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1992 - Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72

1994 - George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85

1995 - Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75

1996 - Frida Boccara, French singer (b. 1940)

2007 - Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer (b. 1932)

1972 - Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29

1997 - Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian musician (b. 1938)

2001 - Ron Townson, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) (b. 1933)

2004 - Don Tosti, American musician (b. 1923)

1995 - Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79

1995 - Jose B M Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88

2003 - Roger Voudouris, American singer and songwriter (b. 1954)

2006 - Arthur Lee, American psychedelic rock musician (b. 1945)

2006 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, singer (b. 1915)

1973 - Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68

1993 - Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64

1962 - Marilyn Monroe, found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug OD at 35

1968 - Luther Perkins American guitarist

1983 - Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66

1992 - Jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38

1994 - Audrey Langford, sInging teacher, dies at 82

1974 - Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1925)

1983 - Klaus Nomi, German singer (b. 1944)

1994 - Domenico Modugno, Italian singer (Volare), dies at 66

2004 - Rick James, American musician (b. 1948)

2005 - Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)

2005 - Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (b. 1928)

2007 - Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian rock guitarist (Bikini, Omen, Carpathia Project Tirana Rockers, solo) (b. 1969)

1931 - Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29

1984 - Esther Phillips, US singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48

1993 - Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46

2009 - Mike Seeger, American folk musician (b. 1933)

1940 - Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)

1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies of a stroke at 46

1982 - Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies

1982 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62

1996 - Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69

1997 - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74

1974 - Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1934)

1994 - Clarence Ford, sax player, dies at 64

1995 - Jerry Garcia, rock vocalist (Grateful Dead), dies at 53

2002 - Paul Samson, British guitarist (Samson) (b. 1953)

2004 - Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918)

1974 - Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64

1994 - Bill Baker, singer, dies at 58

2002 - Michael Houser, American guitarist (Widespread Panic) (b. 1962)

2003 - Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer

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