Musicians and singers who died in October 2021
Lord Jamar Reveals Brand Nubian + Grand Puba DJ Stud Doogie Has Died … via hiphopdx.com |
Noted violinist Prabhakar Jog died at his residence here in Maharashtra on Sunday due to age-related issues, sources close to his family said. He was 89. … via indiatimes.com |
Musician Michel Robidoux died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 78. Having composed around 300 songs during his career, he has notably collaborated with Robert Charlebois … via radio-canada.ca |
The drummer in indie rock band No Party for Cao Dong (草東沒有派對) was found dead at a quarantine hotel in Taipei City following her return from China, reports said Saturday (Oct. 30). … via taiwannews.com.tw
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Malcolm Dome, the pioneering rock and metal journalist and long-term contributor to Classic Rock, Prog, Metal Hammer and Louder, has died aged 66. … via taiwannews.com.tw |
Acadian author Raymond Guy LeBlanc, author of the famous Cri de terre collection, died suddenly on Thursday. He was 76 years old. … via radio-canada.ca |
There are words in common use in some circumstances that sound out of tune to some. The violinist Renato Zanettovich, one hundred years old three months ago, ended his earthly existence last night … via rainews.it |
Raša Đelmaš died, he was the former drummer for Yu Grupa … via nova.rs |
In the evening of October 28, a well-known Ukrainian writer, singer, member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, the Honored Artist of Ukraine, the Honored Artist of Ukraine Viktor Zhenchenko, died on October 28. … via nova.rs |
Viagra Boys guitarist Benjamin Vallé has died. Vallé was a member of the band when they formed in Stockholm in 2015. Previously, he was a member of the Swedish hardcore band Nine. No cause of death has been revealed. … via stereogum.com |
The singer and creator of Oddie Agam’s song died on Wednesday (10/27/2021). … via kompas.com |
Domenico Attanasio died, lyrical voice of the Neapolitan song: he was 95 years old … via fanpage.it |
Maestro and composer Milk Milk died on Wednesday (27), at age 61. There is still no information about what caused the death of the Maestro, nor about the burial. … via correio24horas.com |
This morning we say a sad goodbye to keyboardist and singer William Shelby, who played a key role in two classic R&B groups, first as a co-founder of Dynasty and later as part of Lakeside. … via soultracks.com |
Gay McIntyre, considered one of the greatest jazz musicians Ireland has ever produced, has died aged 88. … via bbc.co.uk |
The City Council informs that “the elected program includes a memory and tribute, through his music, Juan Vicente Mas Quiles, deceased this week at 100 years of age … via radioharo.com |
Ginny Mancini, former big-band singer, widow of composer Henry Mancini and one of Hollywood’s leading philanthropists, died Monday night at her Malibu home. She was 97. … via variety.com |
Alfredo Diez Nieto died, dean of concert music in Cuba. Of the pianist, composer and Cuban pedagogue Alfredo ten grandson stand out three symphonies, as well as pieces for soloists, rope orchestras and camera … via eluniversal.com |
Despite a whole life in the service of the blues, the name of Willie Cobbs remains in a good part attached to a single song … via soulbag.fr |
Mike Hoffmann, Milwaukee music scene ‘legend’ from Semi-Twang and Yipes!, dies at 67 … via jsonline.com |
‘Rocky Top’ Banjoist Sonny Osborne of the Osborne Brothers Has Died … via savingcountrymusic.com |
Master Massimo Pradella died, Orchestra Director and Partisan Relay … via corriere.it |
Today, the well-known artist Mugam and Folk Songs, Kavaler of the Order “Shokhrat” and “Sharaf”, People’s Artist of Azerbaijan died, Azerbaijan, Professor Janali, said, reports Trend Life. … via trend.az |
Jay Black, frontman for the Sixties pop-rock hitmakers Jay and the Americans, has died at the age of 82. … via rollingstone.com
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Udo Zimmermann, one of the leading contemporary composers of Europe, is dead. He died in the night of Friday at the age of 78 years in Dresden, as his widow of the German Press Agency announced … via tagesspiegel.de |
Tommy DeBarge — a member of the R&B/funk band Switch — and part of the music industry’s famed DeBarge family has died. … via tmz.com
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Artist Einár, 19, was managed to death in Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm. According to coherent information to the Express, the rapper, which actually is called Nils Grönberg, for a long time lived with a threat image and shooting suspected to be linked to gang conflicts in Stockholm. … via expressen.se |
Dmitry Galitsky died The participant of the legendary Via was the last musician of the original “blue bird”. … via nikatv.ru |
He led the Goethe-Institut in Kabul, wrote plays and kicked Sun Ra. Now Hartmut Geerken died at 82 years. … via tagesspiegel.de |
With great sorrow, we announce the death today of Bernard Haitink, the distinguished Dutch conductor. Mr Haitink died peacefully at home with his wife and family, aged 92 years old. … via askonasholt.com |
Allan volunteered first for the Royal Navy in 1941 when there was a call for volunteer servicemen from Jamaica… he did so with a degree of success with The Southlanders, a male singing quartet that dominated the entertainment scene from the 1950s to the early 1970s. … via windrushfoundation.com |
Robin McNamara (born May 5, 1947 in Newton, Massachusetts) was an American singer, songwriter and musician. … via lost45.com |
Drummer “Blue Bird” Sergey Kritsyn died from Coronavirus … via mk.ru |
The organist Hans Haselböck, one of the country’s significant church musicians, died at night on Wednesday at the age of 93 years. … via diepresse.com |
The Soviet and Russian composer, People’s Artist of Russia Vladimir Mikhailov died in the 80th year of life. This was reported on October 20 in medical services. … via regnum.ru |
On October 19 2021, we left the Slovak composer and a long-time editor-in-chief of the Slovak Radio, Hanuš Domanský. … via hc.sk |
He turned off in Rome, at the age of 82, Antonio Coggio, composer, arranger and record producer among the most important. … via ansa.it |
Leslie Bricusse, the prolific British songwriter behind many of cinema’s biggest hits such as Candyman and Goldfinger, has died at the age of 90. … via bbc.co.uk |
Ralph Carmichael, the ‘Father of Contemporary Christian Music’, Has Passed Away … via relevantmagazine.com |
Franco Cerri died, he was 95 years old. Italian guitarist and teacher, he was considered among the greatest and most authoritative Italian guitarists in the jazz field, despite being self-taught … via repubblica.it |
When Edita Gruberová sang, she could enchant people. A wonderful soprano with whom she soared to the highest notes, expressive, soulful … via br.de |
Concha Márquez Piquer has died at the age of 75 due to a lung infection, according to journalist Kike Calleja in ‘Save me’. … via as.com |
Respected session guitarist Lloyd “Gitsy” Willis died at a St Catherine medical facility on Monday morning. He was 73. … via jamaicaobserver.com |
US musician Bruce Gaston, who co-founded Fong Nam, the band that blended Thai and western music, has died. He was 74. … via bangkokpost.com |
The musician who wrote the theme tunes for Grange Hill, Countdown, and Channel 4 News has died aged 84. Alan Hawkshaw was also a member of The Shadows, toured with the Rolling Stones, and was sampled by Jay-Z. … via bbc.com |
When Elvis Presley made his musical return after his 1968 Comeback Special, he would tour with his TCB Band named after his catchphrase Takin’ Care of Business. His drummer during the 1970s was Ronnie Tutt, who has sadly died this week aged 83 … via express.co.uk |
R&B artist Emani 22 has passed away at the age of 22, record producer J Maine confirmed to E! News. The musician and dancer, whose real name was Emani Johnson, was most known for songs like “Feelings” and “Inside” featuring rapper Trippie Redd. … via eonline.com |
One of surfing’s great gifts to the world, the inventor Tom Morey, has died a couple of months after his eighty-sixth birthday. … via beachgrit.com |
Phil Leadbetter, reso-guitarist and bluegrass businessman, died today after surviving five bouts with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, taken down finally by COVID-19. He was 59 years of age. … via bluegrasstoday.com |
Andréa Meyer, the German recording artist, writer, actress and model who released several albums under the Nebelhexë moniker, is one of five people who were killed in a bow-and-arrow attack in a quiet Norwegian town earlier this week … via blabbermouth.net
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On October 13, in Moscow at the age of 88, a completely outstanding opera singer, actress, teacher, professor, People’s Artist of the USSR Бэла Андреевна Руденко died … via rg.ru |
Paddy Moloney, The Chieftains founder, dies aged 83 … via billboard.com |
Austrian violinist Lukas David has died at the age of 87. Born in Wels, Austria in 1934, David hailed from a musical family; both his father Johann Nepomuk David and older brother Thomas Christian David were composers and conductors. … via thestrad.com |
At the age of 50, one of the founders of the Ukrainian band “Dead Rooster” Mykhailo Barbara died suddenly. … via pravda.com |
Deon Estus, Wham! & George Michael Bassist Behind the Hit ‘Heaven Help Me,’ Dies at 65 … via billboard.com |
The popular Latvian actor Гунтис Скрастиньш passed away on October 11 at the age of 67. The head of Forte Production Janis Klavins reported the sad news. … via mixnews.lv |
Composer Luis de Pablo dies at 91 He was one of the members of the Generation of 51 and one of the fundamental names in contemporary Spanish music … via abc.es |
Shawn McLemore, the Los Angeles-born gospel singer who delivered hit albums such as Wait On Him, Any Minute Now and starred in the film Colors with Robert Duval and Sean Penn, has passed away. … via myhoustonmajic.com |
Wigwam frontman Jim Pembroke is dead Born in London, Pembroke was 75 years old at the time of his death. … via mhs.fi |
Bush Tetras drummer Dee Pop died in his sleep last night (October 9). His representative Trip Warner confirmed the news to Pitchfork. Dee Pop was 65. … via pitchfork.com |
Algerian artist Rabeh Deriassa, one of the great figures of Algerian and Maghreb popular song, especially in the 70s and 80s and even beyond, died at the age of 87, according to Algerian public television. … via mosaiquefm.net |
President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to musician and broadcaster Tony MacMahon, who has died aged 82. … via rte.ie |
Tribute paid to The Beat drummer Everett Morton who has passed away … via coventryobserver.co.uk
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Poet பிறைசூடன் (Pirai Soodan) Passes Away: Rasathi made her debut as a songwriter in Tamil cinema by writing the song Rosa Poove which was featured in the 1985 film Prison. … via kalakkalcinema.com |
Third Power bassist, singer, and songwriter Jem Targal has died, his family confirmed. He was 74. Targal was born in 1947 in Ann Arbor, Michigan … via pitchfork.com |
Yoffy lifts a finger . . . and in 1972 Fingerbobs was born. Yoffy, otherwise known as the folk musician Rick Jones, made only 13 episodes of the 15-minute children’s finger-puppet series, but it was enough to create a cult classic that for many years was frequently repeated … via thetimes.co.uk |
Pat Fish, who performed as The Jazz Butcher for nearly 40 years, has died. He was 64 … via brooklynvegan.com |
Lizzie Bravo, the Beatles fan who was invited by Paul McCartney into one of the band’s 1968 recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios to sing “a high note,” died yesterday (October 4, 2021), at age 70 in her native Brazil, of heart complications … via bestclassicbands.com |
Sebastião Tapajós, one of the greatest Brazilian guitarists, died this Saturday in Santarém (PA), at the age of 78, of complications from surgery … via globo.com |
We are sorry to hear of the death of John Rossall – best known from his career in The Glitter Band. John was born and bred in Blackpool… … via louderthanwar.com |
US-violinist Raymond Gniewek has died at the age of 89. Born in New York in 1931, Gniewek studied at the Eastman School of Music, studying with Andre de Ribaupierre and Joseph Knitzer, becoming concertmaster of the Eastman Rochester Orchestra and associate concertmaster of Rochester Philharmonic … via thestrad.com |
Ewert Ljusberg is dead – Jämtland’s president turned 76 years old … via aftonbladet.se |
We heard the very sad news that Robin Morton died suddenly on 1st October. Our thoughts and condolences are with his partner Alison and their family. … via folkradio.co.uk |