•
January 4Puerto Plata, 96, Dominican singer and guitarist. •
January 10: •
Carlos "Cuco" Rojas, 67, Colombian harpist. •
Edeor de Paula, 87, Brazilian samba composer •
January 14Chamín Correa, 90, Mexican guitarist. •
January 17: •
Claudio Roditi, 73, Brazilian-born American trumpeter, prostate cancer. • , 89, singer, songwriter, and founding member of
Los Chalchaleros •
January 27: •
Alberto Naranjo, 78, Venezuelan musician. • , Argentine composer, arranger, and conductor •
February 14, founding member of
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto •
March 4Adelaide Chiozzo, 88, Brazilian actress, accordionist and singer •
March 10Marcelo Peralta, 59, Argentine multi-instrumentalist and composer (
COVID-19) •
March 21Ray Mantilla, 85, American percussionist, complications from lymphoma. •
March 22Carmen de Mairena (Miguel Brau i Gou), 87, Spanish
cuplé singer •
March 26Naomi Munakata, 64, Japanese-Brazilian conductor, COVID-19. •
March 30Riachão, 98, Brazilian samba composer and singer •
March 31Spanish singer and songwriter •
April 5Luis Eduardo Aute, 76, Filipino-born Spanish artist. •
April 9Andy González, 69, American jazz and Latin dance bassist. •
April 13Moraes Moreira, 72, Brazilian guitarist and singer (
Novos Baianos), heart attack. •
April 15Joe Torres, 76, Panamanian American pianist •
April 18, 92, Mexican tenor •
April 20Horacio Fontova, 73, Argentine singer, actor and comedian, cancer. •
April 22Marcos Mundstock, 77, Argentine musician, comedian and actor (
Les Luthiers), brain tumor. •
April 25, 62, singer, member of
Luzbel •
April 30Óscar Chávez, 85, Mexican singer, songwriter and actor, COVID-19. •
May 1Tavo Limongi, 52, Mexican guitarist and singer (
Resorte) •
May 4Aldir Blanc, 73, Brazilian songwriter, COVID-19. •
May 5Ciro Pessoa, 62, Brazilian singer-songwriter (
Titãs,
Cabine C), journalist and poet, complications from cancer and COVID-19. •
May 10David Corrêa, 82, Brazilian singer-songwriter, kidney failure brought on by COVID-19. •
May 13Yoshio, 70, Mexican singer, COVID-19. •
May 14Jorge Santana, 68, Mexican guitarist (
Malo) •
May 15Sergio Denis, 71, Argentine singer, songwriter and actor •
May 25Otto de la Rocha, 86, Nicaraguan singer, songwriter and actor •
May 28Charlie Monttana, 58, Mexican
rock urbano singer, heart attack. •
July 3Tânio Mendonça, 52, Brazilian samba composer •
June 4Fabiana Anastácio, 45, Brazilian
CCM singer (COVID-19) •
June 9Pau Donés, 53, Spanish songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist •
June 10Rosita Fornés, 97, Cuban-American actress (
Musical Romance,
The Unknown Mariachi) and singer, complications from emphysema. •
June 26Narcisa Toldrà, 96, Spanish singer and musician •
June 28Manuel Donley, 92, Mexican-born Tejano singer and musician •
July 11Iñaxi Etxabe, 87, Spanish bertsolari singer •
July 16Víctor Víctor, 71, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist, COVID-19. •
July 18: •
Martha Flores, 91, Cuban radio host, journalist and singer • El Dany, 31, Cuban singer and member of duo
Yomil & El Dany, •
August 11Trini Lopez, 83, American singer ("
If I Had a Hammer", "
Lemon Tree") and actor (
The Dirty Dozen), complications from COVID-19. •
August 21Pedro Azael, Panamanian composer and musician •
September 7: •
Frank Lebrón, 64, Puerto Rican percussionist •
Xavier Ortiz, 48, Mexican actor (
Journey from the Fall,
Un gancho al corazón), singer (
Garibaldi) and television host, suicide. •
September 10Tommy "Chucky" López, American percussionist •
September 11 Spanish DJ and producer •
September 12Joaquín Carbonell, 73, Spanish singer-songwriter and poet (COVID-19) •
September 14Alicia Maguiña, 81, Peruvian composer and singer •
September 22Ramona Galarza, 80, Argentine folk singer •
October 3Anthony Galindo, 41, Venezuelan singer (
Menudo,
MDO), suicide. •
October 8 Argentine singer, 54, songwriter, actor •
October 18José Padilla, 64, Spanish DJ (
Café del Mar) and producer, colon cancer. •
October 28Cano Estremera, 62, Puerto Rican salsa singer •
November 1: •
Pedro Iturralde, 91, Spanish saxophonist and composer. •
Esteban Santos, Spanish guitarist and singer •
November 11: •
Adrian Cionco, 48, Argentine bass player •
José Ángel Medina, 51, Mexican musician and founder of
Patrulla 81 •
November 18José "Pepe" Quintana, Mexican producer •
November 20Pedro Iturralde, 91, Spanish saxophonist and composer. •
November 30Jerry Demara, 42, Regional Mexican singer •
December 11, 80, Brazilian musician (
Fundo de Quintal; COVID-19) •
December 26Tito Rojas, 65, Puerto Rican salsa singer, heart attack. •
December 28Armando Manzanero, 85, Mexican singer-songwriter ("
Somos Novios (It's Impossible)", "
Mía", "
Adoro"),
Grammy winner (
2014), COVID-19. •
December 31, 58, Brazilian
sertanejo singer ==Notes==