" I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire " Roy Orbison
May Deaths
| Historical - Month |
| Article Index |
|---|
| May Deaths |
| 11-18 |
| 19-31 |
| All Pages |
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1
1986 - Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1916)
1996 - William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday
2006 - Big Hawk, American rapper (b.1969)
2006 - Johnny Paris, American saxophonist (Johnny and the Hurricanes) (b. 1940)
2
1985 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
1998 - Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
3
1972 - Les Harvey, rocker, dies
1994 - Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90
2001 - Billy Higgins, American drummer (b. 1936)
4
1987 - Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44
1995 - Louis Krasner, violinist, dies at 91
5
1972 - Rev Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76
1995 - Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63
6
1995 - Leanoard "Red" Truss, R&B singer, dies at 47
2002 - Otis Blackwell, American pianist, singer and songwriter (b. 1932)
2004 - Barney Kessel, American jazz guitarist (b. 1923)
7
1995 - Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84
1998 - Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)
8
1974 - Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
1995 - Teresa Teng, singer, dies at 41
2008 - Eddy Arnold, Country music star (b. 1918)
9
1989 - Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
1995 - Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82
2001 - James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)
2010 - Lena Horne, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
10
1989 - Woody Shaw, American jazz musician (b. 1944)
1992 - Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at 74
1995 - Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist, dies at 67
2000 - Jules DeschĂȘnes, Quebec superior court judge (b. 1923)
2005 - David Wayne, American singer (Metal Church) (b. 1958)
2006 - Soraya, Colombian-American singer (b. 1969)






























