1847: Felix Mendelssohn ( 38 ) German composer
1924: Gabriel Fauré (79) French composer
1931: Buddy Bolden/King Bolden (53) New Orleans jazzman and cornet player; the first New Orleans jazz musician to come to prominence, the first important name in jazz history, Bolden's career has long been buried in legend (diagnosed of schizophrenia, he was admitted to a mental institution in 1907, where he remained completely forgotten for his final 24 years).
1954: Oran 'Hot Lips' Page (47) singer, trumpeter; leader of Kansas City Jazz Band/Walter Page's Blue Devils/Artie Shaws band/freelance; one of the great swing trumpeters in addition to being a talented blues vocalist (?).
1969: Ivory "Deek" Watson (60) Lead singer of the original Ink Spots. Later formed his own group, The the Brown Dots ().
1994: Fred Sonic Smith (45) US guitar player; co-founder of the legendary MC5 (heart failure).
2004: Robert Heaton (43) UK drummer with the punk band New Model Army (pancreatic cancer).
2005: Sheree North (73) American actress and singer
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