1628: Paolo Quagliati () Italian composer
1978: Jimmy Nottingham (52) US big band trumpeter, Flugelhorn; a valuable big band and studio musician that he spent most of his life playing anonymously in the shadows and had few chances to solo. ()
1982: Al Haig (58) Freelance US jazz pianist; one of the finest pianists of the bop era (?)
1984: Vic Dickenson (78) American trombonist
1987: Zubir Said (80) Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem
1993: Lucia Popp (54) Slovakian soprano http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_Popp
1994: Dino Valente/Jesse Oris Farrow/Chester William Powers, Jr (51) US singer, guitarist and well known songwriter (Quicksiler Messenger Service).
1999: Grady Owen () Guitarist, Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
2000: Russ Conway/Trevor Stanford (75) UK pop music pianist, composer (cancer)
2000: DJ Screw/Robert Earl Davis, Jr (29) US, Houston DJ, and hiphop rapper in Screwed Up Click. (died of a heart attack. His cause of death was rumored to be either a codeine overdose or the result of long-term buildup of codeine in his system. However, Screwed Up Click member Z-Ro stated in a 2006 interview that Screw's death came from someone putting methamphetamine into his codeine, and he believes that it was someone very close to the Click who sabotaged him).
2000: Joe C/Joseph Calleja (26) American rapper who became popular as part of Kid Rock's band.He was first featured on the demo "Cool Daddy Cool" in 1995. He also appeared on television, including a guest role on The Simpsons and as a celebrity deathmatch competitor on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch in 2000. In his songs he claims to be "3 foot 9 with a 10 foot dick". (He suffered and died from the effects of a digestive condition called Celiac disease, which caused him constant pain and his stunted growth, he died in his sleep)
2001: Tommy Flanagan (71) US jazz pianist particularly remembered as an accompanist of Ella Fitzgerald. During his career, he was nominated for four Grammy Awards (arterial aneurysm).
2007: Grethe Kausland (60) Norwegian singer and performer; as a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers, her debut single “Teddyen min” from 1955, sold more than 100,000 records . Sung and performed on stage,TV and films throughout her life (lung cancer).
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