Musicians and singers who died in January 2021
January (85)
Veteran Jazz artist Wambali Mkandawire has died at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe this morning. According to multiple reports, Mkandawire has died of Coronavirus. Burial for the music icon will take place today. … via malawi24.com |
When news of his serious condition came, everyone hoped for a speedy recovery and a good end. The opposite is true and the music world is crying! Ladislav Štaidl († 75), the man who experienced his greatest success in the 1970s and 1980s, when he headed the Ladislav Štaidl Orchestra and worked closely with Karel Gott († 80), succumbed to complications associated with Blesk on Sunday night coronavirus disease. … via headlinesmania.com |
The famous Belgian baritone Michel Trempont died on Saturday morning at the age of 92, his family announced to the Belga agency. … via rtbf.be |
SOPHIE, the influential British producer who molded electronic music into bracingly original avant-garde pop, died in an accidental fall Saturday morning (January 30), a representative confirms. SOPHIE, who was 34, died at roughly 4 a.m. in Athens, Greece, where the artist had been living. In a statement, the labels Transgressive and Future Classic wrote: “True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell.” … via pitchfork.com |
Double K, the rapper best known for his work as one half of the Los Angeles hip-hop duo People Under the Stairs, has died at the age of 43. On Sunday morning, close friends and collaborators confirmed he passed away, though no cause of death has been revealed. … via consequenceofsound.net |
Soviet and Russian pop singer Alla Ioshpe passed away on January 30, 2021 at the age of 83. Writer and public figure Maria Arbatova announced her death on Facebook. Alla Ioshpe was born in 1937 in Moscow, at the age of 10 she fell seriously ill – she injured her leg, and sepsis began … via intermedia.ru |
Tunisian conductor and composer Ahmed Achour passed away this Friday, January 29, 2021, at the age of 75. … via lapresse.tn |
Houston blues and R&B great Grady Gaines dies. Grady Gaines’ name may not ring out like those of canonized pioneers of rock ‘n’ roll, yet he was present during rock’s infancy and even cut an iconic rock pose that endures years later. … via houstonchronicle.com |
Hilton Valentine, the original guitarist for the Animals, whose distinctive intro on the 1964 chart-topping single “The House of the Rising Sun” was a key part of the British Invasion, died today (January 29, 2021). His death at age 77 was announced by his wife, Germaine. … via bestclassicbands.com |
Singing Sandra (Sandra DesVignes-Millington), the second woman to win the Calypso Monarch contest, and often regarded as the mother of the calypso fraternity has died. She was 64. … via newsday.co.tt |
Cultural musician and composer Cesar Isella died today at the age of 82 with a heart attack, as reported. The Salta folk artist contracted a severe heart attack that occurred as a result of treatment he received in 2012 for the disease. In the middle of last year he was admitted to the Buenos Aires Cardiovascular Institute. … via headlinesmania.com |
Renowned and celebrated singer Sibongile Khumalo has passed away at the age of 63. Eyewitness News can confirm that she died earlier on Thursday. … via ewn.co.za |
The information was confirmed by People’s Artist Dang Thai Son with Tuoi Tre Online. Dang Thai Son is Trung Kien’s sister-in-law. Artist Dang Thai Son’s sister is the people’s artist Tran Bach Thu Ha is the second wife of artist Trung Kien. … via tuoitre.vn |
Security cameras captured the moment when Efraín Ruales received four bullet wounds apparently from a vehicle, which until now has not been identified, the injured presenter managed to advance just over 800 meters in his car to Guillermo Cubillo street … via teleamazonas.com |
TRIBUTES have been paid to Cara O’Sullivan, one of Ireland’s greatest opera singers, who has died after a long illness. Ms O’Sullivan (59) was diagnosed with early onset dementia in 2018 and the illness brought a premature end to a glittering career which had seen the Cork coloratura soprano star at the Paris Opera, the Royal Albert Hall and Sydney Opera House. … via independent.ie |
Rapper Iron (real name Jeong Heon-cheol 28), who took second place in Mnet’s’Show Me the Money Season 3′, was found dead on the 25th. According to the police, at 10:25 am on the day, a security guard found and reported that Iron fell bleeding in a flowerbed in an apartment in Jung-gu, Seoul. … via hankyung.com |
To all our friends, fans and family… it is with heavy hearts that we share the sad news our brother Tom Stevens has left us quite suddenly … via thelongryders.com |
As fate would have it, the Day of the Musician (Luis Alberto Spinetta was born on January 23, 1950) is also the day of the death of Gabriel Ruíz Díaz (45), co-founder of Catupecu Machu. … via ellitoral.com |
Tributes have poured in for legendary South African musician Jonas Gwangwa, 83, after news of his death surfaced on Saturday. Details surrounding his death have not yet been made public. … via news24.com |
The sad news was shared on social media on Friday 22nd January, with tributes coming from fellow DJs, friends and music industry figures across the UK and beyond … via djmag.com |
Popular bhajan singer Narendra Chanchal passed away on Friday in New Delhi. He was 80 … via indianexpress.com |
Keith Nichols passed away this morning. Keith had gone into London Hospital last Friday with problems relating to a much-delayed prostate operation. Whilst in hospital he fell ill with Covid … via jazz.fm |
Randy Parton, a country singer and younger brother to Dolly Parton, has died at age 67 … via jazz.fm |
The Pudelsi team confirmed on their official fanpage that Andrzej Bieniasz has died. “Unfortunately, goodbye Friend R.I.P” – we read in a short entry. The musician was 67 years old. … via gazeta.pl |
Ronnie Nasralla, well-known for his role in the Jamaican music industry, died yesterday at age 90 in his Atlanta, Georgia home … via jamaica-gleaner.com |
Sad to hear of the passing of the free improviser guitarist John Russell who has died after a battle with cancer. Tributes to John have been pouring in online. … via marlbank.net |
Jimmie Rodgers, who scored a #1 pop hit with “Honeycomb,” and went to earn another four Top 10 pop singles, died yesterday (January 18, 2021) … via bestclassicbands.com |
Reggae singer Yvonne Sterling has passed away at 65 years old. The reggae crooner, whose career dates back to the 1970s, reportedly died in the hospital on Monday morning after she suffered a stroke. … via urbanislandz.com |
Maria Koterbska, the lady of Polish song, from Bielsko-Biała, died on Monday in Bielsko-Biała. She was 96 years old, the President of Bielsko-Biała, Jarosław Klimaszewski, announced late in the evening … via polsatnews.pl |
Shortly after noon this Monday, the Joan Brossa Foundation issued a brief statement announcing the death at 91 of the former president, the composer Josep Maria Mestres Quadreny. … via elpais.com |
A four time Latin GRAMMY award winner, Ms. Montero served as the composer in residence at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona and on the faculty of the Conservatori Superior de Música Salvador Seguí de Castelló. … via theviolinchannel.com |
Jazz pianist Junior Mance, who recorded more than 50 albums as a leader and many more as a sideman, has died at the age of 92. … via jazz.fm |
“Little Walter” DeVenne, who started broadcasting doo-wop and oldies on the MIT student radio station in 1967 and then just kept going across the Boston radio dial before settling on WODS with “Little Walter’s Time Machine,” died yesterday from Covid-19 … via televisiontarapoto.pe |
Cheryl Holder, secretary of the Barbados Jazz Society and Gilkes’ friend, said Jazz pianist Ebe Gilkes passed away at St Philip District Hospital, Jezreel, St Philip on Saturday. … via nationnews.com |
As has been reported through the musician’s official networks – in a particular message – the arranger and trombonist Sammy Nestico has died in the last hours. Samuel Luis Nestico, better known popularly as Sammy Nestico, was born on February 6, 1924 in the American town of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) … via cancionaquemarropa.es |
The musician Joan Eloi Vila died this Sunday, according to the producer ‘El Terrat’ on social media. The guitarist had a long professional career accompanying artists such as Jimmy Page, Joan Baptista Humet, Joaquin Sabina and the comedian Andreu Buenafuente. … via catalunyadiari.com |
Passes Away: Famous Indian classical musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan has passed away today. Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, who taught music to many famous singers including Lata Mangeshkar, AR Rahman and Sonu Nigam, Asha Bhosle, Hariharan, Shaan, has said goodbye to this world today. He breathed his last at the age of 89 … via latestly.com |
Phil Spector, one of the most influential and successful record producers in rock ’n’ roll, who generated a string of hits in the early 1960s defined by the lavish instrumental treatment known as the wall of sound, but who was sentenced to prison for the murder of a woman at his home, died on Saturday … via nytimes.com |
Chris “CM” Murphy, the longtime manager of Australian band INXS (from 1979 until 1995 and again in the 2000s), has died in Sydney following a battle with Mantle Cell Lymphoma … via variety.com |
On the night of this Friday the 15th, Alonso Espino Lobatón, better known in the world of Peruvian rap as Rapper One (from Radikal People), passed away. The outstanding artist had been in poor health since the beginning of the month due to COVID-19. … via televisiontarapoto.pe |
Jason “Rowdy” Cope, co-founder of the country-rock band the Steel Woods, has died. His bandmates shared the sad news on social media on Saturday (Jan. 16). Cope was 43 years old. His bandmates did not offer any further details about his death, simply marking the news “with a broken and heavy heart.” … via theboot.com |
Musician Pave Maijanen is dead. The matter was confirmed to Iltalehti from Maijanen’s close circle. At the time of his death, he was 70 years old. Maijanen’s first symptoms of ALS in the fall of 2018. … via iltalehti.fi |
Mumammer Sun, a master composer and instructor who has been struggling with multiple organ failure for a long time, died in the hospital where he was taken. … via hurriyet.com.tr |
Bill Hanna, known as ‘The Godfather of Jazz in Charlotte,” toured America with the Stan Kenton, Woody Herman and Glen Miller Big Bands. Hanna died this week … via charlotteobserver.com |
Le Thu, the “golden voice” of Vietnamese new musician, died at the age of 78 after nearly two months of treatment with Covid-19 at Orange Coast Memorial Hospital, California. … via vnexpress.net |
At dawn today the composer, educator and actor Antún Efrén Castro Urrutia, author of the renowned songs Por qué me lo das y Maquerule, died in Bogotá. Antún was born in Riosucio in 1946, he studied part of the baccalaureate at the Carrasquilla School and finished in Bogotá. There, at the Free University, he studied Philology and Languages, specializing in English. … via choco7dias.com |
Evangelist Duranice Pace, a member of family gospel group, The Anointed Pace Sisters, passed away from health complications on January 14, 2021. She was 62 years old. … via essence.com |
Joanne Rogers, an accomplished concert pianist and wife of iconic kids TV host Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers) who provided an invaluable assist to the filmmakers behind the 2019 feature A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, died Thursday. She was 92. … via hollywoodreporter.com |
Larry Willoughby, the A&R executive who helped the now-superstar get his deal with Capitol Records, died on Thursday (Jan. 14) of COVID-19, Bryan reports. … via tasteofcountry.com |
Stanley ‘Stan’ Wade of The Trammps passed away on January 13th. With much sorrow the Trammps announce the passing of one of our original members, Stan Wade. Stan, along with his brother “Doc” Wade was a founding member of the Trammps and was a former member of the Volcanos from DC. … via facebook.com |
Tim Bogert, who was part of such major acts as Vanilla Fudge and Cactus and later in the super-group Beck, Bogert & Appice, died today of cancer. He was 76. His death was confirmed by his former bandmate Carmine Appice. … via deadline.com |
Duke Bootee, the pioneering rapper who co-wrote and appeared on Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s classic “The Message” — Number One on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time — died Wednesday at the age of 69. … via rollingstone.com |
Sylvain Sylvain, the punk icon and guitarist for New York Dolls whose riffs bridged the gap between punk and glam, died Wednesday. He was 69. His wife, Wanda O’Kelley Mizrahi, confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone. … via rollingstone.com |
Longtime folk musician and activist Curtis (Shingoose) Jonnie died Tuesday morning at the age of 74 after testing positive for COVID-19, his daughter says. … via cbc.ca |
Howard Johnson, arguably the best-known tuba player in contemporary jazz for the past several decades, died this morning, January 11, following a long, unspecified illness. His death, at age 79, was confirmed on Facebook by Nancy Olewine, who described herself as Johnson’s “beloved partner of many years.” A location was not noted. … via udiscovermusic.com |
Senseless Things singer Mark Keds has died at the age of 50. He was best known as the frontman of the 90s pop punk band and for co-writing The Libertines’ 2004 hit Can’t Stand Me Now. … via mirror.co.uk |
Ariadna (Rada) Ostapivna Lysenko was born on July 10, 1921, in the town of Khorol, now Poltava. reg. – pianist, teacher. Daughter of Ostap, granddaughter of Mykola Lysenko, wife of A. Shtogarenko. 1st prize of the All-Ukrainian competition of musicians-performers (Kyiv, 1945). … via kyiv.ua |
Thorleif’s singer Thorleif Torstensson has passed away in the suites of covid-19. The dance band icon died surrounded by his family after being cared for in hospital for a week. … via expressen.se |
Singer, guitarist and lyricist David Stypka, winner of the Anděl Music Award in the Solo Artist of the Year 2017 category, died today. He was 41 years old. … via ceskenoviny.cz |
Ed Bruce, the singer and songwriter who got his start during the Sun Records rockabilly era and went on to write or record a long string of country chart-makers, died of natural causes today in Clarksville, Tennessee. Bruce, who sidelined as an actor on such TV series as James Garner’s 1981 Maverick sequel and 1980’s The Chisholms, was 81. … via deadline.com |
It is with great sadness that we share the news of David Darling’s passing. David leaves us with a rich legacy through his music, his teaching and his spirit. He touched all of us deeply and impacted the lives of so many around the world, inspiring us to find and express the creative spark within. … via daviddarling.com |
Internationally renowned Canadian keyboard player Michael Fonfara died in a Toronto hospital on Friday. He was 74. The sad news came in an emailed statement from publicist Eric Alper, who said Fonfara had been battling cancer for two years. … via thepeterboroughexaminer.com |
Tony Linhart, a folk and tramp guitarist, singer and songwriter, founder of the group Pacifik, has died at the age of 80. His passing on Friday was announced by Country Radio, where Linhart had worked as a radio presenter. … via radio.cz |
Singer Genival Lacerda died on Thursday (7), aged 89, after fighting a tough fight with Covid-19. Paraiba was hospitalized since November 30 in a hospital in Recife due to pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus. The death was confirmed by the singer’s son, João Lacerda, through social networks. … via verdesmares.com.br |
Biserka Cvejić has died. The sad news was announced by her former student Nikola Kitanovski, with the message “Eternal glory to you, my dear Professor”. … via novosti.rs |
Deezer D, best known for his role as nurse Malik McGrath on “ER” has died … TMZ has learned. The actor, whose real name was Dearon Thompson, was found unresponsive at home Thursday morning in Los Angeles. His brother, Marshawn, tells us the family believes he died of a heart attack, but there is not yet an official cause of death. … via tmz.com |
Nashville singer-songwriter Jamie O’Hara, who wrote hit for the Judds and many more, has died. According to his wife, Lola White, O’Hara died on Thursday (Jan. 7) after a battle with a very aggressive cancer. He was 70 years old. … via tasteofcountry.com |
Tributes have been paid to a globally-renowned Welsh harpist who has died at the age of 92. Dr Osian Ellis, who started playing again as he approached his 90th birthday, collaborated with leading British composer Benjamin Britten and performed at the world’s finest concert venues. … via nation.cymru |
He was one of the greatest jazz pianists. Bobby Few died on January 6 at the age of 85. … via en24news.com |
The musician Yamandú Palacios died this Wednesday at the age of 80. Author of songs like Los boliches and Coplas al compadre Juan Miguel, inspired by the life of the “cañeros” of Bella Unión, he was one of the key figures of the first layer of popular song, along with Alfredo Zitarrosa and Osiris Rodríguez Castillos, along with to whom he shared the stage … via elobservador.com |
John was born in Southend on Sea and began playing the violin at the age of six. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and before joining the LSO spent two years as Leader of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In 1965, at the age of just 26, he became the LSO’s Leader. … via lso.co.uk |
The sad news came from the dangdut singer Yuselly Agus Stevy aka Chacha Sherly. The accident he experienced on Monday, January 4, 2021 yesterday, killed the former Trio Macan personnel. … via okezone.com |
Former Children Of Bodom singer and guitarist Alexi Laiho has died. According to his label, Naplam, the Finnish musician passed away at home in Heklsinki last week. Although no cause of death was specified, the 41-year-old had reportedly been suffering from what were described as “long term health issues”. … via loudersound.com |
Elias Rahbani, a Lebanese composer and lyricist who wrote the music for some of the Arab world’s top performers, including Lebanon’s diva Fairouz, has died after battling COVID-19, his family said. He was 82. … via pollstar.com |
The violist and tutor Tasso Adamopoulos died on 3 January as a result of contracting Covid-19. He was 76. Among his students were Mathieu Herzog, Aurérelie Deschamps, Pierre Vallet, Alain Celo, Françoise Renard and Chara Sira among many others. … via thestrad.com |
Gerry Marsden, singer of the Liverpool band Gerry And The Pacemakers, has died, it has been confirmed. The musician was 78 years old and died today (January 3) from an infection in his heart, friend and broadcaster Pete Price wrote on social media. … via nme.com |
Warren was the drummer on Divinyls Temperamental album. He also did time with The Party Boys, I’m Talking and Machinations. … via noise11.com |
Thiruvananthapuram; Famous poet and lyricist Anil Panachooran has passed away. He died at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. The cause of death was a heart attack. … via news18.com |
Famed record producer Steve Brown has died aged 65, it has been revealed. Brown worked with the likes of Manic Street Preachers, The Cult, Elton John, Wham! and more across his lengthy career. The beloved producer died after a short illness related to a fall he had at his home in early December. A statement from his family said that ” apart from his prowess behind the mixing desk, he was an incredibly popular man. He had a wonderful sense of humour and bags of charm in equal measure.” … via nme.com |
Carlos do Carmo is one of the most recognized, awarded and acclaimed fadistas ever. The “Encyclopedia of Music in Portugal in the 20th Century” describes him as a “remarkable figure in the establishment of changes in the fadista tradition”, being one of “his greatest references, with national and international recognition”. … via sapo.pt |
Violinist and professor maestro Zoran Dzorlev died today in Skopje at the age of 53 after complications from covid-19, his nephew Ognen Zdravkovski announced on Facebook. Dzorchev died at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje, after a short illness. … via 24.mk |
George Gerdes, the quirky singer-songwriter turned character actor whose career included turns in A Few Good Men, Single White Female, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The X-Files and Bosch, has died. He was 72. Gerdes died in a Glendale hospital on New Year’s Day after suffering a brain aneurysm on New Year’s Eve, his life partner, Judy Johns, told The Hollywood Reporter. … via hollywoodreporter.com |
Country singer Misty Morgan, best known for the 1970 hit ‘Tennessee Bird Walk’ with her husband Jack Blanchard, has died after a battle with cancer at the age of 75. ‘Tennessee Bird Walk’ was a number 23 hit in America but reached number three in Australia. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group at the 13th Grammy Awards but lost to Johnny Cash and June Carter for ‘If I Were A Carpenter’. … via noise11.com |
Liam Reilly, the lead singer of Irish band Bagatelle, has died aged 65. The family of the pianist, singer and songwriter confirmed his passing in a statement today. … via rte.ie |
Jan Vering, once a music dramaturge and deputy director of the Siegen Apollo Theater, is dead. He died on New Year’s Eve in a nursing home in Wilnsdorf. Born in Münster, who had made a name for himself in the local cultural scene as a musician, journalist and dramaturge for decades and who was recently waiting for his trial before the Siegen district court because of serious allegations of child abuse, was 66 years old. … via siegener-zeitung.de |
Like Evert mentioned on March 5th James Purify of James & Bobby Purify died. According to http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Respect it was a day later…Jan 23, 2021.
James Purify Of James & Bobby Purify died Jan 22 2021 According to NME.