big band jazz trumpeter (
James Last Orchestra) •
Muluken Melesse, 70, Ethiopian tizita singer and drummer •
Sturgis Nikides, 66, American blues rock and no wave guitarist (
Low Society,
Cool It Reba) •
Dieter Rexroth, 83, German musicologist and dramaturge (
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,
Young Euro Classic) •
Max Werner, 70, Dutch progressive rock singer and drummer (
Kayak) •
10 –
Mister Cee, 57, American hip hop DJ and radio broadcaster (death announced on this date) •
11 •
Park Bo-ram, 30, South Korean K-pop singer •
Enrique Llácer Soler, 89, Spanish jazz percussionist and composer •
12 • Lucy Rimmer, British post-punk singer (
The Fall) (death announced on this date) •
Rico Wade, 52, American music producer and songwriter (
Organized Noize) •
13 •
Richard Horowitz, 75, American film composer •
Lorenzo Palomo, 86, Spanish classical composer •
14 – •
Ben Eldridge, 85, American progressive bluegrass banjoist (
The Seldom Scene) •
Calvin Keys, 82, American jazz guitarist •
15 • Reita, 42, Japanese alternative metal bassist (
The Gazette) •
Eugene Wolfgramm, 57, American pop singer (
The Jets,
Boys Club) •
16 •
Clorofila, 56, Mexican
Nortec DJ (
Nortec Collective) •
K. G. Jayan, 89, Indian
Carnatic singer • Gavin Webb, 77, Australian psychedelic rock bassist (
The Masters Apprentices) •
17 – Pooch Tavares, 81, American R&B and disco singer (
Tavares) (death announced on this date) •
18 •
Dickey Betts, 80, American Southern rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (
The Allman Brothers Band) • Steve Kille, American stoner rock bassist (
Dead Meadow) •
Mandisa, 47, American gospel singer •
Larry Page, 86, English pop singer and record producer •
19 •
Naomy, 46, Romanian pop singer • Eddie Sutton, 59, American crossover thrash singer (
Leeway) •
20 •
Kaj Chydenius, 84, Finnish avant garde composer and folk songwriter •
Tony Tuff, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (
The African Brothers) •
21 •
Jean-Marie Aerts, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (
TC Matic) •
MC Duke, 58, British rapper •
Alex Hassilev, 91, American folk singer and banjoist (
The Limeliters) •
KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer •
22 –
Chan Romero, 82, American rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist (death announced on this date) •
23 –
Fergie MacDonald, 86, Scottish
cèilidh accordionist •
24 –
Mike Pinder, 82, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter (
The Moody Blues) •
26 •
Robin George, 68, British rock singer and guitarist. • Anderson Leonardo, 51, Brazilian
pagode singer (
Molejo) •
Frank Wakefield, American bluegrass mandolinist •
27 –
Jean-Pierre Ferland, 89, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter •
28 –
Norman Carol, 95, American classical violinist and concertmaster (
Philadelphia Orchestra) •
30 –
Duane Eddy, 86, American rock and roll guitarist
May •
1 •
Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian diwan
sintir player •
Richard Maloof, 84, American pop and big band bassist and tuba player •
Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer •
Richard Tandy, 76, English rock keyboardist (
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Move) •
2 • Gary Floyd, 71, American hardcore punk and alternative rock singer (
Dicks,
Sister Double Happiness) •
John Pisano, 93, American jazz guitarist. •
3 –
Jim Mills, 57, American bluegrass banjoist (
Kentucky Thunder) •
4 • Miroslav Imrich, 71, Czech rock singer (
Abraxas) •
Ron Kavana, 73, Irish multi-genre singer-songwriter •
5 •
Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian
mezwed singer •
Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, 82, Indian
Panchari melam chenda player. •
6 •
Bill Holman, 96, American jazz and big band saxophonist, composer and arranger •
Wayland Holyfield, 82, American country songwriter •
Christiane Stefanski, 74, Belgian folk singer •
7 •
Steve Albini, 61, American post-hardcore and noise rock singer and guitarist (
Big Black,
Shellac) and record producer •
Ignatius Jones, 66–67, Australian-Filipino new wave and swing singer (
Jimmy and the Boys,
Pardon Me Boys) •
Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, 88, Polish jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger •
8 •
John Barbata, 79, American rock drummer (
The Turtles,
Jefferson Airplane,
Jefferson Starship) • Conrad Kelly, 65, Jamaican-born British reggae drummer (
Steel Pulse) •
Giovanna Marini, 87, Italian folk singer-songwriter •
Dennis Thompson, 75, American rock drummer (
MC5) •
9 – Fred Noonan, Australian alternative rock drummer (
Six Ft Hick) •
12 –
David Sanborn, 78, American jazz saxophonist. •
13 •
Christian Escoudé, 76, French
Gypsy jazz guitarist •
Luis María Serra, 82, Argentine film composer •
14 –
Jimmy James, 83, Jamaican-British ska and disco singer •
15 •
John Hawken, 84, English rock keyboardist (
The Nashville Teens,
Renaissance,
Strawbs) •
Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan
Andalusi classical singer •
17 •
Charlie Colin, 58, American pop rock bassist and guitarist (
Train,
The Side Deal) (body discovered on this date) • Missinho, 64, Brazilian
Axé singer (
Chiclete com Banana) •
18 •
Palle Danielsson, 77, Swedish jazz bassist •
Frank Ifield, 86, Australian country singer •
John Koerner, 85, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (
Koerner, Ray & Glover) • Jon Wysocki, 53, American post-grunge drummer (
Staind) •
19 –
Peggi Blu, 77, American R&B singer and vocal coach •
21 –
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, 71, Polish film composer •
22 –
Toni Montano, 62, Serbian punk rock singer •
24 –
Doug Ingle, 78, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (
Iron Butterfly) •
25 –
Richard M. Sherman, 95, American film songwriter (
Sherman Brothers) •
27 •
Rodger Fox, 71, New Zealand jazz trombonist and bandleader. •
Francesco Petrozzi, 62, Peruvian opera singer •
28 – Gustavo Mullem, 72, Brazilian punk rock guitarist (
Camisa de Vênus) •
29 •
Cayouche, 75, Canadian country singer-songwriter •
Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese worldbeat singer and
Kora player. •
30 –
Doug Dagger, 56, American punk rock singer (
The Generators) •
31 –
Ed Mann, 70, American rock drummer and keyboardist (
Frank Zappa)
June •
1 –
Harry van Hoof, 81, Dutch pop conductor, composer, and music arranger. •
2 •
Emma Lou Diemer, 96, American classical composer •
Colin Gibb, 70, British pop singer and guitarist (
Black Lace) •
3 –
Brother Marquis, 58, American rapper (
2 Live Crew). •
4 –
C.Gambino, 26, Swedish rapper •
5 – Ranch Sironi, American stoner rock bassist (
Nebula) •
7 •
Rose-Marie, 68, Northern Irish pop singer (death announced on this date) •
Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, 90, German minimalist composer •
8 •
Mark James, 83, American pop and country songwriter •
Charlie Lennon, 85, Irish traditional folk fiddler and composer •
9 •
William Carragan, 86, American musicologist and
Bruckner expert •
Alex Riel, 83, Danish jazz and rock drummer •
11 •
Enchanting, 26, American rapper •
Marcel Guilloux, 93, French
kan ha diskan singer and storyteller. •
Françoise Hardy, 80, French pop and
yé-yé singer-songwriter • Gaps Hendrickson, 73, British ska singer (
The Selecter) • Adam Lewis, 45, American pop punk bassist (
Fenix TX) (death announced on this date) •
Kevork Mardirossian, 70, American classical violinist •
Rajeev Taranath, 91, Indian classical
sarod player •
12 –
Johnny Canales, 77, Mexican
Tejano singer •
13 •
Angela Bofill, 70, American R&B singer-songwriter •
Skowa, 68, Brazilian samba rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (
Trio Mocotó) •
14 –
Jeremy Tepper, 60, American radio executive and country singer, co-founder of
Diesel Only Records •
16 •
Buzz Cason, 84, American pop and country singer-songwriter •
Jodie Devos, 35, Belgian opera singer •
17 – Paul Spencer, 53, English house DJ (
Dario G) •
18 –
James Chance, 71, American no wave singer and saxophonist (
James Chance and the Contortions,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks) •
19 •
Chrystian, 67, Brazilian
sertanejo singer •
Silvia Infantas, 101, Chilean folk singer •
James Loughran, 92, Scottish classical conductor •
20 –
Margarita Voites, 87, Estonian opera singer •
23 •
Julio Foolio, 26, American rapper •
Sakini Ramachandraih, 61, Indian folk singer and
dhol player •
David Tunley, 94, Australian musicologist. •
24 •
Shifty Shellshock, 49, American rap rock singer-songwriter and rapper (
Crazy Town) •
Rob Stone, 55, American record producer •
25 •
Jewel Brown, 86, American jazz and blues singer •
Ray St. Germain, 83, Canadian country singer •
26 –
Gary Grant, American jazz trumpeter •
27 •
Kinky Friedman, 79, American country singer-songwriter •
Alexander Knaifel, 80, Russian opera composer •
Martin Mull, 80, American comedy music singer-songwriter •
28 •
Lando Bartolini, 87, Italian opera singer •
Kong Nay, 80, Cambodian traditional folk
chapei dang veng player • Betty Veldpaus, 72, Dutch pop and country singer (
Pussycat) •
29 –
Martti Wallén, 75, Finnish opera singer •
30 •
Lucius Banda, 53, Malawian reggae singer-songwriter •
Peter Collins, 73, English record producer (death announced on this date)
July •
1 •
Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, Portuguese folk singer-songwriter •
Nino Vella, 31, French classical and jazz composer •
Cliff Waldron, 83, American bluegrass singer and guitarist •
2 –
Tom Fowler, 73, American psychedelic rock bassist (
The Mothers of Invention,
It's a Beautiful Day,
Air Pocket) •
3 –
Mark Germino, 73, American folk rock singer-songwriter •
5 –
Liana Isakadze, 77, Georgian classical violinist (death announced on this date) •
6 •
Pino D'Angiò, 71, Italian
Italo disco singer-songwriter •
Joe Egan, 77, Scottish folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (
Stealers Wheel) •
8 • Adrián Olivares, 48, Mexican pop singer (
Menudo). •
Pavol Zelenay, 96, Slovak swing composer •
9 –
Joe Bonsall, 76, American country and gospel singer (
The Oak Ridge Boys) •
10 –
Dave Loggins, 76, American pop and country singer-songwriter •
11 –
Tommy Drennan, 82–83, Irish classical and
showband singer •
13 •
Ruth Hesse, 87, German opera singer •
Claudio Reyes, 64, Chilean pop singer •
14 – R. P. S. Lanrue, 74, German rock guitarist (
Ton Steine Scherben) •
15 •
Wieteke van Dort, 81, Dutch pop singer •
Édith Lejet, 82, French classical composer •
Tomcraft, 49, German progressive trance DJ and producer •
16 •
Ulf Dageby, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (
Nationalteatern) •
Bernice Johnson Reagon, 81, American gospel a capella singer (
The Freedom Singers,
Sweet Honey in the Rock) •
Irène Schweizer, 83, Swiss free jazz pianist. •
17 • Pinche Peach, 57, American death metal singer (
Brujeria) •
Happy Traum, 86, American folk singer and guitarist • Heather Wood, 79, English folk singer (
The Young Tradition) (death announced on this date) •
18 –
Jerry Fuller, 85, American rockabilly and pop singer-songwriter and producer •
19 –
Toumani Diabaté, 58, Malian mande
kora player •
20 •
Jerry Miller, 81, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (
Moby Grape, The Rhythm Dukes) •
Sandy Posey, 80, American pop and country singer •
Eugene Sârbu, 73, Romanian classical violinist. •
21 •
Kim Min-ki, 73, South Korean folk rock singer-songwriter •
Evelyn Thomas, 70, American Hi-NRG singer •
22 •
Jerzy Artysz, 93, Polish opera singer •
Klara Berkovich, 96, Soviet-born American classical violinist •
Duke Fakir, 88, American R&B singer (
Four Tops) •
Elena Mauti Nunziata, 77, Italian opera singer •
John Mayall, 90, English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist •
23 – Ekaterina Shklyaeva, 86, Russian folk pop singer (
Buranovskiye Babushki) (death announced on this date) •
24 •
Shafin Ahmed, 63, Bangladeshi rock singer-songwriter and bassist (
Miles) •
Antonio Cabán Vale, 81, Puerto Rican folk singer-songwriter and guitarist • Bill Crook, Canadian alternative metal and pop punk bassist (
Spiritbox,
Living With Lions). (death announced on this date) •
25 •
Pascal Danel, 80, French pop singer-songwriter •
Benjamin Luxon, 87, British opera singer • Tadashi Yabe, 59, Japanese acid jazz DJ and music producer (
United Future Organization). •
26 • Jason Clark, American gospel singer (
The Nelons). •
Sd Laika, American
deconstructed club producer and DJ (death announced on this date) •
Kelly Nelon Clark, 64, American gospel singer (
The Nelons) •
27 • Pat Collier, 72, English punk rock bassist (
The Vibrators) and record producer • Danny Clarke, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer (
The Meditations) •
DJ Polo, American hip hop DJ (
Juice Crew) and record producer •
Oldřich Janota, 74, Czech folk singer-songwriter •
Mísia, 69, Portuguese
fado singer •
Wolfgang Rihm, 72, German classical composer •
28 •
Chino XL, 50, American rapper •
Martin Phillipps, 61, New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (
The Chills) (death announced on this date) •
Mick Underwood, 78, English rock drummer (
Quatermass,
Strapps,
Gillan) •
30 –
Onyeka Onwenu, 72, Nigerian pop and gospel singer-songwriter •
31 •
DJ Randall, 54, British jungle and drum and bass DJ •
Arthur Miles, 74, American R&B and jazz singer •
Carmen Pateña, 83, Filipino pop singer
August •
1 –
Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ builder •
2 –
Nicu Covaci, 77, Romanian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (
Transsylvania Phoenix) •
3 •
Shaun Martin, 45, American jazz fusion and gospel multi-instrumentalist (
Snarky Puppy) •
Antônio Meneses, 66, Brazilian classical cellist (
Beaux Arts Trio) •
Phloen Phromdaen, 85, Thai
luk thung singer •
4 –
Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, 74, Spanish classical conductor and composer •
5 – Maurice Williams, 86, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs) •
7 –
Jack Russell, 63, American glam metal singer (
Great White) •
9 • Carl Bevan, 51, Welsh Britpop drummer (
60 Ft. Dolls) (death announced on this date) •
Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist •
Charles R. Cross, 67, American music journalist • Dave Sweetapple, 58, American indie rock and stoner metal bassist (
Sweet Apple,
Witch). •
Carl Weathersby, 71, American blues guitarist •
10 –
Celestina Casapietra, 85, Italian opera singer •
11 •
Gökçe Akçelik, 47, Turkish psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (
Replikas) •
Haniya Aslam, 46, Pakistani pop rock singer and guitarist (
Zeb and Haniya) •
Steve Davislim, 57, Malaysian-born Australian opera singer (death announced on this day) •
Talos, 37, Irish indie electronic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist • Chon Travis, American punk singer (
Love Equals Death) •
12 •
Christof Nel, 80, German theatre and opera director •
Zdeněk Pololáník, 88, Czech classical composer, conductor and organist. •
13 –
Greg Kihn, 75, American power pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (
The Greg Kihn Band) •
14 –
Dean Roberts, 49, New Zealand
electroacoustic multi-instrumentalist and composer (death announced on this date) •
15 • Joe Chambers, 81, American psychedelic soul singer-songwriter (
The Chambers Brothers) •
Peter Marshall, 98, American pop singer and musical theater actor •
16 •
Charles Blackwell, 84, English pop arranger, record producer, film composer and songwriter (death announced on this date) •
Bobby Hicks, 91, American bluegrass fiddler •
Luther Kent, 76, American blues singer •
Rajko Maksimović, 89, Serbian classical composer • Tore Ylwizaker, 54, Norwegian experimental rock keyboardist (
Ulver) •
17 •
Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez, 78, American Afro-Cuban jazz and salsa bongo player (
Típica 73). • Bert Susanka, 62, American surf rock and cowpunk singer-songwriter and guitarist (
The Ziggens) •
20 • Erik Barrett, 48, American metalcore bassist (
100 Demons) (death announced on this date) •
Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist (death announced on this date) •
Manju Mehta, 79, Indian classical sitar player. •
Charin Nantanakorn, 91, Thai pop singer •
21 •
Diana, 76, Brazilian pop singer • Russell Stone, 77–78, English singer (
R&J Stone) •
22 – Justin Chearno, 54, American indie rock guitarist (
Pitchblende,
Turing Machine,
Unrest,
Panthers) •
23 • Daron Beck, 48, American synth-doom singer and keyboardist (
Pinkish Black) •
Russell Malone, 60, America jazz guitarist •
Catherine Ribeiro, 82, French psychedelic rock singer (
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes) •
26 –
Paul Dwayne, 60, Canadian country singer-songwriter •
27 •
Richard Macphail, 73, English rock singer (
Anon) and road manager (
Genesis) •
Makaya Ntshoko, 84, South African jazz drummer •
30 •
Fatman Scoop, 53, American rapper • Danielle Moore, 52, English downtempo singer (
Crazy P) •
Cunnie Williams, 61, American R&B singer (death announced on this date) •
31 –
Jessica Mbangeni, 47, South African gospel singer
September •
1 • Mike Billard, 60, Canadian jazz drummer (
Jeff Johnston Trio). •
Teresa Bright, 64, American
hapa haole guitarist and ukulele player. •
2 •
James Darren, 88, American pop singer • Peter Kubik, 49, Austrian black metal guitarist (
Abigor) (death announced on this date) •
Pat Lewis, 76, American soul singer (death announced on this date) •
3 –
Göran Fristorp, 76, Swedish schlager singer-songwriter (
Malta) •
4 •
Oswald d'Andréa, 90, French classical pianist and film composer •
Bora Đorđević, 71, Serbian hard rock singer-songwriter (
Riblja Čorba). •
5 •
Roy Cape, 82, Trinidadian calypso saxophonist (death announced on this date) •
Herbie Flowers, 86, English rock bassist (
Blue Mink,
T. Rex,
Sky). •
Martin France, 60, British jazz drummer •
Sérgio Mendes, 83, Brazilian bossa nova pianist and composer •
Rich Homie Quan, 34, American rapper •
Władysław Słowiński, 94, Polish classical composer and conductor. •
6 •
Will Jennings, 80, American pop lyricist • Mark Moffatt, 74, Australian pop guitarist (
The Monitors) and record producer •
Screamin' Scott Simon, 75, Americanrock and roll pianist and singer (
Sha Na Na) •
7 •
Jimmy Gilmer, 83, American rock and roll singer (
The Fireballs) •
Dan Morgenstern, 94, German-born American music journalist and archivist •
8 •
Viktor Lyadov, 58, Russian classical pianist •
Zoot Money, 82, English blues rock singer and keyboardist (
Eric Burdon and The Animals,
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band) •
Ben Thapa, 42, English operatic pop singer (
G4) •
Caterina Valente, 93, French-Italian pop singer and guitarist •
10 •
Frankie Beverly, 77, American R&B and funk singer-songwriter (
Maze) •
Doug Hood, 70, New Zealand record producer •
12 •
Robin Guy, 54, British punk and alternative rock drummer (
Sham 69,
All About Eve) •
Papa Kojak, 68, Jamaican reggae singer •
13 •
Moisés Canelo, 74, Honduran pop singer-songwriter •
Tommy Cash, 84, American country singer • Chalmers Davis, 73, American country keyboardist (
The Shooters) •
15 •
David Davis, 63, American bluegrass mandolinist •
Tito Jackson, 70, American pop and R&B singer and guitarist (
The Jackson 5) •
Roli Mosimann, 68, Swiss-born American experimental rock drummer (
Swans,
Wiseblood) and record producer •
16 –
Billy Edd Wheeler, 91, American country singer-songwriter •
17 •
Evin Agassi, 78, Iranian-born American pop singer. •
Kenny Hyslop, 73, Scottish new wave drummer (
Slik,
Zones,
Simple Minds,
Set the Tone) (death announced on this date) •
Rise Kagona, 62, Zimbabwean
jit guitarist (
Bhundu Boys) •
JD Souther, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter •
18 • Juan Brujo, 61, American death metal singer (
Brujeria) •
Dick Diamonde, 76, Dutch-born Australian rock bassist (
The Easybeats) •
Nick Gravenites, 85, American blues singer and guitarist (
The Electric Flag,
Big Brother and the Holding Company) •
Zulya Kamalova, 55, Russian-born Australian folk singer •
19 –
Florence Warner, 77, American pop and commercial jingle singer •
20 •
Richard Dyer, 82, American music critic •
Srirangam Kannan, 72, Indian classical
morsing player •
Kim Richmond, 84, American jazz saxophonist and composer •
Sayuri, 28, Japanese pop singer-songwriter •
21 • Paul Cripple, American anarcho-punk guitarist (
Reagan Youth) •
Benny Golson, 95, American jazz saxophonist and composer •
Eddie Low, 81, New Zealand country singer • Roger Palm, 75, Swedish pop drummer (
ABBA) •
Juan Carlos Salazar, 59, Venezuelan folk singer and
cuatro player •
23 – Freddie Salem, 70, American Southern rock guitarist (
Outlaws) (death announced on this date) •
24 –
Cat Glover, 60, American funk singer and rapper •
27 •
John McNeil, 76, American jazz trumpeter •
Pit Passarell, 56, Argentine-born Brazilian heavy metal singer and bassist (
Viper) •
28 –
Kris Kristofferson, 88, American country singer-songwriter •
29 •
Rohan de Saram, 85, British-born classical Sri Lankan cellist •
Martin Lee, 77, English pop singer-songwriter (
Brotherhood of Man) •
Stoika Milanova, 79, Bulgarian classical violinist (death announced on this date) •
30 • Dave Allison, 68, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (
Anvil) •
Fayo, 46, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
October •
1 •
Vyacheslav Dobrynin, 78, Russian pop rock singer and composer (
Samotsvety) • Fritz Escovão, 81, Brazilian samba rock singer and guitarist (
Trio Mocotó) •
2 •
Arbogaste Mbella Ntone, 82, Cameroonian gospel singer •
Ken Tobias, 79, Canadian folk singer-songwriter •
3 •
Terje Bjørklund, 79, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer •
Jack Colwell, 34, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter. • Jerry Miller, American ska singer (
The Untouchables) •
5 –
Mimis Plessas, 99, Greek film composer and classical pianist •
6 –
Johnny Neel, 70, American Southern rock singer and keyboardist (
The Allman Brothers Band) •
7 •
Hans van Hemert, 79, Dutch music producer and songwriter •
Cissy Houston, 91, American gospel and R&B singer (
The Sweet Inspirations) •
Jack Ponti, 66, American songwriter and record producer •
8 –
Jorge Arriagada, 81, Chilean-French film composer •
9 •
Michel Boyibanda, 84,
Congolese rumba and soukous singer (
TPOK Jazz). •
Bruno Pochesci, 54, Italian-born French singer-songwriter •
Leif Segerstam, 80, Finnish classical conductor, composer and multi-instrumentalist •
10 •
Adam Abeshouse, 63, American recording engineer, music producer and classical violinist •
El Taiger, 37, Cuban reggaeton singer •
11 •
Kiril Marichkov, 79, Bulgarian progressive rock singer and bassist (
Shturcite) •
Aminollah Rashidi, 99, Iranian classical singer and composer •
12 •
Jackmaster, 38, Scottish house DJ •
Ka, 52, American rapper •
13 –
Libby Titus, 77, American pop singer-songwriter •
15 –
Ollie Olsen, 66, Australian post-punk multi-instrumentalist (
No,
Whirlywirld,
Max Q,
Orchestra of Skin and Bone,
Taipan Tiger Girls) and film composer •
16 •
Inger Lorre, 61, American alternative rock singer-songwriter (
Nymphs) • Alan Mansfield, 72, American-New Zealand rock keyboardist (
Dragon), songwriter, and record producer •
Liam Payne, 31, English pop singer (
One Direction) •
18 –
Shujeo Shyam, 78, Bangladeshi music director •
20 •
Barbara Dane, 97, American jazz, blues, and folk singer •
Janusz Olejniczak, 72, Polish classical pianist •
21 •
Egidio Cuadrado, 71, Colombian
vallenato accordionist •
Paul Di'Anno, 66, English heavy metal singer (
Iron Maiden) •
Mimi Hines, 91, Canadian pop singer and musical theater actress •
Barbara Kolb, 85, American classical composer •
22 •
Claire Daly, 66, American jazz saxophonist and composer •
Edd Griles, 78, American music video director •
Ferenc Sánta Jr., 79, Hungarian classical and Romani folk violinist •
23 •
Jack Jones, 86, American pop singer •
Linda LaFlamme, 85, American psychedelic rock keyboardist and songwriter (
It's a Beautiful Day) •
24 •
DJ Clark Kent, 57, Panamanian–American hip hop DJ and record producer •
Marco Paulo, 79, Portuguese pop singer •
Hans Rotmo, 76, Norwegian folk rock singer-songwriter •
25 –
Phil Lesh, 84, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and bassist (
Grateful Dead) •
26 –
Ustad Tafu, 79, Pakistani classical
tabla player and film score composer •
28 •
Bill Beach, 92, American rockabilly singer and guitarist (death announced on this date) •
Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, 91, Cuban
guajira trumpeter (
Buena Vista Social Club) •
30 • Richard Andrew, 58, Australian indie rock drummer (
Underground Lovers,
Crow,
Black Cab) •
Arthur Moreira Lima, 84, Brazilian classical pianist •
31 –
Candy Devine, 85, Australian radio broadcaster and pop singer (death announced on this date)
November •
3 •
Quincy Jones, 91, American record producer, songwriter, arranger, and jazz trumpeter •
Andy Leek, 66, English new wave keyboardist (
Dexys Midnight Runners). •
4 •
Johnny Madsen, 73, Danish rock singer-songwriter •
Tyka Nelson, 64, American R&B singer •
Renato Serio, 78, Italian film composer •
5 –
Sharda Sinha, 72, Indian folk and classical singer •
8 •
Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, 94, Indian folk drummer •
George Bohanon, 87, American jazz trombonist •
9 •
Lou Donaldson, 98, American jazz saxophonist •
Ella Jenkins, 100, American folk singer-songwriter •
Ram Narayan, 96, Indian classical
sarangi player •
10 •
Pepe Justicia, 64, Spanish flamenco guitarist •
Emre Tukur, 55, Turkish pop keyboardist (
Klips ve Onlar) (death announced on this date) •
11 –
Papa Noël Nedule, 83,
Congolese soukous guitarist. •
12 •
Johnny Duhan, 74, Irish folk singer-songwriter •
Roy Haynes, 99, American jazz drummer •
13 • Edgard Brito, 50, Brazilian folk metal keyboardist (
Tuatha de Danann) •
Shel Talmy, 87, American record producer •
14 •
Tommy Alverson, American country singer-songwriter •
Dennis Bryon, 75, Welsh rock drummer (
Amen Corner,
Bee Gees) •
Vic Flick, 87, English session guitarist •
Peter Sinfield, 80, English progressive rock lyricist (
King Crimson) and record producer •
15 –
Aashish Khan, 84, Indian classical
sarod player •
16 •
S. Atan, 75, Singaporean-born Malaysian songwriter •
Dejan Despić, 94, Serbian classical composer •
Gerry Weil, 85, Austrian-born Venezuelan jazz pianist •
17 –
Vladimir Lyovkin, 57, Russian pop singer (
Na Na) •
18 •
Paulo Alexandre, 93, Portuguese pop singer •
Jordi Bonell, 66, Spanish jazz guitarist •
Charles Dumont, 95, French cabaret and chanson singer-songwriter •
J. Saul Kane, 55, English trip hop and breakbeat hardcore DJ (death announced on this date) • Bjørn Müller, 64, Norwegian rock singer (
Backstreet Girls) •
György Pauk, 88, Hungarian classical violinist •
Colin Petersen, 78, Australian pop rock drummer (
Bee Gees,
Humpy Bong) •
19 •
Cesare Bonizzi, 78, Italian heavy metal singer •
Odile Bailleux, 84, French classical harpsichordist and organist •
Diva Gray, 72, American disco singer (
Change,
Chic) •
Saafir, 54, American rapper •
Graciela Susana, 71, Argentine tango singer •
20 •
Ita Beausang, 88, Irish musicologist •
Andy Paley, 72, American power pop multi-instrumentalist (
The Paley Brothers,
The Modern Lovers), songwriter, record producer, and composer •
Mike Pinera, 76, American rock guitarist and songwriter (
Blues Image,
Iron Butterfly,
Ramatam) •
21 – Willy Quiroga, 84, Argentine rock bassist (
Vox Dei) •
22 •
Toni Price, 63, American country blues singer • Harry Williams, 80, American R&B singer (
Bloodstone) •
23 • Marius Bațu, 65, Romanian folk singer (
Pasărea Colibri •
Gabriel Cotabiță, 69, Romanian pop singer •
Pavel Karmanov, 54, Russian classical composer •
Chuck Woolery, 83, American psychedelic pop singer (
The Avant-Garde). •
24 •
Ahmad Nawab, 92, Malaysian jazz saxophonist and composer •
Siegfried Thiele, 90, German classical composer •
25 –
Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha, 79, Czech folk singer-songwriter •
26 •
Bob Bryar, 44, American alternative rock drummer (
My Chemical Romance) (body discovered on this date) •
Leah Kunkel, 76, American folk and pop rock singer (
The Coyote Sisters) •
27 •
Artt Frank, 91, American jazz drummer •
Leonor González Mina, 90, Colombian cumbia singer •
29 •
Will Cullen Hart, 53, American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (
The Olivia Tremor Control,
Circulatory System), co-founder of
Elephant 6. •
Bert De Coninck, 75, Belgian rock singer and guitarist •
30 –
Steve Alaimo, 84, American pop singer and record producer
December •
1 •
Jacques Barsamian, 81, French rock singer and music journalist • Samantha Lawrence, 55, British hip hop and reggae singer (
Wee Papa Girl Rappers) •
2 •
Liu Chia-chang, 81 or 84, Taiwanese songwriter •
Marlos Nobre, 85, Brazilian classical composer and pianist •
3 –
Huang Zhun, 98, Chinese classical composer and singer •
5 –
Mario Tessuto, 81, Italian pop singer •
6 •
Angela Alvarez, 97, Cuban-born American folk-pop singer •
Miho Nakayama, 54, Japanese pop singer •
Dickie Rock, 88, Irish pop rock singer (
The Miami Showband) •
7 –
Steady Bongo, 58, Sierra Leonean afropop singer •
9 –
Thomas Hertel, 73, German classical composer •
10 –
Lennie De Ice, 54, British jungle DJ (death announced on this date) •
11 •
Corinne Allal, 69, Tunisian-born Israeli rock singer and guitarist •
Michio Mamiya, 95, Japanese opera composer •
12 •
Papia Sarwar, 72, Bangladeshi
Rabindra Sangeet singer •
Martial Solal, 97, French jazz pianist •
13 •
Koko Ateba, Cameroonian bikutsi singer and guitarist • Bill Kelly, 74, American rock singer and guitarist (
The Buoys,
Dakota) • Jon Camp, 75, British progressive rock singer and bassist (
Renaissance) •
15 •
Zakir Hussain, 73, Indian classical and jazz fusion
tabla player (
Shakti) •
Ankaralı Turgut, 61, Turkish folk singer •
16 •
Naa Amanua, 75–76, Ghanaian folk singer (
Wulomei) •
Anita Bryant, 84, American pop singer • Steve Lewinson, 60, British soul bassist (
Simply Red) • Ruth McArdle, Belgian acid house singer (
Lords of Acid) (death announced on this date) •
17 •
Alfa Anderson, 78, American disco singer (
Chic) •
Mike Brewer, 80, American folk rock singer-songwriter (
Brewer & Shipley) •
David Mallett, 73, American folk singer-songwriter •
18 •
Slim Dunlap, 73, American alternative rock guitarist (
The Replacements) •
Sigrid Kehl, 95, German opera singer •
Heikki Silvennoinen, 70, Finnish progressive rock guitarist (
Tabula Rasa) •
19 •
Stanley Booth, 82, American music journalist •
Gaboro, 23, Swedish rapper •
20 –
Sugar Pie DeSanto, 89, American R&B singer •
21 –
Casey Chaos, 59, American punk and metal singer (
Amen,
Christian Death) •
23 –
Gerardo Guevara, 94, Ecuadorian classical composer •
24 •
Richard Perry, 82, American record producer •
Priya Suriyasena, 80, Sri Lankan pop singer •
25 –
Dulce, 69, Mexican pop singer •
26 –
OG Maco, 32, American rapper •
28 • Selami Karaibrahimgil, 80, Turkish rock singer (
Modern Folk Üçlüsü) •
Lars Martin Myhre, 68, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter and guitarist •
Barre Phillips, 90, American jazz bassist •
29 •
Eric Carlson, 66, American heavy metal guitarist (
Mentors) •
Linda Lavin, 87, American pop singer •
30 –
Joe Grech, 90, Maltese pop singer •
31 •
Tom Johnson, 85, American minimalist composer •
Don Nix, 83, American soul singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (
The Mar-Keys) •
Johnnie Walker, 79, English radio disc jockey ==See also==