Musicians and singers who died in July 2023

Nancy van de Vate, a native American who lived in Austria for decades, died in 2023 at the age of 92 in her home in Vienna. Van de Vate composed the music for the operas All quiet on the Western front based on the novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque
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Manolo Miralles, musician and singer founder of Al Tall, has died. VilaWeb has confirmed this from family sources.
… via vilaweb

Caxias do Sul singer Edgar Pozzer dies
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Prolific Bafta-winning composer of music for Midsomer Murders, the BBC’s House of Cards and Victoria Wood’s TV dramas
… via theguardian

Of course, every techno fan associates Düsseldorf with Kraftwerk. It’s not art, but it’s logical. An important companion of the electronic music scene in Düsseldorf in the 1980s was Thomas Peters aks Tommi Stumpf, who sadly passed away these days. He was 65 years old.
… via fazemag

Ruth Greenfield left us, (Ruth Wolkowsky Greenfield – November 17, 1923, Key West – July 27, 2023, Miami) Miami will no longer be the same
… via deportes

Randy Meisner, a founding member, bassist and vocalist of the Eagles, died last night (July 26, 2023) in Los Angeles at age 77, due to complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD). The news of his passing was announced by the band.
… via bestclassicbands

Gospel artiste Roseline Akinyi alias Roseline Damian has died at 39 years of age.
Roseline’s mother Margaret Achieng confirmed to Citizen Digital that her daughter died on Wednesday at 4pm while receiving treatment at the Texas Cancer Centre in Nairobi where she had been transferred for specialized treatment.
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Surinder Shinda death: Today, the entire Punjab and the Punjabi community worldwide grieve the loss of the soulful voice that has now fallen silent forever. After a brief illness, Surinder Shinda, the iconic figure in Punjabi music, took his last breath at a hospital in Ludhiana.
… via ptcnews

Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time,”
… via nbcnews

The singer and songwriter, Andreas Tsoukalas, passed away at the age of 60. The general public got to know him during the 90s through his songs “Nomiza”, “Balada” etc.
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Leny Andrade, samba, jazz and bolero reference, dies in Rio
The 80-year-old artist was hospitalized at the Hospital de Clínicas de Jacarepaguá.
… via globo

“Cecilia, the Incomparable” passed away this Monday night at the age of 79. The singer was going through a complicated state of health. What’s more, this Monday her team reported that she was “serious”.
… via biobiochile

Doris Monteiro dies in Rio at the age of 88
According to the family, she died of natural causes at home in Rio de Janeiro.
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Brad Houser, a nationally renowned musician from Dallas who was a member of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, died on July 24; he was 62.
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Singer and songwriter Raymond Froggatt has died aged 81, his bandmate has confirmed.
Known to his fans as “Froggy”, the Shropshire-based musician had success in the 1960s providing top-ten hits for The Dave Clark Five and Cliff Richard.
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Peter Austin, an original member of The Clarendonians, died in Kingston, Jamaica on July 21 at age 78.
His daughter, Georgia, said he passed away at home. Austin recently performed at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival in Booneville, California.
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Today, July 22, at the age of 85, the first performer of Victory Day, the soloist of the Alexandrov Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army and the Orchestra of the FSB of Russia, People’s Artist of Russia Eduard Labkovsky, passed away.
… via orpheusradio

Rubin, Arthur, 97 died peacefully surrounded by his loving children Ronnie and Anne, Alan and Jane. He had a long and distinguished career in the entertainment industry, both as a singer-actor on Broadway, in films and in theater management.
… via dignitymemorial

Sadly we have to share news none of us want to hear…
We’re very sorry to have to tell you Vince has left us
He passed peacefully at home in Henley this afternoon
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Once again became sad news in the country music industry when Teacher Chonlathee Thanthong, a famous music teacher Died at the age of 85 on the evening of July 21, 2023 after receiving treatment for a bloodstream infection on April 24, 2023, taking more than 3 months to heal and died peacefully at Siriraj Hospital.
… via thairath

The magician of the “flute” .. Death misses the international Sudanese musician Hafez Abdel Rahman
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Popular across numerous generations and a singer of the American Songbook for the ages, Tony Bennett died on Friday at his home in Manhattan at the age of 96, his publicist, Sylvia Weiner, confirmed.
… via weheartmusic

Farewell to pianist Massimiliano Damerini
He was 72 years old and was a profound connoisseur of Romanticism. He had established himself at a very young age thanks to his extraordinary technical skills, becoming one of the most loved performers by contemporary composers
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Singer and actor Chung Lim has passed away at the age of 37.
On July 20, media outlets reported Chung Lim had passed away on the 19th after battling colon cancer. The singer and actor is known to have debuted in the 2004 drama ‘I’m Sorry, I Love You’
… via allkpop

Bafta-winning Twin Town film score composer Mark Thomas dies as director Kevin Allen leads tributes
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DJ Deeon, the dance music pioneer whose exuberant productions helped popularise Chicago’s “ghetto house” style, has died aged 56.
… via theguardian

The first musical director and arranger of the formation created in the 1940s died at the age of 98. In 1946, he sang with the Môme Piaf and her friends the worldwide success Les Trois Cloches.
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Music industry titan and Country Music Hall of Fame member Jerry Bradley has passed away at age 83. He died peacefully on Monday (July 17) in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
… via musicrow

The pianist, accordionist, arranger, singer and composer João Donato died in the early hours of this Monday (17th) in Rio de Janeiro. The information was confirmed by the musician’s family.
… via globo

The famous Romanian pianist and composer, maestro Valentin Gheorghiu, passed away at the age of 95.
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As his 92 years of life neared an end Monday, polka legend Walt Groller’s own music served as a fitting goodbye.
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Singer and actress Jane Birkin has just died at the age of 76. The interpreter of “Je t’aime moi non plus”, eternal muse of Gainsbourg, had experienced several health concerns in recent years.
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Bari mourns Nico ‘Walino’ Antonacci, a 42-year-old rapper who for years has narrated the city and the Baresità through his songs. The artist died after a battle with an incurable disease.
… via baritoday

Chen Maoxuan, a well-known composer who won the 17th National Literature and Art Award, passed away on July 15 at the age of 87.
… via thedailystar

Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra singer Bulbul Mahalanobish and organiser Ashfaqur Rahman Khan pass away on the same day
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Carlton Gamer, American composer, music theorist, and peace activist, passed away at his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 14. He was 94.
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A WELL-KNOWN West Belfast musician will be remembered as a “musical genius” by all who knew him.
John Fitzpatrick (55) died suddenly on July 13 on his beloved Achill Island in County Mayo.
John is known by many for his role in the band Nightnoise whom he joined in 1997 and in more recent years as a member of the Broken String Band and Casey’s Crew, gigging with other well-known musicians including Brian Kennedy, Noel and Liam Barr, Marino Angelone, Rab McCullough, Ray McAreevey and many others.
… via belfastmedia

The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music is deeply saddened to announce the death of André Watts, distinguished professor of piano and the Jack I. and Dora B. Hamlin Endowed Chair in Music, on Wednesday, July 12, at age 77.
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On the 12th, it was revealed that media personality Ryuchell passed away. He was 27 years old. Around 5:30 pm on the 12th, he was found dead at his office in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.
… via indiana

Goodbye to Toni Carbone
bassist of Denovo
He was 62 years old, the condolences of Mario Venuti and Luca Madonia
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Sam Cutler, the one-time stage manager for The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Eric Clapton, has died in Queensland at age 80.
… via noise11

Yuzo Toyama, a conductor who has led the Japanese classical music world and is also known as the composer of “Rhapsody for Orchestra” based on Japanese folk songs, died of chronic kidney disease on the 11th. He passed away at his home in Nagano Prefecture. he was 92 years old.
… via asahi

Bob Segarini lived life on his own terms…and he left life the same way.
Bob died in his sleep on Monday night July 10th at Etobicoke General Hospital where he’d been for the past several months.
… via fyimusicnews

The jazz musician Ernst-Ludwig “Luten” Petrowsky died this morning, as we learned from his wife Uschi Brüning.
Last year he was honored with the German Jazz Prize for his life’s work.
The saxophonist, composer and author Ernst-Ludwig “Luten” Petrowsky significantly shaped the jazz scene in the GDR, but also had an international impact.
… via rbb-online

On July 6, 2023, the outstanding Soviet and Russian violinist Viktor Pikaizen died at the age of 91.
… via classicalmusicnews

Shocking news from the famous artist Özkan Uğur… According to the information obtained, Özkan Uğur, a member of the MFÖ group, passed away at the age of 69.
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Violeta Hemsy de Gainza passed away yesterday, Friday, July 7.
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Peter Nero, 89, the legendary pianist, longtime player-conductor of the Philly Pops, and jazz maestro, died Thursday.
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Wagnerian tenor Graham Clark has died at the age of 81.
Born in Littleborough in Lancashire, Clark studied with Bruce Boyce and began his operatic career with Scottish Opera in 1975.
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Co-founding Journey rhythm guitarist George Tickner has died at 76, according to former bandmate Neal Schon. Brought in by the late Journey manager Herbie Herbert, Tickner played an important role in their first three albums before leaving to pursue his Ph.D. at Stanford University Medical School.
… via ultimateclassicrock

Marcello Colasurdo dead. The great cantor of the traditions of Naples and its province, considered by many to be the “king of the tammurriata, dies at the age of 68.
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Schott Music is very sad to learn that British Composer Anthony Gilbert passed away on 5 July 2023. Gilbert’s career as a published composer began on 7 September 1962 when he assigned the copyright for his Piano Sonata to Schott and this was followed soon after with the publication of his Missa Brevis and Sinfonia for chamber orchestra.
… via schott-music

Composer Ralph Lundsten has died, aged 86. Lundstén collaborated closely with the Finnish designer and artist Erkki Kurenniemi.
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Quebec disco star Martin Stevens, performer of global hit Love is in the Air, died Wednesday at the age of 69.
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Kossuth and Liszt prize-winning pianist Jenő Jandó, former piano teacher of the Academy of Music, legendary figure of the domestic and international concert scene, died on Tuesday at the age of seventy-two, the higher education institution informed MTI on Tuesday. Jandó died at dawn in his home in Budapest
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Singer and actor Robin Tamang passed away on Tuesday at his residence in Budhanilkantha, according to his family. He was 60.
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“Seven Flowers” composed of Zhao Xiaoqiao, Chen Qiaoen, Xiaojie (Qu Yinjie), Lai Weiru, Mantou (Qiu Qifei), Zaizai (Zhou Licen), and Wang Yujie was disbanded in December 2009. Zaizai, one of the members, passed away recently. At the age of 35, today (7/4) the family held a low-key farewell ceremony at a funeral.
… via taisounds

Funk and soul heroine Vicki Anderson has died.
News of the American artist’s passing was confirmed by her goddaughter Margie Randle
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Noted singer Sudakshina Sarma died in Guwahati on Monday following prolonged age-related ailments, doctors said. Sarma, the younger sister of Assam’s icon Bhupen Hazarika, was 89. She is survived by a daughter, while her singer husband Dilip Sarma and two sons had predeceased her.
… via indianexpress

Opera singer and actor, People’s Artist of Georgia and Knight of the Order of Honor Tengiz Mushkudian died at the age of 96. Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater spread the information and expressed condolences to the family and colleagues of the deceased.
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The death of the Melbourne-born soprano Margaret Nisbett has been announced. She was 94.
In her prime and working in London, Nisbett sang full-time with Sadlers Wells for eight years as one of their leading ladies.
… via limelightmagazine

Diva Lee Coco was discharged from the hospital a while ago due to leg surgery. Earlier, her sister Li Silin posted a sad news on Facebook, saying that Coco Lee passed away due to depression and a long-term struggle with the disease. She committed suicide at home on July 2nd.
… via tvbs