1939: Charles Tournemire (69) French composer and organist
1964: John Henry Barbee (58) US blues guitarist, singer; Sunnyland Slim, other bands and solo. Well known for being an amazing storyteller (involved in an auto accident and suffered a heart attack while in jail waiting for the case to come to court).
1983: Alfredo Antonini (82) American conductor and composer
1990: Mary Martin (76) US actress, singer; she was a Tony Award winning American star of (mainly stage) musicals. Amongst the roles originally created by her were those of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music. (colon cancer).
1991: Mort Shuman () American singer and songwriter
2002: Lonnie Donegan (71) UK singer, guitar, banjo, songwriter who launched the skiffle craze in the UK, sometimes called the King of Skiffle, he was a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in the 1960s.(heart problems).
2004: Joe Bushkin (87) world renowned jazz pianist, composer; Over the course of his seven-decade career, Bushkin accompanied the Bunny Berigan Boys, Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Judy Garland and many more. (pneumonia).
2006: Paul Mauriat (81) French conductor, arranger; a classically trained musician who decided to pursue a career in popular music. His first major success came in 1962, as a co-writer of the European hit "Chariot." ().
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